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M.P.E.C. 2002-X84 Issued 2002 Dec. 15, 13:07 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
COMET C/2002 X5
Observations:
CK02X050 C2002 12 14.86146 15 53 07.63 +44 52 43.3 9.6 T 349
CK02X050 C2002 12 14.86205 15 53 07.94 +44 52 42.3 349
CK02X050 C2002 12 14.86278 15 53 08.31 +44 52 40.9 349
CK02X050 C2002 12 14.86302 15 53 08.48 +44 52 39.9 7.5 T 896
CK02X050 C2002 12 14.86338 15 53 08.59 +44 52 40.1 349
CK02X050 C2002 12 14.86410 15 53 08.93 +44 52 38.3 349
CK02X050 C2002 12 14.86458 15 53 09.18 +44 52 36.0 896
CK02X050 C2002 12 14.86473 15 53 09.25 +44 52 37.3 349
CK02X050 C2002 12 14.86597 15 53 09.87 +44 52 35.0 896
CK02X050 C2002 12 14.86806 15 53 10.60 +44 52 31.1 896
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.14451 15 55 28.88 +44 43 09.2 12.8 N J91
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.16436 15 55 38.81 +44 42 29.1 12.9 N J91
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.19087 15 55 52.10 +44 41 35.9 12.8 N J91
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.20974 15 56 01.48 +44 40 56.6 12.8 N J91
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.23052 15 56 11.83 +44 40 16.4 946
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.23111 15 56 12.25 +44 40 15.3 946
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.23217 15 56 12.85 +44 40 13.5 946
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.23326 15 56 13.47 +44 40 11.3 946
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.50030 15 58 26.93 +44 30 53.0 14.4 N 448
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.50637 15 58 30.00 +44 30 40.0 14.4 N 448
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.51212 15 58 32.82 +44 30 28.4 14.4 N 448
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.44010 15 57 56.40 +44 33 00.7 13.6 N 850
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.44670 15 58 00.06 +44 32 46.0 13.7 N 850
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.45538 15 58 04.39 +44 32 28.1 13.8 N 850
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.46476 15 58 09.16 +44 32 07.9 13.7 N 850
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.47552 15 58 14.59 +44 31 45.5 13.8 N 850
CK02X050 C2002 12 15.48247 15 58 18.14 +44 31 30.9 13.9 N 850
Observer details:
349 Ageo. Observer K. Kadota. 0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory. Observer B. Stevens. 0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee. Observer D. T. Durig. 0.3-m f/5.75
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
896 Yatsugatake South Base Observatory. Observers R. Kushida, Y. Kushida.
0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
946 Ametlla de Mar. Observer J. Nomen. 0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.
J91 Alt emporda Observatory, Figueres. Observer C. Pineda. 0.25-m f/4.0
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2002 X5
T 2003 Jan. 24.970 TT MPC
q 0.10670 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 199.570 +0.514785 -0.342357
Node 126.850 -0.595471 +0.516785
e 1.0 Incl. 100.815 -0.616774 -0.784681
From 24 observations 2002 Dec. 14-15.
Ephemeris:
C/2002 X5
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2002 12 12 15 29.70 +46 16.6 1.137 1.273 73.3 47.8 7.8
2002 12 14 15 45.99 +45 20.4 1.102 1.231 72.1 49.5 7.6
2002 12 16 16 02.61 +44 13.1 1.069 1.189 70.6 51.3 7.4
2002 12 18 16 19.47 +42 53.8 1.039 1.146 68.9 53.3 7.2
2002 12 20 16 36.44 +41 21.7 1.012 1.102 67.0 55.3 6.9
2002 12 22 16 53.39 +39 36.2 0.988 1.058 64.9 57.4 6.7
2002 12 24 17 10.20 +37 37.1 0.966 1.013 62.6 59.6 6.5
2002 12 26 17 26.73 +35 24.4 0.948 0.966 60.0 61.8 6.2
2002 12 28 17 42.89 +32 58.5 0.934 0.919 57.2 64.1 6.0
2002 12 30 17 58.57 +30 20.2 0.923 0.871 54.2 66.4 5.7
2003 01 01 18 13.71 +27 30.4 0.917 0.821 51.1 68.7 5.5
2003 01 03 18 28.24 +24 30.3 0.914 0.771 47.8 70.8 5.2
2003 01 05 18 42.14 +21 21.4 0.915 0.719 44.3 72.9 4.9
2003 01 07 18 55.39 +18 04.8 0.921 0.665 40.7 74.7 4.5
2003 01 09 19 07.97 +14 41.6 0.930 0.609 37.0 76.3 4.2
2003 01 11 19 19.91 +11 12.3 0.944 0.551 33.2 77.4 3.8
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-X84
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