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MPEC 2002-S09 : COMET C/2002 K4 (NEAT)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-S09                                Issued 2002 Sept. 16, 17:53 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 K4 (NEAT)

Observations:
    CK02K040  C2002 09 12.87541 18 20 31.41 +27 04 27.3          17.8 T      J95
    CK02K040  C2002 09 12.87743 18 20 31.30 +27 04 25.9          17.8 T      J95
    CK02K040  C2002 09 12.87940 18 20 31.11 +27 04 25.6          17.6 T      J95
    CK02K040  C2002 09 13.87929 18 19 32.77 +27 02 55.9          18.0 T      215
    CK02K040  C2002 09 13.87998 18 19 32.86 +27 02 55.4          17.9 T      215
    CK02K040  C2002 09 13.88047 18 19 32.68 +27 02 55.7          17.8 T      215
    CK02K040  C2002 09 14.77571 18 18 42.79 +27 01 31.4                      118
    CK02K040  C2002 09 14.77932 18 18 42.60 +27 01 31.8                      118
    CK02K040  C2002 09 14.79069 18 18 41.95 +27 01 31.0          17.0 T      118

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers A. Galad, L. Kornos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 K4 (NEAT)
Epoch 2002 July 25.0 TT = JDT 2452480.5
T 2002 July 12.97278 TT                                 MPC
q   2.7645196            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.01342972     Peri.   24.43151     +0.53871210     -0.30596739
a  17.5290374      Node   308.09910     -0.83805508     -0.09914019
e   0.8422891      Incl.   94.06286     +0.08633048     +0.94686598
P  73.39
From 226 observations 2002 May 27-Sept. 14, mean residual 0".71.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-S09

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