MPEC 2002-V40 : COMET C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)
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M.P.E.C. 2002-V40 Issued 2002 Nov. 8, 21:30 UT
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URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
COMET C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)
Observations:
CK02U020 C2002 10 26.76793 08 28 23.52 +73 36 44.2 349
CK02U020 C2002 10 26.77112 08 28 26.37 +73 36 52.9 349
CK02U020 C2002 10 26.77412 08 28 29.17 +73 37 00.1 349
CK02U020 C2002 10 26.77571 08 28 30.52 +73 37 04.2 15.7 T 349
CK02U020 C2002 10 27.61146 08 41 24.14 +74 11 16.0 342
CK02U020 C2002 10 27.61840 08 41 30.61 +74 11 33.3 342
CK02U020 C2002 10 27.62535 08 41 37.20 +74 11 49.5 342
CK02U020 C2002 10 27.73071 08 43 18.10 +74 16 04.0 349
CK02U020 C2002 10 27.73412 08 43 21.34 +74 16 11.9 349
CK02U020 C2002 10 27.73786 08 43 24.94 +74 16 20.3 349
CK02U020 C2002 10 27.73940 08 43 26.37 +74 16 23.9 15.6 T 349
CK02U020 C2002 10 29.61804 09 16 05.64 +75 22 23.0 340
CK02U020 C2002 10 29.62053 09 16 08.08 +75 22 27.5 340
CK02U020 C2002 10 29.62249 09 16 10.79 +75 22 31.8 340
CK02U020 C2002 10 29.62375 09 16 12.23 +75 22 32.6 340
CK02U020 C2002 10 29.62486 09 16 13.73 +75 22 33.6 15.5 T 340
CK02U020 C2002 11 02.91667 10 46 02.88 +76 41 21.1 048
CK02U020 C2002 11 02.91870 10 46 05.77 +76 41 22.1 048
CK02U020 C2002 11 02.92009 10 46 07.93 +76 41 22.5 048
CK02U020 C2002 11 02.92148 10 46 09.62 +76 41 22.7 048
CK02U020 C2002 11 05.07587 11 34 20.32 +76 34 54.9 15.8 T 049
CK02U020 C2002 11 05.07782 11 34 22.97 +76 34 53.2 15.7 T 049
CK02U020 C2002 11 05.07968 11 34 25.38 +76 34 52.7 15.7 T 049
Observer details:
048 Hradec Kralove. Observer M. Lehky. 0.40-m reflector + CCD.
049 Uppsala-Kvistaberg. Observers O. Karlsson, C.-I. Lagerkvist,
T. Oja, J. Warell. 1.0-m Schmidt + CCD.
340 Toyonaka. Observer Y. Ezaki. 0.3-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
342 Shishikui. Observer H. Maeno. 0.15-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
349 Ageo. Observer K. Kadota. 0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD, 0.25-m f/5.0
reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)
T 2002 Dec. 31.9980 TT MPC
q 1.208530 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 95.8603 -0.3992098 -0.7427045
Node 38.7775 -0.0333266 -0.5742152
e 1.0 Incl. 59.1362 +0.9162537 -0.3444806
From 55 observations 2002 Oct. 25-Nov. 5.
Ephemeris:
C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2002 11 02 10 25.5 +76 34.5 1.023 1.518 97.8 40.4 14.9
2002 11 04 11 10.3 +76 42.2 1.016 1.500 96.7 41.0 14.8
2002 11 06 11 54.4 +76 22.5 1.010 1.483 95.6 41.7 14.7
2002 11 08 12 35.0 +75 37.6 1.007 1.466 94.4 42.4 14.7
2002 11 10 13 10.6 +74 31.7 1.005 1.449 93.2 43.0 14.6
2002 11 12 13 40.9 +73 09.9 1.005 1.433 91.9 43.7 14.6
2002 11 14 14 06.2 +71 36.8 1.006 1.417 90.5 44.3 14.5
2002 11 16 14 27.38 +69 56.1 1.009 1.402 89.1 44.9 14.5
2002 11 18 14 45.09 +68 10.8 1.013 1.387 87.7 45.4 14.4
2002 11 20 15 00.04 +66 23.0 1.018 1.372 86.3 45.9 14.4
2002 11 22 15 12.76 +64 34.4 1.024 1.358 84.9 46.4 14.4
2002 12 02 15 55.39 +55 50.8 1.068 1.296 78.1 48.1 14.3
2002 12 12 16 19.64 +48 14.2 1.121 1.248 72.4 48.7 14.2
2002 12 22 16 35.32 +41 49.7 1.174 1.219 68.1 48.5 14.2
2003 01 01 16 46.17 +36 25.5 1.216 1.209 65.7 47.8 14.2
2003 01 11 16 53.78 +31 48.2 1.243 1.219 65.1 47.1 14.3
2003 01 21 16 58.74 +27 45.4 1.252 1.248 66.6 46.4 14.5
2003 01 31 17 01.18 +24 07.2 1.241 1.295 70.1 45.7 14.6
2003 02 10 17 00.78 +20 45.2 1.212 1.358 75.5 44.7 14.7
2003 02 20 16 56.91 +17 30.2 1.168 1.433 82.8 43.2 14.9
2003 03 02 16 48.74 +14 12.5 1.115 1.518 92.1 40.7 15.0
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-V40
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