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MPEC 2002-X56 : COMET C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-X56                                Issued 2002 Dec.  9, 21:07 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 U2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.95694 13 25 46.90 +73 54 03.3          17.0 T      561
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.96221 13 25 50.99 +73 53 52.3          17.0 T      561
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.96655 13 25 55.91 +73 53 39.2          17.0 T      561
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.97101 13 26 00.16 +73 53 28.2          17.0 T      561
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.97535 13 26 03.97 +73 53 17.9          17.0 T      561
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.98293 13 26 09.42 +73 53 03.7          17.1 T      561
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.98455 13 26 11.02 +73 52 58.9          16.9 T      561
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.98646 13 26 12.72 +73 52 54.7          16.9 T      561
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.99063 13 26 16.54 +73 52 44.5          17.0 T      561
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.99340 13 26 19.11 +73 52 37.5          16.9 T      561
    CK02U020  C2002 12 05.16536 16 04 23.40 +53 18 01.2          16.5 N      J95
    CK02U020  C2002 12 05.16710 16 04 23.72 +53 17 56.2          16.1 N      J95
    CK02U020  C2002 12 08.19436 16 11 45.02 +50 59 00.6                      118
    CK02U020  C2002 12 08.19800 16 11 45.53 +50 58 50.8          16.3 N      118
    CK02U020  C2002 12 08.20013 16 11 45.79 +50 58 45.6                      118

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers A. Galad, L. Kornos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
561 Piszkesteto.  Observer J. Kelemen.  60/90/180 cm Schmidt + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)
T 2002 Dec. 31.9841 TT                                  MPC
q   1.208626             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   95.8454      -0.3990185      -0.7428243
                   Node    38.7761      -0.0331512      -0.5742083
e   1.0            Incl.   59.1350      +0.9163434      -0.3442338
From 136 observations 2002 Oct. 25-Dec. 8.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X56

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