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MPEC 2002-Y57 : COMET P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-Y57                                Issued 2002 Dec. 30, 21:11 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.

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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                         COMET P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK02T060  C2002 12 25.84262 01 02 09.21 +05 56 26.9                      046
    PK02T060  C2002 12 25.84517 01 02 09.30 +05 56 27.2                      046
    PK02T060  C2002 12 25.84619 01 02 09.32 +05 56 27.0                      046
    PK02T060  C2002 12 25.84757 01 02 09.35 +05 56 27.0                      046
    PK02T060  C2002 12 25.84866 01 02 09.39 +05 56 27.2                      046
    PK02T060  C2002 12 25.84979 01 02 09.42 +05 56 27.0                      046
    PK02T060  C2002 12 25.85089 01 02 09.43 +05 56 27.5                      046
    PK02T060  C2002 12 28.75506 01 03 29.41 +05 58 22.1                      J95
    PK02T060  C2002 12 28.76112 01 03 29.53 +05 58 22.1          19.2 T      J95

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR)
T 2003 June 26.8519 TT                                  MPC
q   3.387853             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0465752      Peri.  217.5317      +0.4029668      -0.9105061
a   7.650673       Node   209.0449      +0.8791590      +0.4132552
e   0.557182       Incl.   11.0097      +0.2543564      +0.0141008
P  21.2
From 128 observations 2002 Sept. 28-Dec. 28.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-Y57

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