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MPEC 2002-Y61 : COMET C/2002 V2 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-Y61                                Issued 2002 Dec. 30, 22:02 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 V2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK02V020  C2002 12 25.86919 04 51 13.96 +09 46 07.4                      046
    CK02V020  C2002 12 25.87080 04 51 13.88 +09 46 08.0                      046
    CK02V020  C2002 12 25.87324 04 51 13.75 +09 46 08.0                      046
    CK02V020  C2002 12 25.87436 04 51 13.68 +09 46 07.3                      046
    CK02V020  C2002 12 25.87547 04 51 13.57 +09 46 07.8                      046
    CK02V020  C2002 12 25.87696 04 51 13.46 +09 46 07.3                      046
    CK02V020  C2002 12 25.87844 04 51 13.45 +09 46 07.7                      046
    CK02V020  C2002 12 27.57431 04 49 32.43 +09 45 46.3          18.4 T      360
    CK02V020  C2002 12 27.57997 04 49 32.06 +09 45 46.4                      360

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 V2 (LINEAR)
T 2003 May 13.4777 TT                                   MPC
q   6.812686             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  314.6465      +0.4201302      +0.9040163
                   Node    20.2144      +0.8838124      -0.4273782
e   1.0            Incl.  166.7791      +0.2058307      -0.0101175
From 87 observations 2002 Nov. 5-Dec. 27.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-Y61

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