Printer-friendly version
Follow the MPC on Twitter Follow the MPC on Facebook The MPC blog
Minor Planet Center

MPEC 2003-T45 : COMET P/2003 S2 (NEAT)

The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page.

Read MPEC 2003-T44 Read MPEC 2003-T46 

M.P.E.C. 2003-T45                                Issued 2003 Oct. 7, 21:05 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.

         Supported in part by the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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

                            COMET P/2003 S2 (NEAT)

Observations:
    PK03S020  C2003 09 26.93600 01 59 44.18 -00 11 21.2          18.1 N      130
    PK03S020  C2003 09 26.94208 01 59 44.03 -00 11 22.8          16.8 N      130
    PK03S020   2003 09 30.65521 01 57 57.72 -00 23 26.2          17.5 T      372
    PK03S020  C2003 09 30.66927 01 57 57.31 -00 23 29.8          17.3 T      360
    PK03S020  C2003 09 30.67309 01 57 57.17 -00 23 30.8                      360
    PK03S020  C2003 10 01.30254 01 57 37.72 -00 25 32.1          17.5 T      673
    PK03S020  C2003 10 01.30590 01 57 37.58 -00 25 32.7                      673
    PK03S020  C2003 10 01.31227 01 57 37.39 -00 25 33.8                      673
    PK03S020  C2003 10 02.26951 01 57 06.64 -00 28 39.1          16.8 N      H41
    PK03S020  C2003 10 02.27821 01 57 06.34 -00 28 40.4          16.8 N      H41
    PK03S020   2003 10 02.70069 01 56 52.37 -00 30 00.6          17.5 T      372
    PK03S020  C2003 10 02.99128 01 56 42.94 -00 30 57.1          16.7 N      A33
    PK03S020  C2003 10 03.01736 01 56 42.03 -00 31 02.2          16.6 N      A33
    PK03S020  C2003 10 03.22782 01 56 35.04 -00 31 41.5          16.7 T      785
    PK03S020  C2003 10 03.24448 01 56 34.47 -00 31 43.7          16.8 T      785
    PK03S020  C2003 10 03.25417 01 56 34.14 -00 31 47.3          16.9 T      785
    PK03S020  C2003 10 05.03162 01 55 33.04 -00 37 20.5                      213
    PK03S020  C2003 10 05.03515 01 55 32.72 -00 37 21.8                      213
    PK03S020  C2003 10 05.54975 01 55 14.47 -00 38 53.6          17.6 T      608
    PK03S020  C2003 10 05.56036 01 55 14.12 -00 38 55.8          18.7 T      608
    PK03S020  C2003 10 05.57108 01 55 13.69 -00 38 57.2          18.4 T      608

Observer details:
130 Lumezzane.  Observers C. Cremaschini, S. Foglia, W. Marinello, M. Micheli,
    G. Pizzetti.  0.40-m f/4.5 reflector + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo, M. Hicks,
    K. Lawrence, P. Kervin, J. Africano, R. Maeda.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Mayes.  Measurer
    A. Grigsby.  0.6-m reflector + CCD.
785 Fitz-Randolph Observatory, Princeton.  Observer J. Maffei.  0.91-m f/13.6
    Cassegrain + CCD.
A33 VdS-Sternwarte Kirchheim.  Observer B. Brinkmann.  0.5 m f/5.0 reflector
    + CCD.
H41 Petit Jean Mountain.  Observer P. C. Sherrod.  0.41-m f/3.7
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2003 S2 (NEAT)
T 2003 Sept. 10.894 TT                                  MPC
q   2.45981              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.131990       Peri.  285.478       +0.965481       -0.223972
a   3.82040        Node    87.603       +0.259016       +0.879451
e   0.35614        Incl.    7.648       -0.027503       +0.420002
P   7.47
From 90 observations 2003 Sept. 19-Oct. 5.

Ephemeris:
    P/2003 S2 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2003 09 28    01 59.26   -00 14.8    1.521    2.462   154.2    10.2  17.3
2003 10 08    01 53.75   -00 46.2    1.492    2.466   163.4     6.6  17.3
2003 10 18    01 47.01   -01 11.2    1.487    2.472   168.6     4.6  17.3
2003 10 28    01 40.00   -01 24.3    1.508    2.479   164.2     6.3  17.3
2003 11 07    01 33.79   -01 21.5    1.554    2.488   155.0     9.7  17.4
2003 11 17    01 29.22   -01 01.1    1.624    2.498   144.9    13.2  17.5
2003 11 27    01 26.83   -00 23.5    1.714    2.511   135.0    16.1  17.7
2003 12 07    01 26.88   +00 29.6    1.822    2.524   125.5    18.5  17.8
2003 12 17    01 29.36   +01 35.6    1.943    2.539   116.5    20.3  18.0
2003 12 27    01 34.10   +02 51.7    2.075    2.556   108.0    21.5  18.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-T45

Read MPEC 2003-T44 Read MPEC 2003-T46

MPEC number:

Enter an MPEC number in one of the following forms:

  • 1997-B01 (the full form)
  • J97B01 (the packed version of the full form)
  • B01 (the abbreviated form)

Valid HTML 4.01!