MPEC 2002-E21 : COMET C/2002 A3 (LINEAR)
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M.P.E.C. 2002-E21 Issued 2002 Mar. 8, 21:27 UT
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COMET C/2002 A3 (LINEAR)
Observations:
CK02A030 C2002 03 02.83559 06 31 26.26 -06 09 08.6 17.6 T 170
CK02A030 C2002 03 02.89128 06 31 26.50 -06 08 34.7 17.6 T 170
CK02A030 C2002 03 03.83198 06 31 29.95 -05 59 05.4 17.4 T 213
CK02A030 C2002 03 03.83725 06 31 30.06 -05 59 03.0 17.4 T 213
CK02A030 C2002 03 03.84251 06 31 30.13 -05 58 59.7 17.4 T 213
CK02A030 C2002 03 03.84515 06 31 30.07 -05 58 57.4 17.5 T 213
CK02A030 C2002 03 04.89166 06 31 34.64 -05 48 30.4 17.7 N 204
Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Beques. Observer J. Manteca. 0.26-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
204 Schiaparelli Observatory. Observer L. Buzzi. 0.60-m f/3.62 reflector
+ CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre. Observer R. Naves N. Measurer M. Campas. 0.25-m
f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2002 A3 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5
T 2002 Apr. 24.47419 TT MPC
q 5.1506480 (2000.0) P Q
z -0.0014231 Peri. 329.48429 -0.39204786 -0.76482294
+/-0.0000529 Node 136.56068 +0.91985747 -0.31825174
e 1.0073298 Incl. 48.03021 -0.01267700 +0.56014436
Residuals in seconds of arc
020113 704 0.6+ 1.6+ 020122 349 0.4+ 0.2- 020209 341 0.1- 0.3+
020113 704 0.6+ 1.6+ 020123 372 1.0- 0.6- 020209 341 0.0 0.7-
020113 704 0.4+ 1.2+ 020126 170 1.8- 0.4+ 020209 341 0.3+ 0.3+
020113 704 1.2+ 1.3+ 020126 170 0.4- 0.7- 020209 157 0.8- 0.5+
020115 704 1.8+ 0.2- 020126 170 (0.5+ 3.1-) 020209 157 0.8- 0.0
020115 704 0.6+ 0.2- 020131 372 (2.6- 0.7+) 020210 321 0.3+ 0.4+
020115 704 0.5+ 0.3- 020201 809 0.0 0.1+ 020210 321 0.4+ 0.3+
020115 704 0.8+ 0.1- 020201 809 0.2+ 0.2+ 020210 321 0.9+ 0.4+
020115 704 0.1- 0.3+ 020201 809 0.9+ 0.7+ 020210 321 0.3+ 0.1-
020118 704 0.2- 0.9- 020201 809 0.7+ 0.4- 020211 321 1.1- 0.6+
020118 704 0.3+ 0.8- 020201 360 0.1+ 0.6+ 020211 321 0.5- 0.2+
020118 704 0.0 0.2- 020201 360 0.4+ 0.2+ 020211 321 0.2+ 0.4-
020118 704 0.8+ 0.1- 020201 941 0.1+ 0.7+ 020211 321 0.1- 0.5+
020119 468 0.4- 0.3+ 020201 941 1.1+ 0.2+ 020211 170 1.3+ 0.5-
020119 946 1.2- 1.7- 020201 941 0.4- 0.6+ 020211 170 1.0+ 0.2+
020119 946 0.7- 1.1- 020201 941 0.4- 0.7+ 020211 170 0.0 0.9-
020119 468 0.7- 0.5+ 020201 204 0.3+ 0.1- 020212 372 1.2- 0.4+
020119 946 1.5- 0.1- 020201 213 1.8- 1.2- 020214 704 0.8+ 0.1+
020119 946 1.0- 0.3+ 020201 213 0.2- 0.9- 020214 704 0.1- 0.2+
020119 468 0.4- 0.5+ 020201 213 1.0- 0.6- 020214 704 0.2- 0.5-
020120 428 0.1- 0.4- 020201 213 0.0 0.4+ 020214 704 1.5+ 0.3-
020120 428 0.5- 0.4- 020202 215 0.4+ 0.3- 020215 372 0.9- 0.1-
020120 428 0.1- 0.5- 020202 215 0.7+ 0.1- 020215 360 0.6+ 0.1+
020121 704 0.4+ 0.2+ 020202 215 0.8+ 0.1+ 020215 360 0.5+ 0.1-
020121 854 0.2+ 0.8- 020202 118 0.8- 0.1+ 020221 213 0.6- 0.3+
020121 854 1.3- 0.5- 020202 118 0.0 0.7+ 020221 213 (0.3- 2.4-)
020121 704 0.4- 0.2- 020202 118 0.3- 0.1- 020221 213 0.1+ 0.2-
020121 854 0.1- 0.7+ 020203 322 0.5+ 0.4+ 020221 213 0.2+ 1.5+
020121 704 0.2- 0.1- 020203 322 0.2+ 0.2- 020221 213 0.2+ 0.1-
020121 704 0.1- 1.3- 020203 322 0.4+ 0.6+ 020222 170 0.5- 0.5-
020121 704 (1.6+ 3.3+) 020206 402 0.6+ 0.1+ 020222 170 0.4+ 1.5-
020121 918 0.7+ 0.6- 020206 402 0.4+ 0.1+ 020223 170 0.5- 0.6+
020121 918 1.4- 0.2+ 020206 402 0.6+ 0.1+ 020223 170 0.6- 0.5-
020121 649 0.2+ 0.3- 020206 342 0.1- 0.2+ 020302 170 0.8- 0.2+
020121 918 1.0- 0.4+ 020206 342 0.5+ 0.8+ 020302 170 0.4+ 0.3+
020121 649 0.2+ 0.4+ 020207 213 (0.9+ 2.5-) 020303 213 1.3- 0.2+
020121 649 0.4+ 0.6- 020207 213 0.2+ 0.6+ 020303 213 0.1+ 0.6-
020121 448 0.1+ 1.0- 020207 213 (6.1- 2.1-) 020303 213 0.9+ 0.4-
020121 448 0.2- 0.5- 020207 213 1.0- 0.8+ 020303 213 0.2- 0.3+
020121 448 1.5- 0.3+ 020207 170 0.2+ 0.6- 020304 204 (2.2- 5.3-)
020121 448 0.0 0.1- 020207 170 0.3+ 0.9-
020122 349 1.4+ 0.9+ 020207 170 1.1+ 0.9-
Ephemeris:
C/2002 A3 (LINEAR)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2002 03 07 06 31.78 -05 27.2 4.741 5.164 109.9 10.4 17.0
2002 03 17 06 33.52 -03 48.4 4.864 5.159 101.7 10.9 17.1
2002 03 27 06 36.49 -02 13.7 4.996 5.155 93.6 11.1 17.1
2002 04 06 06 40.61 -00 44.8 5.133 5.153 85.5 11.2 17.2
2002 04 16 06 45.77 +00 37.4 5.272 5.151 77.6 11.0 17.2
2002 04 26 06 51.86 +01 52.2 5.410 5.151 69.8 10.6 17.3
2002 05 06 06 58.74 +02 59.2 5.544 5.151 62.2 10.0 17.3
2002 05 16 07 06.32 +03 58.6 5.670 5.153 54.8 9.2 17.4
2002 05 26 07 14.46 +04 50.3 5.787 5.156 47.5 8.3 17.4
2002 06 05 07 23.06 +05 34.6 5.892 5.160 40.3 7.3 17.5
2002 06 15 07 32.03 +06 11.9 5.983 5.165 33.4 6.2 17.5
The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000133
and +0.006293 (+/- 0.000053) AU**-1, respectively.
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-E21
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