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    • MPEC 2002-E23 : COMET C/2002 C2 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2002-E23                                Issued 2002 Mar. 8, 22:26 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2002 C2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK02C020  C2002 03 02.78826 02 42 30.50 +44 00 10.3          17.1 T      170
    CK02C020  C2002 03 02.79663 02 42 31.07 +43 59 59.9          17.1 T      170
    CK02C020  C2002 03 02.81616 02 42 32.14 +43 59 38.2          17.2 T      941
    CK02C020  C2002 03 02.82204 02 42 32.60 +43 59 32.9          17.2 T      941
    CK02C020  C2002 03 02.82475 02 42 32.71 +43 59 29.2          17.2 T      941
    CK02C020  C2002 03 02.82858 02 42 32.89 +43 59 24.7          17.2 T      941
    CK02C020  C2002 03 04.80716 02 44 27.48 +43 23 45.4          16.7 T      215
    CK02C020  C2002 03 04.80828 02 44 27.59 +43 23 43.5          16.7 T      215
    CK02C020  C2002 03 04.80883 02 44 27.62 +43 23 44.0          16.7 T      215

Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Beques.  Observer J. Manteca.  0.26-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
941 Observatorio Pla D'Arguines.  Observer R. Ferrando.  0.26-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 C2 (LINEAR)
T 2002 Apr. 10.7232 TT                                  MPC
q   3.254036             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  159.9111      +0.3484723      +0.3710800
                   Node   242.9525      +0.6721970      +0.5410423
e   1.0            Incl.  104.8868      +0.6532368      -0.7547005
From 115 observations 2002 Feb. 1-Mar. 4.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 C2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 03 07    02 46.60   +42 45.4    3.496    3.271    68.8    16.4  16.4  18.7
2002 03 17    02 56.55   +40 05.1    3.642    3.263    60.1    15.3  16.4  18.7
2002 03 27    03 06.74   +37 45.7    3.782    3.257    51.6    13.9  16.5  18.7
2002 04 06    03 17.04   +35 43.5    3.911    3.254    43.2    12.2  16.6  18.8
2002 04 16    03 27.37   +33 55.0    4.025    3.254    35.0    10.2  16.6  18.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-E23

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