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MPEC 2002-F19 : COMET C/2001 X1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-F19                                Issued 2002 Mar. 18, 20:12 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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                           COMET C/2001 X1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK01X010  C2002 03 05.57793 05 10 56.35 -36 49 54.1                      322
    CK01X010  C2002 03 05.59898 05 10 53.40 -36 49 23.9                      322
    CK01X010  C2002 03 05.62219 05 10 50.16 -36 48 50.4                      322
    CK01X010  C2002 03 13.00966 04 57 21.35 -34 06 53.4          13.8 T      844
    CK01X010  C2002 03 13.01697 04 57 20.79 -34 06 44.3          14.6 T      844
    CK01X010  C2002 03 13.02848 04 57 19.65 -34 06 31.0          14.6 T      844
    CK01X010  C2002 03 13.04068 04 57 18.62 -34 06 17.0          14.5 T      844

Observer details:
322 Perth Observatory, Bickley-MCT.  Observer J. Biggs.  0.25-m f/4.5
    reflector + CCD.
844 Los Molinos.  Observer S. Roland.  0.35-m f/6.4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2001 X1 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2002 Jan. 6.0 TT = JDT 2452280.5
T 2002 Jan. 8.09246 TT                                  MPC
q   1.6979513            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0016694      Peri.  202.20158     -0.77999321     +0.50781142
 +/-0.0000422      Node   336.07110     +0.61712242     +0.52726541
e   0.9971655      Incl.  115.62726     -0.10378106     -0.68126262
Residuals in seconds of arc
011213 704 (3.2-  1.1+)   011222 349  0.2+  0.8-    020110 349  1.5+  0.5+
011213 704 (2.9-  1.4+)   011222 349  0.0   0.7-    020110 349 (2.1+  0.3+)
011213 704 (3.6-  2.1+)   011222 355  0.1-  0.1-    020112 213 (1.7+  2.2+)
011213 704 (5.6-  2.9+)   011222 349  0.1+  0.3-    020112 213  0.7-  0.5-
011213 704 (2.2-  1.2+)   011222 355  0.5-  0.4-    020112 213  1.3+  0.4+
011214 611  0.1+  0.4-    011222 355  0.2-  0.1-    020112 213  0.2+  1.4+
011214 611  0.8+  1.0-    011225 213  0.7-  1.0+    020113 349  0.2+  0.8+
011214 611  0.9-  0.4-    011225 213  1.2+  1.4+    020113 349  1.0+  1.0+
011214 611  0.9+  0.1-    011225 213  0.5-  1.3+    020113 349  0.9+  1.6+
011214 611  1.6-  0.0     011226 213  0.3-  0.9-    020113 349  1.5+  0.6+
011214 704  1.5-  0.3+    011226 213  0.8+  0.2-    020117 428  0.2+  0.3+
011214 704  1.1-  0.3-    011226 213  0.3+  0.7-    020117 428  0.1-  0.2+
011214 704  0.4-  0.7-    011226 170  1.1+  0.5-    020117 428  0.5-  0.1+
011214 704  1.3-  0.4-    011226 170  1.5-  0.7+    020119 423  0.7-  0.7-
011214 474  0.1+  1.1+    011226 170  1.5-  1.0+    020119 423  1.5-  0.6-
011214 474  0.3+  0.3+    011226 170  0.5+  0.7-    020119 423  0.7-  0.5+
011214 474  0.4-  0.8+    011226 170  0.8+  0.0     020119 423  0.4-  1.0+
011214 474  0.2+  0.5+    011226 213  0.6+  0.4-    020119 423  1.0-  0.7+
011214 474  0.2-  0.1+    011226 349  0.6+  0.2-    020119 423  1.1-  0.7+
011214 903  1.3-  0.6+    011226 349  0.3+  0.8-    020119 423  1.6-  0.2-
011214 903  1.2-  0.3-    011226 349  0.9+  0.4-    020119 423  0.9-  0.6-
011214 903  1.3-  0.2-    011226 349  0.6+  0.2-    020119 349 (3.8+  0.3+)
011214 903  1.4-  0.8+    011227 170 (2.5+  2.8+)   020119 349 (4.3+  0.3-)
011215 561  0.3-  1.6+    011227 170  0.1+  0.3-    020119 349  0.2+  0.3-
011215 561 (0.3+  2.0+)   011227 170  0.1-  1.0-    020120 423  0.6-  0.3+
011215 046  0.3-  0.0     011227 170  0.5+  1.0-    020120 423  1.0-  0.4+
011215 046  0.3-  0.0     011227 170  0.2+  1.4-    020120 423  1.7-  0.4-
011215 046  0.1-  0.4-    011228 213  0.7-  0.3-    020120 423  0.8-  0.3-
011215 046  0.5+  0.4-    011228 213  1.6+  1.4-    020120 423  0.5-  0.2-
011215 349  0.9-  0.1+    011228 170  1.3+  0.5-    020120 423  0.4-  0.7-
011215 349  0.4-  0.0     011228 213  0.4+  0.0     020120 423  0.2-  0.3-
011215 349  0.1+  0.5+    011228 170  0.8+  0.2-    020120 423  1.1-  0.9-
011215 349  0.4-  0.9+    011228 170  0.8+  0.3-    020120 423  1.0-  0.8-
011216 428  0.3+  0.8-    011228 170  1.4+  0.1+    020120 423  0.7-  1.5-
011216 428  0.6-  1.1-    011228 170  0.1+  0.5-    020122 349 (2.5+  0.7+)
011216 428  0.1-  1.1-    011228 620  1.5+  0.8-    020122 349 (2.3+  0.6+)
011217 704 (2.5+  0.5-)   011228 620  0.8+  0.2+    020122 349  0.3+  0.9-
011217 704 (3.1-  2.5+)   011228 620  1.1+  0.7+    020122 352  0.7+  0.7+
011217 704 (2.3-  1.6-)   011229 349  0.2+  0.1-    020122 352  0.0   0.3+
011217 704 (2.6-  0.3-)   011229 349  1.4+  0.5-    020122 352  0.2+  1.1-
011217 704 (9.1-  2.8-)   011229 349  0.9+  0.7-    020125 322  0.2-  0.3+
011217 349  0.6-  0.4-    011229 349  0.4+  0.4+    020202 322(10.7-  1.6-)
011217 349  0.4-  0.7-    020101 349  0.6+  0.3-    020202 322  1.0-  1.1-
011217 349  0.4-  1.1-    020101 349  0.7+  0.0     020202 322  0.6-  0.6-
011218 452 (2.3+  4.5+)   020101 349  0.4+  0.3-    020203 428  0.8-  0.3+
011218 452  0.4-  0.1+    020101 349  0.3+  0.3+    020203 428  0.8-  0.1-
011218 452  0.8+  0.4-    020104 349  0.2-  0.9+    020203 428  0.5-  0.2-
011218 704  0.6-  0.8+    020104 349  0.4+  1.0+    020203 428  0.1+  0.3-
011218 704 (3.1-  1.3+)   020104 349  0.3+  1.5+    020210 321  0.2+  0.4+
011218 704 (2.8-  0.8+)   020105 704  0.6+  1.3+    020210 321  0.2-  0.2+
011218 704  1.1-  0.4+    020105 704  0.4+  1.0+    020210 321  0.0   0.1+
011218 704 (5.0-  0.6+)   020105 704  0.5+  0.8+    020210 321  0.1-  0.1+
011218 428  1.3-  1.6-    020106 213  0.5-  0.3+    020211 321  0.0   0.1-
011219 204  0.0   0.7-    020106 213  0.5-  0.4+    020211 321  0.3-  0.2-
011219 204  0.2+  0.1-    020106 213  1.5-  0.1+    020211 321  0.1+  0.0
011219 204  0.5-  0.5-    020106 213  0.3+  0.6+    020211 321  0.2+  0.4+
011221 170  0.1+  0.1-    020106 213  0.5-  0.5-    020215 474  0.4+  0.6+
011221 170  0.4-  0.2-    020106 213 (3.0-  3.6+)   020215 474  0.2-  0.6+
011221 170  0.6+  0.0     020106 349  0.0   0.4+    020215 474  0.2+  0.4+
011222 213  1.3+  0.9-    020106 349  0.1+  0.5+    020222 300  0.2+  1.2+
011222 213  0.2+  0.9+    020106 349  0.7+  0.3+    020222 300  0.2-  0.7+
011222 213 (2.3+  1.5-)   020106 349  0.7+  0.7+    020222 300  1.0-  0.9-
011222 704  0.4+  0.4+    020107 170  0.2+  1.0+    020222 300  0.2-  0.1-
011222 704  1.0-  0.4+    020107 170  0.3-  0.7+    020305 322  1.4+  1.1-
011222 704  0.9-  0.9+    020107 170  0.4+  0.1+    020305 322  0.5+  1.0-
011222 704  1.2-  0.2+    020107 170  0.9+  0.2+    020305 322  0.4-  0.7-
011222 704 (2.5-  0.4+)   020108 349  1.3+  0.0     020313 844  0.5+  0.3-
011222 704  0.2+  0.1-    020108 349  1.0+  0.6+    020313 844  1.6+  0.1-
011222 704  0.4-  1.3-    020108 349  1.2+  0.5+    020313 844  0.1+  0.9-
011222 704  0.2-  1.4-    020109 428  0.7+  0.3-    020313 844  0.7+  1.8-
011222 704 (0.4-  3.1-)   020110 349  1.6+  1.6+
011222 349  0.1+  0.7-    020110 349  1.4+  0.7+

Ephemeris:
    C/2001 X1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 03 17    04 52.22   -32 50.0    1.858    1.915    77.9    30.5  15.2
2002 03 27    04 43.95   -30 08.2    2.078    1.977    70.2    28.3  15.5
2002 04 06    04 40.20   -28 05.2    2.286    2.044    63.4    26.0  15.9
2002 04 16    04 39.36   -26 34.9    2.477    2.117    57.6    23.6  16.2
2002 04 26    04 40.44   -25 32.7    2.647    2.193    52.9    21.5  16.5
2002 05 06    04 42.76   -24 55.1    2.795    2.272    49.5    19.7  16.8
2002 05 16    04 45.88   -24 39.9    2.919    2.355    47.4    18.4  17.0
2002 05 26    04 49.44   -24 45.9    3.018    2.439    46.8    17.6  17.3
2002 06 05    04 53.16   -25 12.3    3.095    2.526    47.7    17.3  17.5
2002 06 15    04 56.79   -25 59.0    3.148    2.614    50.0    17.3  17.7
2002 06 25    05 00.06   -27 06.0    3.180    2.704    53.6    17.6  17.8
2002 07 05    05 02.71   -28 33.7    3.194    2.794    58.1    18.0  18.0
2002 07 15    05 04.46   -30 22.2    3.192    2.885    63.5    18.4  18.1
2002 07 25    05 04.94   -32 31.7    3.177    2.977    69.5    18.6  18.2
2002 08 04    05 03.75   -35 01.3    3.155    3.070    75.9    18.7  18.4
2002 08 14    05 00.40   -37 49.3    3.130    3.163    82.6    18.5  18.5
2002 08 24    04 54.26   -40 51.9    3.107    3.256    89.3    18.1  18.6
2002 09 03    04 44.65   -44 03.1    3.093    3.349    95.8    17.4  18.7
2002 09 13    04 30.85   -47 13.4    3.092    3.442   101.8    16.6  18.8
2002 09 23    04 12.26   -50 10.1    3.112    3.535   106.8    15.8  18.9
2002 10 03    03 48.80   -52 38.5    3.155    3.628   110.5    15.0  19.1
2002 10 13    03 21.24   -54 23.8    3.226    3.721   112.3    14.4  19.2
2002 10 23    02 51.51   -55 15.8    3.324    3.813   112.2    14.0  19.4
2002 11 02    02 22.27   -55 12.7    3.451    3.906   110.2    13.8  19.6
2002 11 12    01 55.97   -54 20.4    3.603    3.998   106.5    13.7  19.8
2002 11 22    01 34.18   -52 50.8    3.777    4.090   101.5    13.7  20.0
2002 12 02    01 17.31   -50 56.9    3.969    4.182    95.6    13.6  20.2
2002 12 12    01 05.05   -48 49.6    4.173    4.273    89.1    13.3  20.4
2002 12 22    00 56.74   -46 37.6    4.385    4.364    82.3    12.9  20.6

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.02285
and +0.001659 (+/- 0.000042) AU**-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-F19

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