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MPEC 2002-U54 : COMET C/2002 R3 (LONEOS)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-U54                                Issued 2002 Oct. 31, 20:40 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 R3 (LONEOS)

Observations:
    CK02R030  C2002 10 25.96897 03 20 28.13 +21 00 18.2          16.5 T      232
    CK02R030  C2002 10 25.98378 03 20 26.43 +21 00 16.8          16.5 T      232
    CK02R030  C2002 10 25.98748 03 20 26.06 +21 00 15.2          16.5 T      232
    CK02R030  C2002 10 28.33617 03 15 55.17 +20 52 51.1          16.9 T      670
    CK02R030  C2002 10 28.38697 03 15 49.23 +20 52 41.2                      670
    CK02R030  C2002 10 28.43425 03 15 43.72 +20 52 31.3                      670
    CK02R030  C2002 10 28.61360 03 15 22.65 +20 51 55.2          17.8 T      608
    CK02R030  C2002 10 28.62395 03 15 21.46 +20 51 53.0          18.2 T      608
    CK02R030  C2002 10 28.63437 03 15 20.22 +20 51 51.1          17.9 T      608

Observer details:
232 Masquefa Observatory.  Observer E. Reina L.  0.25-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 R3 (LONEOS)
T 2003 June 13.6083 TT                                  MPC
q   3.869761             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   45.0625      +0.9560330      +0.1294265
                   Node    54.2915      +0.0763513      -0.9762467
e   1.0            Incl.  161.0900      +0.2831455      -0.1737562
From 259 observations 2002 Sept. 4-Oct. 28.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-U54

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