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MPEC 2003-K32 : COMET C/2003 H2 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2003-K32                                Issued 2003 May 24, 15:29 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

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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2003 H2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03H020  C2003 05 22.10654 17 44 49.06 +14 41 12.3          18.3 N      620
    CK03H020  C2003 05 22.98651 17 42 53.13 +14 16 49.5          17.8 N      620
    CK03H020  C2003 05 23.00351 17 42 50.80 +14 16 21.1          18.4 N      620
    CK03H020  C2003 05 23.01259 17 42 49.60 +14 16 06.4          18.4 N      620
    CK03H020  C2003 05 23.63777 17 41 25.90 +13 58 23.8          17.5 T      360
    CK03H020  C2003 05 23.64742 17 41 24.60 +13 58 07.6                      360
    CK03H020  C2003 05 23.95378 17 40 43.29 +13 49 19.4                      118
    CK03H020  C2003 05 23.95691 17 40 42.79 +13 49 13.3                      118
    CK03H020  C2003 05 23.96060 17 40 42.28 +13 49 07.2                      118
    CK03H020  C2003 05 23.96380 17 40 41.83 +13 49 00.4                      118

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers A. Galad, L. Kornos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
    J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 H2 (LINEAR)
T 2003 May 17.7666 TT                                   MPC
q   2.177765             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.027355       Peri.  154.9971      -0.2731428      +0.1687192
                   Node    79.8495      -0.9616134      -0.0748227
e   0.940426       Incl.   74.1796      +0.0263182      -0.9828201
From 85 observations 2003 Apr. 24-May 23.

Ephemeris:
    C/2003 H2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2003 05 11    18 06.30   +18 56.7    1.455    2.179   123.2    22.8  17.2
2003 05 21    17 47.21   +15 11.0    1.347    2.178   134.4    19.4  17.0
2003 05 31    17 23.99   +10 06.5    1.271    2.183   145.4    15.3  16.9
2003 06 10    16 58.54   +03 50.7    1.240    2.194   153.0    12.1  16.9
2003 06 20    16 33.48   -03 03.1    1.260    2.210   152.1    12.4  16.9
2003 06 30    16 11.23   -09 49.9    1.331    2.232   143.4    15.8  17.1
2003 07 10    15 53.43   -15 55.9    1.447    2.259   132.2    19.5  17.3
2003 07 20    15 40.60   -21 08.7    1.597    2.291   120.9    22.4  17.6
2003 07 30    15 32.55   -25 31.3    1.770    2.328   110.5    24.1  17.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-K32

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