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    • MPEC 2002-F20 : COMET C/2002 B2 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2002-F20                                Issued 2002 Mar. 18, 20:30 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2002 B2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK02B020  C2002 03 08.57730 10 04 44.05 -24 42 35.3          18.2 T      360
    CK02B020  C2002 03 08.58167 10 04 43.41 -24 42 32.1                      360
    CK02B020  C2002 03 11.46522 09 58 08.24 -24 04 08.9          19.1 T      428
    CK02B020  C2002 03 11.47502 09 58 07.02 -24 04 00.8                      428
    CK02B020  C2002 03 17.17658 09 45 37.52 -22 42 23.9          18.6 T      704
    CK02B020  C2002 03 17.20919 09 45 33.38 -22 41 53.5          18.8 T      704
    CK02B020  C2002 03 17.22349 09 45 31.59 -22 41 40.7          18.6 T      704

Observer details:
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, J. Piscitelli.  Measurers
    J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 B2 (LINEAR)
T 2002 Apr. 6.8538 TT                                   MPC
q   3.842862             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  257.0806      -0.8350325      +0.4068511
                   Node    54.3206      +0.4743569      +0.8734321
e   1.0            Incl.  152.8715      -0.2787583      +0.2675602
From 40 observations 2002 Jan. 23-Mar. 17.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 B2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 03 17    09 46.00   -22 45.0    3.014    3.847   142.0     9.2  17.2  18.9
2002 03 27    09 26.25   -20 10.0    3.088    3.844   133.5    10.8  17.3  19.1
2002 04 06    09 09.82   -17 31.0    3.205    3.843   123.1    12.6  17.4  19.2
2002 04 16    08 56.82   -14 58.9    3.354    3.844   112.0    14.0  17.5  19.3
2002 04 26    08 47.06   -12 40.9    3.525    3.847   101.0    14.9  17.6  19.5
2002 05 06    08 40.11   -10 40.4    3.710    3.851    90.4    15.2  17.7  19.6
2002 05 16    08 35.54   -08 58.2    3.900    3.858    80.2    15.0  17.8  19.7
2002 05 26    08 32.90   -07 33.9    4.086    3.867    70.5    14.3  17.9  19.8
2002 06 05    08 31.79   -06 25.9    4.263    3.878    61.2    13.3  18.0  19.9
2002 06 15    08 31.89   -05 32.8    4.426    3.890    52.4    11.9  18.1  19.9
2002 06 25    08 32.89   -04 52.9    4.570    3.905    44.1    10.4  18.2  19.9
2002 07 05    08 34.55   -04 24.8    4.693    3.921    36.4     8.9  18.3  19.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-F20

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