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    M.P.E.C. 2002-H06                                Issued 2002 Apr. 16, 18:18 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 E2 (SNYDER-MURAKAMI)

Observations:
    CK02E020  C2002 04 04.76973 19 18 01.25 +26 39 29.7                      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 04.77084 19 18 01.29 +26 39 34.8                      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 04.77190 19 18 01.34 +26 39 39.3                      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 04.77417 19 18 01.40 +26 39 49.4          12.5 T      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.75047 19 18 43.09 +27 52 46.0                      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.75181 19 18 43.13 +27 52 52.0                      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.75297 19 18 43.18 +27 52 57.3                      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.75476 19 18 43.25 +27 53 05.2          12.4 T      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.78841 19 18 44.60 +27 55 36.1                      340
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.78954 19 18 44.68 +27 55 41.8                      300
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.79006 19 18 44.72 +27 55 43.8                      300
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.79058 19 18 44.72 +27 55 46.6                      300
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.79061 19 18 44.72 +27 55 46.5                      340
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.79109 19 18 44.73 +27 55 48.2                      300
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.79284 19 18 44.82 +27 55 56.6                      340
    CK02E020  C2002 04 05.79440 19 18 44.87 +27 56 03.9          13.0 T      340
    CK02E020  C2002 04 09.73791 19 21 18.12 +32 50 58.7          13.7 N      379
    CK02E020  C2002 04 09.73964 19 21 18.15 +32 51 06.5          13.9 N      379
    CK02E020  C2002 04 09.74051 19 21 18.27 +32 51 11.6          13.9 N      379
    CK02E020  C2002 04 09.74142 19 21 18.27 +32 51 15.0          13.7 N      379
    CK02E020  C2002 04 09.74868 19 21 18.55 +32 51 47.3          13.9 N      379
    CK02E020  C2002 04 09.75062 19 21 18.62 +32 51 56.1          14.0 N      379
    CK02E020  C2002 04 09.75118 19 21 18.54 +32 51 58.8          13.9 N      379
    CK02E020  C2002 04 09.75192 19 21 18.58 +32 52 02.1          14.0 N      379
    CK02E020  C2002 04 09.75297 19 21 18.67 +32 52 06.7          13.6 N      379
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.26888 19 22 42.78 +35 59 14.1          14.4 N      452
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.27133 19 22 42.84 +35 59 25.2          14.5 N      452
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.27439 19 22 42.88 +35 59 38.2          14.2 N      452
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.75499 19 22 57.52 +36 35 11.9                      340
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.75619 19 22 57.54 +36 35 17.3                      340
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.75752 19 22 57.58 +36 35 23.8                      340
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.75948 19 22 57.59 +36 35 32.0          12.3 T      340
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.76384 19 22 57.70 +36 35 51.8                      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.76479 19 22 57.71 +36 35 56.0                      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.76569 19 22 57.72 +36 35 59.8                      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.76660 19 22 57.76 +36 36 03.9          12.4 T      349
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.80147 19 22 58.73 +36 38 39.7          12.7 T      352
    CK02E020  C2002 04 12.80494 19 22 58.75 +36 38 53.3                      352
    CK02E020  C2002 04 13.76725 19 23 26.90 +37 49 48.5          12.9 T      367
    CK02E020  C2002 04 13.76956 19 23 26.98 +37 49 58.7                      367
    CK02E020  C2002 04 13.77164 19 23 27.02 +37 50 08.3                      367

Observer details:
300 Bisei Spaceguard Center--BATTeRS.  Observers A. Asami, D. J. Asher,
    T. Fuse, N. Hashimoto, A. I. Ibrahim, S. Isobe, K. Nishiyama, Y. Oshima,
    J. Terazono, H. Umehara, T. Urata, M. Yoshikawa.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector
    + CCD.
340 Toyonaka.  Observer Y. Ezaki.  0.3-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
352 Konan.  Observer M. Hotta.  0.28-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
367 Yatsuka.  Observer H. Abe.  0.26-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
379 Hamamatsu-Yuto.  Observer S. Wakuda.  0.25-m f/5.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
452 Big Cypress Observatory.  Observer L. Nemec.  0.25-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 E2 (Snyder-Murakami)
T 2002 Feb. 21.7712 TT                                  MPC
q   1.466253             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    9.0168      -0.4302662      +0.0276899
                   Node   244.5776      -0.8779399      -0.2453416
e   1.0            Incl.   92.5438      -0.2099820      +0.9690412
From 316 observations 2002 Mar. 12-Apr. 13.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-H06

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