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    M.P.E.C. 2002-J29                                Issued 2002 May  9, 02:08 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 J2 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK02J020  S2002 05 03.47645 02 47 57.4  +14 34 53                        249
    CK02J020  s2002 05 03.47645 2 +0.00970244 +0.00539582 +0.00147938        249
    CK02J020  S2002 05 03.49312 02 47 46.7  +14 37 19                        249
    CK02J020  s2002 05 03.49312 2 +0.00970196 +0.00539653 +0.00147993        249
    CK02J020  S2002 05 03.50424 02 47 38.7  +14 38 36                        249
    CK02J020  s2002 05 03.50424 2 +0.00970165 +0.00539700 +0.00148030        249
    CK02J020  S2002 05 03.51813 02 47 29.0  +14 41 06                        249
    CK02J020  s2002 05 03.51813 2 +0.00970125 +0.00539758 +0.00148076        249
    CK02J020  S2002 05 03.53479 02 47 16.3  +14 43 22                        249
    CK02J020  s2002 05 03.53479 2 +0.00970077 +0.00539829 +0.00148131        249
    CK02J020  S2002 05 03.56069 02 46 59.4  +14 46 47                        249
    CK02J020  s2002 05 03.56069 2 +0.00970003 +0.00539938 +0.00148217        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C2.  Comet detection by R. Kracht,
    measurements by D. Hammer, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 J2 (SOHO)
T 2002 May 3.91 TT                                      MPC
q   0.0052               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   91.51        +0.19112        -0.96842
                   Node    15.62        -0.95316        -0.22206
e   1.0            Incl.  143.53        +0.23445        -0.11336
From 6 observations 2002 May 3.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-J29

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