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    M.P.E.C. 2002-K30                                Issued 2002 May 20, 20:57 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 F1 (UTSUNOMIYA)

Observations:
    CK02F010  C2002 05 05.79259 04 18 17.63 +21 49 18.0                      162
    CK02F010  C2002 05 05.79405 04 18 18.16 +21 49 17.3                      162
    CK02F010  C2002 05 12.44333 04 53 47.70 +15 22 22.8                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 05 12.44602 04 53 48.47 +15 22 13.4                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 05 12.44653 04 53 48.63 +15 22 12.6                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 05 12.44771 04 53 48.73 +15 22 06.2                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 05 12.44844 04 53 49.05 +15 22 04.6                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 05 12.44988 04 53 49.44 +15 21 59.2           7.5 T      340
    CK02F010  C2002 05 12.45515 04 53 51.10 +15 21 44.6           8.2 T      367
    CK02F010  C2002 05 12.45608 04 53 51.16 +15 21 40.2                      367
    CK02F010  C2002 05 12.45700 04 53 51.56 +15 21 38.0                      367
    CK02F010  C2002 05 12.46071 04 53 52.54 +15 21 24.3                      367

Observer details:
162 Potenza.  Observer A. M. Giambersio.  0.20-m f/6.3 reflector + CCD.
340 Toyonaka.  Observer Y. Ezaki.  0.3-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
367 Yatsuka.  Observer H. Abe.  0.26-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 F1 (Utsunomiya)
T 2002 Apr. 22.8985 TT                                  MPC
q   0.438299             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.001048       Peri.  125.9001      -0.0697690      -0.3520107
                   Node   289.0294      +0.2288707      +0.9050648
e   0.999541       Incl.   80.8767      +0.9709534      -0.2386338
From 156 observations 2002 Mar. 20-May 12.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-K30

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