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    M.P.E.C. 2002-L47                                Issued 2002 June 10, 21:01 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
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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/2002 K1 (NEAT)

Observations:
    CK02K010  C2002 05 20.75090 19 52 05.90 -23 26 18.4          18.2 T      360
    CK02K010  C2002 05 20.75524 19 52 05.61 -23 26 14.6                      360
    CK02K010  C2002 05 20.76118 19 52 05.19 -23 26 09.0                      360
    CK02K010  C2002 06 05.73418 19 30 27.94 -19 11 59.4          18.3 T      360
    CK02K010  C2002 06 05.74104 19 30 27.28 -19 11 52.7                      360
    CK02K010  C2002 06 06.37065 19 29 27.37 -19 01 04.0          18.2 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 06.38446 19 29 26.14 -19 00 49.2          18.5 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 06.39829 19 29 24.73 -19 00 34.7          18.7 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 08.37721 19 26 12.82 -18 26 08.6          17.9 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 08.39090 19 26 11.46 -18 25 54.7          18.5 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 08.40454 19 26 09.97 -18 25 42.4          19.3 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 08.41823 19 26 08.68 -18 25 26.8          18.6 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 08.43170 19 26 07.35 -18 25 12.2          18.5 T      704

Observer details:
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + 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 K1 (NEAT)
T 2002 June 15.7957 TT                                  MPC
q   3.230872             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    4.3023      +0.1829401      -0.0087677
                   Node   280.5493      -0.9292095      -0.3281370
e   1.0            Incl.   89.7097      -0.3210961      +0.9445895
From 24 observations 2002 May 16-June 8.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 K1 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 06 05    19 31.62   -19 24.5    2.368    3.233   142.5    11.0  17.0
2002 06 15    19 14.89   -16 27.2    2.281    3.231   155.0     7.6  16.9
2002 06 25    18 56.58   -13 20.0    2.237    3.232   165.8     4.4  16.8
2002 07 05    18 37.91   -10 11.7    2.238    3.236   166.7     4.2  16.8
2002 07 15    18 20.17   -07 12.7    2.285    3.243   156.6     7.1  16.9
2002 07 25    18 04.47   -04 31.9    2.372    3.253   144.4    10.5  17.0
2002 08 04    17 51.50   -02 14.1    2.494    3.265   132.4    13.3  17.1
2002 08 14    17 41.55   -00 19.9    2.642    3.280   120.9    15.4  17.3
2002 08 24    17 34.60   +01 13.1    2.808    3.298   110.3    16.7  17.4
2002 09 03    17 30.41   +02 28.8    2.985    3.318   100.3    17.4  17.6
2002 09 13    17 28.68   +03 31.5    3.167    3.341    91.1    17.5  17.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-L47

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