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    • MPEC 2002-M06 : COMET C/2002 K1 (NEAT)

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    M.P.E.C. 2002-M06                                Issued 2002 June 17, 17:56 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 06 09.71992 19 23 59.38 -18 02 27.1          17.8 T      360
    CK02K010  C2002 06 09.72407 19 23 58.98 -18 02 23.0                      360
    CK02K010  C2002 06 10.37159 19 22 53.83 -17 50 50.6          17.9 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 10.37276 19 22 53.67 -17 50 51.5          18.2 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 10.38349 19 22 52.65 -17 50 40.0          18.8 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 10.38577 19 22 52.39 -17 50 35.5          18.7 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 10.39413 19 22 51.46 -17 50 30.0          18.6 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 10.39926 19 22 50.92 -17 50 22.2          18.4 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 10.40472 19 22 50.41 -17 50 17.2          18.4 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 10.41532 19 22 49.18 -17 50 05.4          19.3 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 10.42722 19 22 48.12 -17 49 51.5          18.1 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 11.37085 19 21 12.17 -17 32 59.7          18.1 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 11.38452 19 21 10.80 -17 32 44.3          18.4 T      704
    CK02K010  C2002 06 11.39825 19 21 09.36 -17 32 31.1          18.0 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 16.6895 TT                                  MPC
q   3.230199             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    4.5175      +0.1828691      -0.0097946
                   Node   280.5488      -0.9304412      -0.3247047
e   1.0            Incl.   89.7296      -0.3175499      +0.9457647
From 37 observations 2002 May 16-June 11.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 K1 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 06 15    19 14.89   -16 27.1    2.281    3.230   155.0     7.6  16.9
2002 06 25    18 56.57   -13 19.8    2.236    3.231   165.8     4.4  16.8
2002 07 05    18 37.88   -10 11.4    2.237    3.235   166.7     4.2  16.8
2002 07 15    18 20.13   -07 12.2    2.283    3.242   156.6     7.1  16.9
2002 07 25    18 04.41   -04 31.3    2.371    3.251   144.4    10.5  17.0
2002 08 04    17 51.43   -02 13.2    2.492    3.263   132.4    13.3  17.1
2002 08 14    17 41.47   -00 18.9    2.640    3.278   120.9    15.4  17.3
2002 08 24    17 34.51   +01 14.2    2.806    3.295   110.2    16.7  17.4
2002 09 03    17 30.31   +02 30.0    2.983    3.316   100.3    17.4  17.6
2002 09 13    17 28.58   +03 32.9    3.164    3.338    91.1    17.5  17.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-M06

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