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    M.P.E.C. 2002-M31                                Issued 2002 June 24, 20:32 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2002 K2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK02K020  C2002 06 17.94931 17 26 18.39 +16 11 30.7                      246
    CK02K020  C2002 06 17.95024 17 26 18.28 +16 11 31.0                      246
    CK02K020  C2002 06 17.95105 17 26 18.20 +16 11 31.6                      246
    CK02K020  C2002 06 17.95197 17 26 18.15 +16 11 31.4                      246
    CK02K020  C2002 06 17.95295 17 26 18.08 +16 11 31.7                      246
    CK02K020  C2002 06 17.95384 17 26 18.04 +16 11 32.2                      246
    CK02K020  C2002 06 18.94324 17 25 01.89 +16 16 28.5          19.1 T      213
    CK02K020  C2002 06 18.94479 17 25 02.02 +16 16 31.0          19.1 T      213
    CK02K020  C2002 06 23.00177 17 19 52.56 +16 34 54.9          18.5 T      213

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves N.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.25-m
    f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT telescope
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 K2 (LINEAR)
T 2002 Jan. 6.0126 TT                                   MPC
q   5.237389             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   26.6862      +0.1042281      -0.7189196
                   Node   294.5820      -0.9927136      -0.1172141
e   1.0            Incl.  130.9109      -0.0604672      +0.6851390
From 86 observations 2002 May 16-June 18.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 K2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 06 15    17 30.09   +15 55.8    4.548    5.373   140.8     6.9        19.5
2002 06 25    17 17.37   +16 43.0    4.596    5.390   137.5     7.3        19.5
2002 07 05    17 05.24   +17 12.9    4.678    5.408   131.7     8.1        19.6
2002 07 15    16 54.17   +17 26.7    4.789    5.427   124.3     8.9        19.7
2002 07 25    16 44.48   +17 26.6    4.924    5.447   116.0     9.6        19.8
2002 08 04    16 36.35   +17 15.7    5.078    5.468   107.4    10.2        19.9
2002 08 14    16 29.87   +16 56.9    5.244    5.490    98.7    10.5        20.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-M31

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