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    M.P.E.C. 2002-N13                                Issued 2002 July 2, 20:08 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
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                            COMET C/2002 K4 (NEAT)

Observations:
    CK02K040  C2002 06 25.03589 21 11 55.60 +11 15 37.5          17.1 T      636
    CK02K040  C2002 06 25.03774 21 11 55.44 +11 15 45.3          17.1 T      636
    CK02K040  C2002 06 29.96498 21 02 27.73 +13 21 18.6          17.8 T      151
    CK02K040  C2002 06 29.96977 21 02 27.18 +13 21 26.0          17.8 T      151
    CK02K040  C2002 06 29.97096 21 02 27.07 +13 21 27.0          17.7 T      151
    CK02K040  C2002 06 29.97280 21 02 26.81 +13 21 29.4          17.8 T      151

Observer details:
151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.8
    Hypergraph + CCD.
636 Essen.  Observer A. Knoefel.  0.32-m f/5.7 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 K4 (NEAT)
T 2002 July 13.1180 TT                                  MPC
q   2.765074             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0131377      Peri.   24.4776      +0.5384992      -0.3066649
a  17.787855       Node   308.1093      -0.8381131      -0.0986613
e   0.844553       Incl.   94.0800      +0.0870924      +0.9466903
P  75.0
From 90 observations 2002 May 27-June 29.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 K4 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 06 25    21 11.99   +11 14.8    2.066    2.770   124.4    17.6  16.5
2002 07 05    20 51.73   +15 27.3    1.977    2.766   132.3    15.8  16.4
2002 07 15    20 27.65   +19 20.3    1.932    2.765   137.2    14.5  16.3
2002 07 25    20 01.20   +22 34.3    1.932    2.767   137.5    14.4  16.4
2002 08 04    19 34.53   +24 55.8    1.977    2.773   133.3    15.4  16.4
2002 08 14    19 09.86   +26 23.0    2.060    2.782   126.2    17.1  16.5
2002 08 24    18 48.90   +27 04.5    2.174    2.794   117.8    18.7  16.6
2002 09 03    18 32.39   +27 13.9    2.310    2.809   109.2    19.8  16.8
2002 09 13    18 20.38   +27 04.7    2.459    2.827   100.8    20.5  17.0
2002 09 23    18 12.45   +26 47.8    2.614    2.848    92.9    20.6  17.1
2002 10 03    18 08.03   +26 30.8    2.769    2.872    85.6    20.3  17.3
2002 10 13    18 06.54   +26 19.0    2.918    2.898    79.0    19.8  17.4
2002 10 23    18 07.46   +26 16.1    3.059    2.928    73.0    19.0  17.6
2002 11 02    18 10.32   +26 24.4    3.188    2.960    67.8    18.1  17.7
2002 11 12    18 14.79   +26 45.9    3.303    2.994    63.4    17.2  17.9
2002 11 22    18 20.53   +27 21.9    3.403    3.031    59.9    16.4  18.0
2002 12 02    18 27.30   +28 13.5    3.488    3.070    57.4    15.7  18.1
2002 12 12    18 34.88   +29 21.8    3.556    3.111    55.8    15.2  18.2
2002 12 22    18 43.06   +30 47.5    3.610    3.154    55.2    14.8  18.3

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-N13

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