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    M.P.E.C. 2002-P19                                Issued 2002 Aug. 6, 19:42 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                COMET P/2002 O5 (NEAT)
    
    Observations:
        PK02O050  C2002 08 01.89565 16 16 04.80 -02 58 00.4          16.6 T      159
        PK02O050  C2002 08 01.89833 16 16 05.40 -02 57 50.8          16.5 T      159
        PK02O050  C2002 08 01.90123 16 16 05.96 -02 57 40.2          16.3 T      159
        PK02O050  C2002 08 01.91529 16 16 09.14 -02 56 51.4          16.6 T      159
        PK02O050  C2002 08 01.92162 16 16 10.62 -02 56 28.9          16.2 T      159
        PK02O050  C2002 08 01.92361 16 16 11.04 -02 56 22.3          16.2 T      159
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.87613 16 19 48.66 -02 00 57.3          16.7 T      599
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.87723 16 19 49.60 -02 00 57.3          16.5 T      204
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.87957 16 19 49.37 -02 00 45.2          16.3 T      599
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.88234 16 19 50.03 -02 00 35.7          16.8 T      599
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.88909 16 19 51.54 -02 00 12.4          16.8 T      599
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.89260 16 19 52.60 -02 00 00.3          16.7 T      941
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.89387 16 19 52.81 -01 59 54.9          16.7 T      941
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.89509 16 19 53.20 -01 59 52.2          16.7 T      941
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.91642 16 19 57.69 -01 58 39.4          17.1 T      204
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.92359 16 20 00.83 -01 57 39.8                      844
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.92493 16 19 59.79 -01 58 07.1          16.5 T      118
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.92598 16 20 01.31 -01 57 32.7                      844
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.93219 16 20 01.35 -01 57 43.4                      118
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.93380 16 20 03.07 -01 57 03.8                      844
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.93487 16 20 01.86 -01 57 33.8                      118
        PK02O050  C2002 08 02.94257 16 20 04.68 -01 56 34.7                      844
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.16125 16 20 54.45 -01 44 31.3          16.4 T      644
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.17194 16 20 56.78 -01 43 54.6          16.3 T      644
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.18267 16 20 59.17 -01 43 18.2          16.2 T      644
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.82631 16 23 26.15 -01 06 45.2          16.1 N      046
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.82852 16 23 26.64 -01 06 37.5                      046
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.82877 16 23 26.63 -01 06 38.1                      118
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.83064 16 23 27.10 -01 06 30.8                      046
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.83199 16 23 27.40 -01 06 26.1                      046
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.83294 16 23 27.58 -01 06 22.4                      046
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.83366 16 23 27.74 -01 06 19.9                      046
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.83396 16 23 27.79 -01 06 20.2                      118
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.83436 16 23 27.95 -01 06 18.0                      046
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.83503 16 23 28.09 -01 06 15.7          15.5 T      046
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.83503 16 23 28.03 -01 06 16.8          16.2 T      118
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.89045 16 23 40.49 -01 03 07.1          16.3 N      213
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.89355 16 23 41.12 -01 02 56.7          16.3 N      213
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.90150 16 23 42.92 -01 02 29.5          16.3 N      213
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.90306 16 23 43.29 -01 02 24.5          16.3 N      213
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.90459 16 23 43.59 -01 02 18.8          16.3 N      213
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.94348 16 23 52.44 -01 00 05.3          16.7 T      938
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.94567 16 23 52.88 -00 59 57.8          16.3 T      938
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.94755 16 23 53.32 -00 59 51.6          15.8 T      938
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.95035 16 23 53.96 -00 59 42.2          16.2 T      938
        PK02O050  C2002 08 03.95292 16 23 54.55 -00 59 33.3          16.3 T      938
        PK02O050  C2002 08 04.89829 16 27 31.01 -00 06 47.3          16.6 N      938
        PK02O050  C2002 08 04.89946 16 27 31.26 -00 06 43.0          16.8 N      938
        PK02O050  C2002 08 04.90062 16 27 31.53 -00 06 39.7          16.9 N      938
        PK02O050  C2002 08 04.90300 16 27 32.06 -00 06 31.4          16.4 N      938
        PK02O050  C2002 08 05.85728 16 31 10.11 +00 45 34.7          16.4 T      118
        PK02O050  C2002 08 05.85954 16 31 10.57 +00 45 41.9                      118
        PK02O050  C2002 08 05.87166 16 31 13.34 +00 46 21.3                      118
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    118 Modra.  Observers J. Toth, A. Galad.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    159 Monte Agliale.  Observer M. M. M. Santangelo.  0.51-m f/4.5 reflector
        + CCD.
    204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observers L. Buzzi, A. Aletti.  0.60-m
        f/3.62 reflector + CCD.
    213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves N.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.25-m
        f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    599 Campo Imperatore-CINEOS.  Observer A. Boattini.  Measurers A. Boattini,
        F. Bernardi, A. Di Paola, M. Tombelli.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
        K. Kuluhiwa, M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    844 Los Molinos.  Observers F. Artigue.  0.35-m f/6.4 reflector + CCD.
    938 Linhaceira.  Observer R. Goncalves.  0.25-m f/6.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    941 Observatorio Pla D'Arguines.  Observer R. Ferrando.  0.30-m
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        P/2002 O5 (NEAT)
    T 2002 Aug. 3.137 TT                                    MPC
    q   1.17311              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.202377       Peri.   15.335       +0.447427       +0.827557
    a   2.87317        Node   282.277       -0.852694       +0.280437
    e   0.59170        Incl.   20.303       -0.269668       +0.486317
    P   4.87
    From 139 observations 2002 July 30-Aug. 5.
    
    Ephemeris:
        P/2002 O5 (NEAT)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    2002 08 04    16 24.10   -00 56.7    0.326    1.173   111.4    53.6  17.3
    2002 08 09    16 43.14   +03 29.3    0.340    1.175   110.1    54.1  17.4
    2002 08 14    17 02.09   +07 22.1    0.358    1.181   109.2    54.1  17.5
    2002 08 19    17 20.82   +10 41.0    0.380    1.189   108.6    53.8  17.7
    2002 08 24    17 39.25   +13 27.2    0.403    1.200   108.3    53.1  17.8
    2002 08 29    17 57.33   +15 43.0    0.430    1.214   108.2    52.2  18.0
    2002 09 03    18 15.03   +17 31.4    0.458    1.231   108.2    51.1  18.2
    2002 09 08    18 32.38   +18 55.7    0.488    1.251   108.4    49.8  18.4
    2002 09 13    18 49.38   +19 59.2    0.521    1.273   108.7    48.5  18.6
    2002 09 18    19 06.04   +20 45.4    0.555    1.296   109.0    47.1  18.8
    2002 09 23    19 22.35   +21 17.0    0.591    1.322   109.3    45.8  19.1
    
    2002 10 03    19 53.94   +21 46.1    0.670    1.379   109.7    43.1  19.5
    2002 10 13    20 24.27   +21 44.4    0.758    1.441   109.6    40.7  20.0
    2002 10 23    20 53.35   +21 26.6    0.856    1.508   108.9    38.7  20.4
    2002 11 02    21 21.16   +21 02.8    0.965    1.577   107.4    36.9  20.9
    2002 11 12    21 47.80   +20 40.6    1.085    1.649   105.2    35.4  21.3
    2002 11 22    22 13.29   +20 25.1    1.216    1.722   102.3    34.1  21.8
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-P19
    

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