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    M.P.E.C. 2002-Q41                                Issued 2002 Aug. 28, 16:42 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.
    
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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                        COMET P/1992 Q1 = 2002 Q4 (BREWINGTON)
    
    Observations:
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 26.97571 20 07 01.59 -36 10 07.1                      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 26.98913 20 07 01.04 -36 10 02.6          16.6 T      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 26.99390 20 07 00.49 -36 10 00.4          16.9 T      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 27.00445 20 06 59.91 -36 09 55.4                      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 27.00615 20 06 59.82 -36 09 57.0                      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 27.01776 20 06 59.18 -36 09 52.6                      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 27.02563 20 06 58.55 -36 09 45.9                      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 27.03473 20 06 57.97 -36 09 43.5                      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 27.09017 20 06 54.64 -36 09 22.7                      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 27.09646 20 06 54.48 -36 09 15.8          16.5 T      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 27.10158 20 06 54.32 -36 09 12.6                      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 27.10703 20 06 53.90 -36 09 10.2                      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 27.98148 20 06 06.51 -36 02 34.2          16.8 T      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 27.98987 20 06 05.85 -36 02 29.8          16.8 T      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 28.01646 20 06 04.39 -36 02 17.9          16.3 T      844
        PK02Q040  C2002 08 28.03470 20 06 03.77 -36 02 09.7          16.5 T      844
    
    Observer details:
    844 Los Molinos.  Observer BUSCA team.  0.46-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        P/2002 Q4 (Brewington)
    Epoch 2003 Feb. 10.0 TT = JDT 2452680.5
    T 2003 Feb. 19.36898 TT                                 MPC
    q   1.5903470            (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.09246178     Peri.   48.00610     +0.84095704     -0.53401333
    a   4.8435215      Node   343.64406     +0.35754982     +0.66950315
    e   0.6716548      Incl.   18.05953     +0.40613962     +0.51632868
    P  10.66
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    920828 402  0.8-  1.8+    920926 894 (3.3-  2.1-)   921203 658  0.8+  0.0
    920828 402 (2.7-  0.5+)   920926 897  1.2-  1.0+    921203 658  0.8+  0.3-
    920828 897 (9.6-  3.7+)   920926 894 (4.2+  1.3-)   921204 411  0.4-  0.6+
    920828 402  1.3-  0.8+    920926 410  0.4-  0.2-    921204 411  0.2+  0.7+
    920829 372  0.0   0.2-    920926 410  1.0-  0.0     921221 801  1.4-  0.0
    920829 372  0.6+  0.6-    920926 410  0.4+  0.1-    921221 801  1.6-  0.1+
    920829 372  0.4+  0.3-    920927 589  0.5+  2.0+    921225 801  0.9-  0.4-
    920831 557  0.6-  0.3+ Y  920927 589  1.1+  0.1+    921225 801  1.3-  0.4+
    920831 557  1.5-  1.3- Y  920927 589  2.0+  1.3-    921231 372  1.9+  1.4-
    920831 557 (2.5-  2.2-)Y  920927 411 (1.9+  2.2-)   921231 372  0.3-  0.2+
    920831 801  1.0-  0.4+    920927 411  0.5+  0.0     930121 801  0.3+  1.0-
    920831 801  0.6-  0.5+    920927 411  0.7-  1.9+    930121 801  0.4+  0.6-
    920831 897  0.5-  1.5+    921001 801  1.0-  0.6+    930124 691  0.2-  0.8-
    920831 372 (2.6+  0.7+)   921001 801  0.4-  0.3+    930124 691  0.1-  0.7-
    920831 372 (4.5+  0.2-)   921002 900  1.6-  1.0-    930124 691  0.2-  0.6-
    920831 372 (2.9+  0.8-)   921002 900 (0.0   2.2-)   930131 658  0.7+  0.9+
    920831 894  0.4+  1.9-    921002 410 (2.9-  1.1+)   930131 658  0.0   1.1-
    920831 897  1.7-  0.3+    921002 410  0.4-  0.2-    930131 658 (1.0-  2.5+)
    920901 657 (2.2+  0.4-)   921005 372  0.2+  0.8+    930330 691  0.9+  0.2+
    920901 894 (2.6+  0.1-)   921006 894  1.4+  0.4+    930330 691  0.6-  0.7+
    920902 657 (0.8+  3.1-)   921006 894  0.4-  0.7+    930330 691  0.3+  0.1-
    920903 894 (3.0+  1.1-)   921020 691  0.4-  0.6-    930330 691  1.8-  0.3-
    920904 372  1.5+  0.6-    921020 691  0.0   0.8-    020826 844  1.2+  1.1+
    920904 894 (2.3+  2.3-)   921020 691  0.3-  0.7-    020826 844 (3.9+  0.3-)
    920904 372  1.1+  0.2-    921027 372 (1.5+  2.2-)   020826 844  0.6+  0.2-
    920905 411  1.7+  0.0     921027 372 (5.1-  2.5-)   020827 844  1.0+  0.2+
    920905 411  1.7+  0.6-    921029 801  1.0-  0.1+    020827 844 (1.1+  2.1-)
    920905 411  0.8+  0.3-    921029 801  0.9-  0.0     020827 844 (1.5+  2.9-)
    920905 372  1.0+  0.0     921030 897(10.0-  4.9-)Y  020827 844  0.7-  0.4+
    920906 587 (2.8+  0.0 )   921030 897 (6.2-  2.7+)Y  020827 844  1.3-  1.3-
    920906 587 (3.3+  0.4+)   921030 411  1.1-  1.1+    020827 844 (2.8-  5.2-)
    920906 587  0.8+  0.2-    921030 411  0.9+  0.8-    020827 844  0.3-  1.2-
    920925 801  1.1-  0.1+    921030 411  1.6-  0.2+    020827 844  1.3+  0.3-
    920925 801  1.6+  0.6-    921121 411  0.1-  0.5-    020827 844  0.1+  0.4-
    920925 372  0.2+  0.2-    921121 411 (2.7-  0.0 )   020827 844  1.3+  1.1-
    920925 372  1.2-  0.4-    921128 691  0.3+  0.3-    020827 844  1.0-  0.5-
    920926 372  0.9-  0.4-    921128 691  0.7+  0.1-    020828 844  0.6-  0.7-
    920926 897  0.6+  0.8+    921128 691  1.3+  0.4-    020828 844 (4.2+  0.8-)
    920926 372  0.4+  0.4+    921203 658  0.7+  0.3-
    
    Ephemeris:
        P/2002 Q4 (Brewington)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    2002 08 24    20 09.91   -36 31.2    1.568    2.452   142.9    14.4  15.2  19.7
    2002 09 03    20 01.29   -35 12.7    1.575    2.381   133.1    18.0  14.8  19.8
    2002 09 13    19 56.16   -33 35.8    1.599    2.312   123.5    21.3  14.4  19.9
    2002 09 23    19 54.87   -31 46.1    1.635    2.243   114.3    24.1  14.1  19.9
    2002 10 03    19 57.36   -29 47.7    1.680    2.176   105.7    26.3  13.8  20.0
    2002 10 13    20 03.34   -27 43.0    1.730    2.110    97.7    28.0  13.4  20.1
    2002 10 23    20 12.43   -25 32.6    1.782    2.045    90.3    29.1  13.1  20.1
    2002 11 02    20 24.17   -23 16.0    1.834    1.983    83.5    29.8  12.7  20.1
    2002 11 12    20 38.22   -20 52.0    1.883    1.923    77.2    30.1  12.4  20.1
    2002 11 22    20 54.21   -18 19.4    1.930    1.867    71.4    30.1  12.1  20.1
    2002 12 02    21 11.85   -15 36.9    1.973    1.814    66.1    29.8  11.7  20.1
    2002 12 12    21 30.92   -12 43.5    2.013    1.765    61.2    29.3  11.4  20.0
    2002 12 22    21 51.21   -09 38.9    2.049    1.721    56.8    28.6  11.1  20.0
    2003 01 01    22 12.59   -06 23.1    2.083    1.682    52.8    27.8  10.9  20.0
    2003 01 11    22 34.98   -02 57.0    2.115    1.650    49.2    26.8  10.7  19.9
    2003 01 21    22 58.32   +00 37.8    2.146    1.624    45.9    25.8  10.5  19.9
    2003 01 31    23 22.60   +04 19.2    2.178    1.605    43.0    24.8  10.4  19.9
    2003 02 10    23 47.83   +08 04.2    2.211    1.594    40.4    23.7  10.3  19.8
    2003 02 20    00 14.04   +11 49.1    2.247    1.590    38.1    22.5  10.3  19.8
    2003 03 02    00 41.26   +15 29.7    2.287    1.595    35.9    21.4  10.4  19.9
    2003 03 12    01 09.53   +19 01.7    2.333    1.607    33.9    20.2  10.5  19.9
    2003 03 22    01 38.81   +22 20.3    2.384    1.627    32.0    18.9  10.7  19.9
    2003 04 01    02 09.07   +25 21.3    2.441    1.653    30.1    17.6  11.0  20.0
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-Q41
    

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