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    • MPEC 2002-R14 : COMET C/2002 L9 (NEAT)

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    M.P.E.C. 2002-R14                                Issued 2002 Sept. 5, 21:04 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 L9 (NEAT)

Observations:
    CK02L090  C2002 08 28.39116 19 31 34.80 -33 23 18.6          17.7 N      428
    CK02L090  C2002 08 28.42103 19 31 34.20 -33 23 24.3                      428
    CK02L090  C2002 08 29.39904 19 31 16.20 -33 26 25.4          17.3 T      428
    CK02L090  C2002 08 29.41689 19 31 15.85 -33 26 28.7          17.7 N      428

Observer details:
428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 L9 (NEAT)
T 2004 Apr. 6.8908 TT                                   MPC
q   7.027393             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  231.5297      +0.4870831      -0.0595175
                   Node   110.4639      -0.1528195      +0.9764749
e   1.0            Incl.   68.4373      -0.8598815      -0.2072546
From 52 observations 2002 June 6-Aug. 29.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R14

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