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    • MPEC 2002-R48 : COMET C/2002 O4 (HOENIG)

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    M.P.E.C. 2002-R48                                Issued 2002 Sept. 11, 20:27 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 O4 (HOENIG)

Observations:
    CK02O040  C2002 09 03.79376 13 18 36.18 +60 44 29.5                      171
    CK02O040  C2002 09 03.80216 13 18 34.26 +60 43 50.7                      171
    CK02O040  C2002 09 03.80448 13 18 33.65 +60 43 43.0                      171
    CK02O040  C2002 09 04.87794 13 14 50.48 +59 27 07.1                      162
    CK02O040  C2002 09 04.89564 13 14 47.17 +59 25 52.8                      162
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.82852 13 11 50.63 +58 21 05.1                      557
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.82934 13 11 50.50 +58 21 01.8                      557
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.82956 13 11 50.33 +58 21 01.7                      171
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.83016 13 11 50.34 +58 20 58.4                      557
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.83098 13 11 50.24 +58 20 55.2                      557
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.83179 13 11 50.04 +58 20 51.7                      557
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.83272 13 11 49.91 +58 20 48.0                      557
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.83353 13 11 49.72 +58 20 44.6                      557
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.83435 13 11 49.58 +58 20 41.0                      557
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.83449 13 11 49.55 +58 20 41.3          14.5 N      A28
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.83516 13 11 49.44 +58 20 37.6                      557
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.83618 13 11 49.32 +58 20 34.7          14.5 N      A28
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.84074 13 11 48.47 +58 20 15.4          14.5 N      A28
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.84182 13 11 48.37 +58 20 15.0                      171
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.84560 13 11 47.62 +58 19 54.9          14.3 N      A28
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.85255 13 11 46.37 +58 19 26.9          14.2 N      A28
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.85810 13 11 45.31 +58 19 03.7          14.3 N      A28
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.86296 13 11 44.48 +58 18 43.6          14.5 N      A28
    CK02O040  C2002 09 05.86817 13 11 43.63 +58 18 21.5          14.2 N      A28
    CK02O040  C2002 09 06.80587 13 09 01.00 +57 14 53.6          13.0 N      939
    CK02O040  C2002 09 06.80904 13 09 00.54 +57 14 41.0          13.0 N      939
    CK02O040  C2002 09 06.81219 13 09 00.10 +57 14 28.6          13.0 N      939
    CK02O040  C2002 09 06.82184 13 08 58.37 +57 13 46.3                      118
    CK02O040  C2002 09 06.82295 13 08 58.36 +57 13 42.0          14.7 T      118
    CK02O040  C2002 09 06.82398 13 08 58.09 +57 13 38.0                      118
    CK02O040  C2002 09 06.86097 13 08 52.01 +57 11 09.2          13.5 N      235
    CK02O040  C2002 09 06.91164 13 08 43.63 +57 07 45.8          13.4 T      442
    CK02O040  C2002 09 07.79522 13 06 23.19 +56 09 29.1          13.5 N      235
    CK02O040  C2002 09 08.06264 13 05 42.85 +55 52 04.2                      762
    CK02O040  C2002 09 08.06855 13 05 41.98 +55 51 40.8                      762
    CK02O040  C2002 09 08.07404 13 05 41.06 +55 51 19.2                      762
    CK02O040  C2002 09 09.89091 13 01 26.16 +53 56 00.8          12.8 T      442
    CK02O040  C2002 09 09.89288 13 01 25.74 +53 55 54.1          12.8 T      442
    CK02O040  C2002 09 10.83242 12 59 26.28 +52 58 15.2          12.7 T      442
    CK02O040  C2002 09 10.83341 12 59 26.17 +52 58 11.6          12.7 T      442

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Toth.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
162 Potenza.  Observer A. M. Giambersio.  0.20-m f/6.3 reflector + CCD.
171 Flarestar Observatory, San Gwann.  Observer S. M. Brincat.  0.25-m f/2.6
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
235 CAST Observatory, Talmassons.  Observers R. Ligustri, P. Beltrame,
    V. Savani, G. Degano, G. Romano.  0.35-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD.
442 Gualba Observatory.  Observer A. Sanchez C.  0.31-m f/3.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
762 Four Winds Observatory, Lake Leelanau.  Observer R. Elliott.  0.30-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
939 Observatorio Rodeno.  Observer J. Castellano.  0.20-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A28 Kempten.  Observer M. Scheel.  0.46-m f/4.5 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 O4 (Hoenig)
Epoch 2002 Oct. 13.0 TT = JDT 2452560.5
T 2002 Oct. 1.98400 TT                                  MPC
q   0.7761813            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0010229      Peri.  105.94043     -0.03805468     -0.79781079
 +/-0.0000536      Node   321.03994     -0.00845307     +0.60237735
e   1.0007940      Incl.   73.12568     +0.99923990     -0.02528772
From 984 observations 2002 July 27-Sept. 10, mean residual 0".65.

    The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are -0.000694
and -0.000230 (+/- 0.000054) AU**-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R48

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