MPEC 2002-U53 : COMET C/2002 O7 (LINEAR)
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M.P.E.C. 2002-U53 Issued 2002 Oct. 31, 20:33 UT
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COMET C/2002 O7 (LINEAR)
Observations:
CK02O070 C2002 10 01.79890 14 35 55.32 +34 55 39.3 587
CK02O070 C2002 10 01.82888 14 35 56.27 +34 55 20.5 587
CK02O070 C2002 10 01.83747 14 35 56.43 +34 55 17.7 587
CK02O070 C2002 10 26.76269 14 50 28.25 +31 25 01.3 17.6 N 587
CK02O070 C2002 10 26.78417 14 50 29.19 +31 24 52.0 587
CK02O070 C2002 10 26.78796 14 50 29.38 +31 24 50.4 17.9 N 587
Observer details:
587 Sormano. Observers F. Manca, A. Testa. 0.5-m reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2002 O7 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Sept. 22.8735 TT MPC
q 0.904936 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 252.0453 -0.3326339 +0.9172117
Node 12.8170 +0.4405225 +0.3567019
e 1.0 Incl. 98.7352 -0.8338433 -0.1774441
From 59 observations 2002 July 29-Oct. 26.
Ephemeris:
C/2002 O7 (LINEAR)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2002 10 23 14 48.07 +31 53.5 5.216 4.572 45.4 8.9 16.7
2002 11 02 14 54.58 +30 40.8 5.105 4.470 45.7 9.2 16.5
2002 11 12 15 01.42 +29 37.8 4.978 4.366 47.2 9.6 16.4
2002 11 22 15 08.45 +28 45.4 4.833 4.262 49.8 10.2 16.2
2002 12 02 15 15.57 +28 04.5 4.672 4.157 53.2 11.0 16.0
2002 12 12 15 22.62 +27 36.1 4.494 4.051 57.5 11.8 15.8
2002 12 22 15 29.43 +27 21.3 4.302 3.944 62.4 12.8 15.6
2003 01 01 15 35.84 +27 21.1 4.097 3.836 67.8 13.7 15.4
2003 01 11 15 41.61 +27 36.8 3.881 3.727 73.7 14.7 15.2
2003 01 21 15 46.48 +28 09.5 3.656 3.617 80.0 15.5 14.9
2003 01 31 15 50.10 +29 00.4 3.425 3.505 86.5 16.3 14.6
2003 02 10 15 52.06 +30 10.7 3.192 3.393 93.2 16.9 14.3
2003 02 20 15 51.79 +31 40.9 2.959 3.279 100.0 17.3 14.0
2003 03 02 15 48.58 +33 30.5 2.732 3.164 106.8 17.4 13.7
2003 03 12 15 41.49 +35 37.2 2.515 3.048 113.3 17.4 13.3
2003 03 22 15 29.40 +37 54.7 2.313 2.931 119.2 17.3 13.0
2003 04 01 15 11.08 +40 11.1 2.133 2.812 123.6 17.2 12.6
2003 04 11 14 45.58 +42 06.1 1.979 2.692 125.8 17.6 12.3
2003 04 21 14 13.11 +43 11.6 1.859 2.570 125.0 18.7 11.9
2003 05 01 13 35.89 +42 59.2 1.774 2.447 120.8 20.7 11.6
2003 05 11 12 58.15 +41 13.1 1.726 2.323 113.7 23.5 11.3
2003 05 21 12 24.25 +38 00.2 1.712 2.198 104.6 26.5 11.1
2003 05 31 11 56.68 +33 44.5 1.728 2.072 94.6 29.2 10.9
2003 06 10 11 35.87 +28 53.9 1.763 1.944 84.2 31.3 10.6
2003 06 20 11 20.95 +23 50.0 1.811 1.817 74.0 32.5 10.4
2003 06 30 11 10.67 +18 44.9 1.862 1.689 64.2 32.8 10.1
2003 07 10 11 03.87 +13 43.1 1.909 1.562 54.8 32.1 9.8
2003 07 20 10 59.54 +08 44.8 1.945 1.437 45.9 30.5 9.5
2003 07 30 10 56.90 +03 46.4 1.963 1.316 37.7 28.2 9.2
2003 08 09 10 55.31 -01 17.0 1.959 1.201 30.5 25.4 8.8
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-U53
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