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    • MPEC 2002-W11 : COMET P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2002-W11                                Issued 2002 Nov. 18, 21:27 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                         COMET P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR)

Additional Observations:
    PK02T060  C2002 09 28.55823 01 17 53.33 +11 19 49.4          20.3 N      644
    PK02T060  C2002 09 28.56926 01 17 53.18 +11 19 46.9          20.4 N      644
    PK02T060  C2002 09 28.58032 01 17 52.96 +11 19 42.4          20.2 N      644
    PK02T060  C2002 11 10.15525 00 59 28.26 +07 36 47.3          19.1 T      704
    PK02T060  C2002 11 10.17111 00 59 27.77 +07 36 42.1          18.9 T      704
    PK02T060  C2002 11 10.20288 00 59 27.23 +07 36 31.9          19.7 T      704
    PK02T060  C2002 11 10.21878 00 59 26.90 +07 36 29.8          19.2 T      704
    PK02T060  C2002 11 11.32154 00 59 07.71 +07 31 23.7          19.2 T      644
    PK02T060  C2002 11 11.34271 00 59 07.34 +07 31 17.8          19.5 T      644
    PK02T060  C2002 11 11.36307 00 59 06.98 +07 31 12.6          20.1 T      644
    PK02T060  C2002 11 12.64101 00 58 46.04 +07 25 25.7          19.2 T      360
    PK02T060  C2002 11 12.64689 00 58 45.95 +07 25 24.6                      360
    PK02T060  C2002 11 12.65104 00 58 45.86 +07 25 23.7                      360
    PK02T060  C2002 11 12.91613 00 58 41.75 +07 24 13.0                      246
    PK02T060  C2002 11 12.91701 00 58 41.74 +07 24 12.7                      246
    PK02T060  C2002 11 12.91900 00 58 41.73 +07 24 12.9                      246
    PK02T060  C2002 11 12.92186 00 58 41.65 +07 24 11.9                      246
    PK02T060  C2002 11 12.92395 00 58 41.63 +07 24 11.4                      246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT telescope
    + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  Images identified and measured by F. Anzellini
    and R. Gorelli.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, D. Torres, T. Brothers,
    S. Partridge.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR)
T 2003 June 26.8799 TT                                  MPC
q   3.389500             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0466451      Peri.  217.5051      +0.4034586      -0.9102846
a   7.643027       Node   209.0408      +0.8789556      +0.4137405
e   0.556524       Incl.   11.0154      +0.2542798      +0.0141678
P  21.1
From 104 observations 2002 Sept. 28-Nov. 12.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-W11

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