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    • MPEC 2002-W15 : COMET C/2002 V2 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2002-W15                                Issued 2002 Nov. 18, 22:18 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 C/2002 V2 (LINEAR)

Additional Observations:
    CK02V020  C2002 11 09.72644 05 37 21.14 +10 25 58.1          18.7 T      349
    CK02V020  C2002 11 09.72974 05 37 21.01 +10 25 57.0                      349
    CK02V020  C2002 11 09.73307 05 37 20.96 +10 25 56.9                      349
    CK02V020  C2002 11 12.34071 05 35 02.48 +10 22 32.9          19.6 T      704
    CK02V020  C2002 11 12.37537 05 35 00.54 +10 22 29.6          19.8 T      704
    CK02V020  C2002 11 12.39275 05 34 59.58 +10 22 29.1          19.5 T      704
    CK02V020  C2002 11 12.71407 05 34 42.37 +10 22 05.1          18.5 T      360
    CK02V020  C2002 11 12.71832 05 34 42.15 +10 22 04.5                      360
    CK02V020  C2002 11 12.72492 05 34 41.77 +10 22 04.2                      360
    CK02V020  C2002 11 14.45440 05 33 07.35 +10 19 52.2          19.0 T      673
    CK02V020  C2002 11 14.45880 05 33 07.08 +10 19 51.9                      673
    CK02V020  C2002 11 14.46285 05 33 06.90 +10 19 51.4                      673

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD, 0.25-m f/5.0
    reflector + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.
    0.61-m f/16 reflector + 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:
    C/2002 V2 (LINEAR)
T 2003 May 6.4693 TT                                    MPC
q   6.822490             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  314.0083      +0.4112294      +0.9081299
                   Node    20.1375      +0.8879880      -0.4186037
e   1.0            Incl.  166.7891      +0.2058341      -0.0084277
From 53 observations 2002 Nov. 5-14.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 V2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 11 12    05 35.35   +10 23.0    6.098    6.919   143.5     4.9  18.3
2002 11 22    05 25.96   +10 10.8    6.003    6.909   154.7     3.5  18.3
2002 12 02    05 15.89   +10 00.5    5.945    6.899   164.1     2.2  18.3
2002 12 12    05 05.48   +09 52.5    5.928    6.889   166.6     1.9  18.2
2002 12 22    04 55.15   +09 47.3    5.951    6.881   159.4     2.9  18.2
2003 01 01    04 45.26   +09 45.3    6.013    6.872   148.7     4.3  18.3
2003 01 11    04 36.16   +09 46.6    6.111    6.865   137.1     5.6  18.3
2003 01 21    04 28.10   +09 51.4    6.239    6.858   125.5     6.7  18.3
2003 01 31    04 21.25   +09 59.3    6.391    6.851   114.0     7.5  18.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-W15

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