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    • MPEC 2002-X51 : COMET P/2002 X2 (NEAT)

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    M.P.E.C. 2002-X51                                Issued 2002 Dec.  9, 04:11 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 X2 (NEAT)

Observations:
    PK02X020  C2002 10 05.41539 03 06 53.02 -12 27 14.2          18.4 N      699
    PK02X020  C2002 10 05.43285 03 06 52.51 -12 27 17.0                      699
    PK02X020  C2002 10 05.45035 03 06 51.96 -12 27 18.2                      699
    PK02X020  C2002 10 05.46781 03 06 51.35 -12 27 21.3                      699
    PK02X020  C2002 11 05.30201 02 43 07.82 -12 11 08.7          18.0 N      644
    PK02X020  C2002 11 05.32551 02 43 06.46 -12 11 02.9          17.9 N      644
    PK02X020  C2002 11 05.36489 02 43 04.16 -12 10 52.9          18.3 N      644
    PK02X020  C2002 12 06.13260 02 18 49.22 -07 58 49.6          17.7 N      699
    PK02X020  C2002 12 06.15025 02 18 48.55 -07 58 37.3                      699
    PK02X020  C2002 12 06.16797 02 18 48.01 -07 58 25.4                      699
    PK02X020  C2002 12 06.18563 02 18 47.42 -07 58 12.3                      699
    PK02X020  C2002 12 07.17100 02 18 17.91 -07 46 37.0          18.4 T      644
    PK02X020  C2002 12 07.19086 02 18 17.29 -07 46 22.8          18.2 T      644
    PK02X020  C2002 12 07.21228 02 18 16.64 -07 46 07.7          18.2 T      644
    PK02X020  C2002 12 08.07273 02 17 52.20 -07 35 51.7          20.0 T      333
    PK02X020  C2002 12 08.07696 02 17 52.18 -07 35 47.8          20.5 T      333
    PK02X020  C2002 12 08.08140 02 17 51.99 -07 35 45.4          21.0 T      333
    PK02X020  C2002 12 08.19097 02 17 48.94 -07 34 28.6          18.7 T      926
    PK02X020  C2002 12 08.20050 02 17 48.56 -07 34 19.3          17.9 T      926
    PK02X020  C2002 12 08.21089 02 17 48.20 -07 34 11.3          17.7 T      926
    PK02X020  C2002 12 08.76473 02 17 33.23 -07 27 29.8                      246
    PK02X020  C2002 12 08.76744 02 17 33.19 -07 27 28.3                      246
    PK02X020  C2002 12 08.76888 02 17 33.14 -07 27 27.1                      246
    PK02X020  C2002 12 08.77017 02 17 33.12 -07 27 26.1                      246
    PK02X020  C2002 12 08.77153 02 17 33.08 -07 27 24.9                      246
    PK02X020  C2002 12 09.14536 02 17 23.05 -07 22 52.5          17.8 T      858
    PK02X020  C2002 12 09.14933 02 17 22.97 -07 22 49.8          17.7 T      858
    PK02X020  C2002 12 09.15330 02 17 22.91 -07 22 46.7          17.8 T      858

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Ko\v{c}er.
    1.06-m KLENOT Telescope + CCD.
333 Desert Eagle Observatory.  Observer W. K. Y. Yeung.  0.45-m f/3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo,
    M. Hicks, K. Lawrence, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.
858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.3-m f/3.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2002 X2 (NEAT)
T 2003 Mar. 29.5651 TT                                  MPC
q   2.528633             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1215844      Peri.  356.0279      +0.2660195      -0.8681049
a   4.035377       Node    78.1561      +0.8958030      +0.0620486
e   0.373384       Incl.   25.3531      +0.3560487      +0.4924874
P   8.11
From 27 observations 2002 Oct. 5-Dec. 9.

Ephemeris:
    P/2002 X2 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 12 02    02 21.14   -08 45.5    1.846    2.643   135.7    15.1  17.6
2002 12 12    02 16.24   -06 47.4    1.912    2.625   127.0    17.4  17.6
2002 12 22    02 13.90   -04 34.8    1.994    2.608   118.3    19.4  17.7
2003 01 01    02 14.19   -02 12.9    2.091    2.593   109.7    20.9  17.7
2003 01 11    02 17.01   +00 14.3    2.197    2.580   101.5    21.9  17.8
2003 01 21    02 22.17   +02 43.4    2.310    2.568    93.6    22.5  17.9
2003 01 31    02 29.40   +05 12.1    2.427    2.557    86.1    22.6  18.0
2003 02 10    02 38.50   +07 38.7    2.546    2.548    79.0    22.3  18.1
2003 02 20    02 49.23   +10 01.7    2.663    2.541    72.1    21.7  18.2
2003 03 02    03 01.40   +12 20.2    2.778    2.535    65.6    20.9  18.3
2003 03 12    03 14.87   +14 33.1    2.890    2.531    59.3    19.7  18.3
2003 03 22    03 29.49   +16 39.8    2.995    2.529    53.3    18.4  18.4
2003 04 01    03 45.15   +18 39.4    3.095    2.529    47.5    16.9  18.5
2003 04 11    04 01.75   +20 31.3    3.187    2.530    41.8    15.3  18.5
2003 04 21    04 19.18   +22 14.8    3.271    2.533    36.3    13.6  18.6
2003 05 01    04 37.37   +23 49.3    3.347    2.538    31.0    11.8  18.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X51

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