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    M.P.E.C. 2002-Y07                                Issued 2002 Dec. 16, 20:12 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
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                         COMET P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK02T060  C2002 11 10.89207 00 59 15.08 +07 33 20.7          18.8 T      561
    PK02T060  C2002 11 10.89676 00 59 15.00 +07 33 19.8          18.5 T      561
    PK02T060  C2002 11 10.90104 00 59 14.93 +07 33 18.8          18.7 T      561
    PK02T060  C2002 12 08.27509 00 57 01.79 +06 05 53.1          18.2 T      644
    PK02T060  C2002 12 08.29681 00 57 01.97 +06 05 51.3          18.5 T      644
    PK02T060  C2002 12 08.31798 00 57 02.14 +06 05 48.8          19.0 T      644
    PK02T060  C2002 12 10.07713 00 57 19.23 +06 03 11.8          18.2 T      644
    PK02T060  C2002 12 10.09856 00 57 19.44 +06 03 10.1          18.4 T      644
    PK02T060  C2002 12 10.11993 00 57 19.63 +06 03 08.5          18.4 T      644

Observer details:
561 Piszkesteto.  Observer J. Kelemen.  0.60-m Schmidt + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo,
    M. Hicks, K. Lawrence, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR)
T 2003 June 26.8629 TT                                  MPC
q   3.387884             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0465737      Peri.  217.5332      +0.4029483      -0.9105138
a   7.650838       Node   209.0445      +0.8791693      +0.4132385
e   0.557188       Incl.   11.0102      +0.2543500      +0.0140887
P  21.2
From 119 observations 2002 Sept. 28-Dec. 10.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-Y07

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