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    M.P.E.C. 2002-Y11                                Issued 2002 Dec. 16, 20:33 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2002 V2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK02V020  C2002 12 01.02437 05 16 53.37 +10 01 23.1          18.6 T      204
    CK02V020  C2002 12 01.02803 05 16 53.12 +10 01 22.0          18.7 T      204
    CK02V020  C2002 12 01.03160 05 16 52.92 +10 01 22.5          18.6 T      204
    CK02V020  C2002 12 01.03521 05 16 52.69 +10 01 21.8          18.4 T      204
    CK02V020  C2002 12 01.04245 05 16 52.24 +10 01 21.6          18.6 T      204
    CK02V020  C2002 12 01.06887 05 16 50.66 +10 01 20.7          18.5 T      204
    CK02V020  C2002 12 01.07250 05 16 50.39 +10 01 20.1                      204
    CK02V020  C2002 12 01.07611 05 16 50.13 +10 01 19.4          18.4 T      204
    CK02V020  C2002 12 01.07973 05 16 49.89 +10 01 20.0          18.8 T      204
    CK02V020  C2002 12 01.08334 05 16 49.70 +10 01 19.5          19.2 N      204
    CK02V020  C2002 12 10.57613 05 06 57.91 +09 53 26.1          18.3 N      340
    CK02V020  C2002 12 10.58163 05 06 57.58 +09 53 27.0          18.4 N      340
    CK02V020  C2002 12 10.59216 05 06 56.91 +09 53 27.6          18.4 N      340
    CK02V020  C2002 12 13.71640 05 03 41.09 +09 51 22.5          18.0 T      360
    CK02V020  C2002 12 13.72543 05 03 40.50 +09 51 21.8                      360

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observers L. Buzzi, A. Aletti.  0.60-m f/4.64
    reflector.
340 Toyonaka.  Details not available.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Details not available.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 V2 (LINEAR)
T 2003 May 11.7605 TT                                   MPC
q   6.815026             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  314.4962      +0.4179552      +0.9050290
                   Node    20.2016      +0.8848410      -0.4252397
e   1.0            Incl.  166.7808      +0.2058397      -0.0096777
From 78 observations 2002 Nov. 5-Dec. 13.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-Y11

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