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  • MPEC 2002-Y34 : COMET C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2002-Y34                                Issued 2002 Dec. 23, 15:28 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                               COMET C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
    
    Observations:
        CK02T070  C2002 12 10.87777 05 24 34.76 +28 38 34.2          16.1 N      235
        CK02T070  C2002 12 10.89444 05 24 36.59 +28 38 34.1          16.1 N      235
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.81493 05 23 42.40 +28 38 29.9                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.81606 05 23 42.39 +28 38 29.8                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.81720 05 23 42.31 +28 38 29.4                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.81833 05 23 42.23 +28 38 29.6                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.81946 05 23 42.15 +28 38 29.7                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.82171 05 23 42.05 +28 38 29.7                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.82285 05 23 41.95 +28 38 30.0                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.82397 05 23 41.91 +28 38 29.6                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.82510 05 23 41.84 +28 38 29.5                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.82623 05 23 41.78 +28 38 29.7                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.82736 05 23 41.68 +28 38 29.4                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.82963 05 23 41.56 +28 38 29.5                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.83076 05 23 41.51 +28 38 29.7                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.83191 05 23 41.42 +28 38 29.5                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 11.83304 05 23 41.37 +28 38 29.9                      A46
        CK02T070  C2002 12 14.05743 05 21 29.43 +28 38 13.8          16.2 T      204
        CK02T070  C2002 12 14.06049 05 21 29.26 +28 38 13.8          16.1 T      204
        CK02T070  C2002 12 14.06340 05 21 29.07 +28 38 13.7          16.3 T      204
        CK02T070  C2002 12 14.07225 05 21 28.54 +28 38 13.5          16.2 T      204
        CK02T070  C2002 12 14.08681 05 21 27.68 +28 38 13.2          16.3 T      204
        CK02T070  C2002 12 15.96541 05 19 35.69 +28 37 49.3          15.9 N      J97
        CK02T070  C2002 12 15.97470 05 19 35.14 +28 37 49.8          16.0 N      J97
        CK02T070  C2002 12 16.00402 05 19 33.38 +28 37 48.1          16.2 N      458
        CK02T070  C2002 12 16.01067 05 19 32.98 +28 37 48.4          16.2 N      458
        CK02T070  C2002 12 16.01980 05 19 32.41 +28 37 48.2          16.3 N      458
        CK02T070  C2002 12 17.35179 05 18 12.66 +28 37 24.9          16.2 T      785
        CK02T070  C2002 12 17.40858 05 18 09.22 +28 37 22.5          16.2 T      785
        CK02T070  C2002 12 21.25822 05 14 18.12 +28 35 47.9          15.8 T      H43
        CK02T070  C2002 12 21.28392 05 14 16.55 +28 35 47.1          15.6 T      H43
        CK02T070  C2002 12 21.33616 05 14 13.41 +28 35 44.7          19.9 T      H43
        CK02T070  C2002 12 21.82257 05 13 44.43 +28 35 30.4          16.0 N      213
        CK02T070  C2002 12 21.82977 05 13 43.94 +28 35 29.2          15.8 N      213
        CK02T070  C2002 12 21.83072 05 13 43.81 +28 35 29.3          16.1 N      213
        CK02T070  C2002 12 21.86183 05 13 41.88 +28 35 27.0          15.9 T      232
        CK02T070  C2002 12 21.87243 05 13 41.22 +28 35 28.1          16.0 T      232
        CK02T070  C2002 12 21.87774 05 13 40.98 +28 35 28.6          16.1 T      232
    
    Observer details:
    204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observers L. Buzzi, A. Aletti.  0.60-m f/4.64
        reflector.
    213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
        f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    232 Masquefa Observatory.  Observer E. Reina.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    235 CAST Observatory, Talmassons.  Observer R. Ligustri.  0.35-m F/5 reflector
        + CCD.
    458 Guadarrama Observatory.  Observer D. Rodriguez.  0.20-m f/10
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    785 Fitz-Randolph Observatory, Princeton.  Observer J. Maffei.  0.91-m
        reflector + CCD.
    A46 Lelekovice.  Observer K. Hornoch.  0.35-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.
    H43 Conway.  Observers P. C. Sherrod, B. M. Sherrod.  0.31-m f/3.75
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    J97 Alginet.  Observer T. CLIMENT Garcia.  0.25-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain +CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
    T 2004 Apr. 23.2536 TT                                  MPC
    q   0.613305             (2000.0)            P               Q
                       Peri.  157.7999      +0.4331512      -0.8381066
                       Node    94.8398      -0.8688760      -0.2904506
    e   1.0            Incl.  160.5621      -0.2396549      -0.4617530
    From 416 observations 2002 Oct. 12-Dec. 21.
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-Y34
    

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