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    M.P.E.C. 2003-A38                                Issued 2003 Jan. 6, 18:00 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 V2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK02V020  C2002 12 30.56300 04 46 37.09 +09 45 21.7                      349
    CK02V020  C2002 12 30.56610 04 46 37.00 +09 45 22.5                      349
    CK02V020  C2002 12 30.57014 04 46 36.89 +09 45 22.4          18.6 T      349
    CK02V020  C2003 01 02.44150 04 43 52.23 +09 45 15.6                      411
    CK02V020  C2003 01 02.48315 04 43 49.92 +09 45 15.6                      411
    CK02V020  C2003 01 02.49613 04 43 49.14 +09 45 16.1                      411
    CK02V020  C2003 01 04.45794 04 41 59.08 +09 45 21.7                      411
    CK02V020  C2003 01 04.46766 04 41 58.55 +09 45 22.8                      411
    CK02V020  C2003 01 04.91684 04 41 33.67 +09 45 24.5          18.5 N      J95
    CK02V020  C2003 01 04.92130 04 41 33.50 +09 45 24.3          18.6 N      J95
    CK02V020  C2003 01 05.16493 04 41 20.09 +09 45 30.6          19.8 T      704
    CK02V020  C2003 01 05.18168 04 41 19.06 +09 45 27.2          19.3 T      704
    CK02V020  C2003 01 05.19991 04 41 18.13 +09 45 27.5          20.0 T      704
    CK02V020  C2003 01 05.21555 04 41 17.25 +09 45 27.3          19.7 T      704
    CK02V020  C2003 01 05.23114 04 41 16.28 +09 45 26.1          20.2 T      704
    CK02V020  C2003 01 05.30951 04 41 12.02 +09 45 25.2          18.9 T      H43

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD, 0.25-m f/5.0
    reflector + CCD.
411 Oizumi.  Observer T. Kobayashi.  0.41-m f/4.3 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. Evans, P. Hopman.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
H43 Conway.  Observers P. C. Sherrod, B. M. Sherrod.  0.31-m f/3.75
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 V2 (LINEAR)
T 2003 May 13.1579 TT                                   MPC
q   6.813105             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  314.6192      +0.4197263      +0.9042046
                   Node    20.2126      +0.8840037      -0.4269817
e   1.0            Incl.  166.7793      +0.2058332      -0.0100330
From 102 observations 2002 Nov. 5-2003 Jan. 5.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-A38

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