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    • MPEC 2003-E60 : COMET P/2002 X2 (NEAT)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-E60                                Issued 2003 Mar. 14, 21:47 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  C2003 02 01.81056 02 30 54.70 +05 38 43.7          17.5 N      A02
    PK02X020  C2003 02 01.81281 02 30 54.88 +05 38 47.8          17.7 N      A02
    PK02X020  C2003 02 01.81733 02 30 55.13 +05 38 51.7          17.9 N      A02
    PK02X020  C2003 03 06.11288 03 06 47.24 +13 15 27.0          18.6 T      699
    PK02X020  C2003 03 06.12536 03 06 48.22 +13 15 36.8                      699
    PK02X020  C2003 03 06.13779 03 06 49.31 +13 15 46.2                      699
    PK02X020  C2003 03 06.15028 03 06 50.24 +13 15 56.7                      699

Observer details:
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.
A02 Masia Cal Maciarol Modul 8.  Observer J. Salto.  0.25-m f/3.6
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2002 X2 (NEAT)
Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5
T 2003 Mar. 29.59478 TT                                 MPC
q   2.5287567            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.12160735     Peri.  356.03290     +0.26596408     -0.86811567
a   4.0348696      Node    78.15484     +0.89580350     +0.06198017
e   0.3732742      Incl.   25.35405     +0.35608874     +0.49247705
P   8.10
From 105 observations 2002 Oct. 5-2003 Mar. 6, mean residual 0".75.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-E60

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