MPEC 2002-M47 : COMETS C/1997 S4, 1997 U9, 2002 M2 (SOHO)
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M.P.E.C. 2002-M47 Issued 2002 June 29, 14:06 UT
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minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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COMETS C/1997 S4, 1997 U9, 2002 M2 (SOHO)
Observations:
CJ97S040 S1997 09 29.18792 12 16 40.7 -01 07 57 249
CJ97S040 s1997 09 29.18792 2 -0.00832653 -0.00437789 -0.00154882 249
CJ97S040 S1997 09 29.20118 12 16 59.3 -01 09 24 249
CJ97S040 s1997 09 29.20118 2 -0.00832574 -0.00438062 -0.00155037 249
CJ97S040 S1997 09 29.24495 12 18 06.6 -01 15 12 249
CJ97S040 s1997 09 29.24495 2 -0.00832313 -0.00438960 -0.00155548 249
CJ97S040 S1997 09 29.25823 12 18 26.9 -01 17 32 249
CJ97S040 s1997 09 29.25823 2 -0.00832234 -0.00439232 -0.00155703 249
CJ97U090 S1997 10 23.02360 13 45 56.1 -09 17 53 249
CJ97U090 s1997 10 23.02360 2 -0.00637969 -0.00765261 -0.00369327 249
CJ97U090 S1997 10 23.03886 13 46 14.6 -09 15 35 249
CJ97U090 s1997 10 23.03886 2 -0.00637853 -0.00765389 -0.00369426 249
CJ97U090 S1997 10 23.05495 13 46 34.8 -09 13 24 249
CJ97U090 s1997 10 23.05495 2 -0.00637731 -0.00765525 -0.00369530 249
CJ97U090 S1997 10 23.06564 13 46 47.6 -09 12 01 249
CJ97U090 s1997 10 23.06564 2 -0.00637650 -0.00765615 -0.00369599 249
CJ97U090 S1997 10 23.08166 13 47 08.6 -09 09 54 249
CJ97U090 s1997 10 23.08166 2 -0.00637528 -0.00765750 -0.00369703 249
CJ97U090 S1997 10 23.09200 13 47 22.3 -09 08 43 249
CJ97U090 s1997 10 23.09200 2 -0.00637449 -0.00765837 -0.00369770 249
CJ97U090 S1997 10 23.10801 13 47 41.0 -09 07 00 249
CJ97U090 s1997 10 23.10801 2 -0.00637328 -0.00765972 -0.00369873 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.50007 05 37 35.6 +19 27 07 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.50007 2 +0.00436170 +0.00777232 +0.00370865 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.51048 05 37 36.9 +19 28 08 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.51048 2 +0.00435932 +0.00777263 +0.00370908 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.52091 05 37 38.1 +19 30 12 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.52091 2 +0.00435693 +0.00777293 +0.00370950 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.53132 05 37 40.8 +19 31 07 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.53132 2 +0.00435455 +0.00777323 +0.00370993 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.54173 05 37 41.8 +19 32 30 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.54173 2 +0.00435217 +0.00777354 +0.00371036 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.56262 05 37 48.6 +19 36 09 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.56262 2 +0.00434738 +0.00777414 +0.00371122 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.57298 05 37 50.8 +19 36 52 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.57298 2 +0.00434501 +0.00777444 +0.00371164 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.58340 05 37 51.4 +19 38 22 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.58340 2 +0.00434262 +0.00777474 +0.00371207 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.59381 05 37 52.0 +19 39 33 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.59381 2 +0.00434024 +0.00777504 +0.00371250 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.60423 05 37 55.7 +19 41 19 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.60423 2 +0.00433785 +0.00777534 +0.00371292 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.61465 05 37 58.6 +19 42 03 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.61465 2 +0.00433546 +0.00777565 +0.00371335 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.62509 05 37 59.7 +19 44 06 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.62509 2 +0.00433307 +0.00777595 +0.00371378 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.63548 05 38 01.4 +19 45 17 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.63548 2 +0.00433069 +0.00777624 +0.00371420 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.64590 05 38 04.7 +19 46 55 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.64590 2 +0.00432830 +0.00777654 +0.00371463 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.65632 05 38 07.6 +19 48 38 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.65632 2 +0.00432591 +0.00777684 +0.00371505 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.66673 05 38 09.5 +19 50 06 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.66673 2 +0.00432352 +0.00777714 +0.00371548 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.67715 05 38 11.0 +19 51 44 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.67715 2 +0.00432113 +0.00777744 +0.00371590 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.68758 05 38 14.2 +19 52 51 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.68758 2 +0.00431874 +0.00777774 +0.00371633 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.69798 05 38 15.2 +19 54 32 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.69798 2 +0.00431635 +0.00777803 +0.00371675 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.70842 05 38 19.3 +19 56 58 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.70842 2 +0.00431396 +0.00777833 +0.00371718 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.71882 05 38 20.6 +19 57 46 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.71882 2 +0.00431157 +0.00777863 +0.00371760 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.72923 05 38 23.7 +19 59 20 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.72923 2 +0.00430918 +0.00777892 +0.00371802 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.73965 05 38 25.9 +20 00 34 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.73965 2 +0.00430679 +0.00777922 +0.00371845 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.75006 05 38 27.1 +20 02 41 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.75006 2 +0.00430440 +0.00777952 +0.00371887 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.76048 05 38 30.7 +20 04 10 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.76048 2 +0.00430201 +0.00777981 +0.00371929 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.77090 05 38 32.8 +20 05 22 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.77090 2 +0.00429961 +0.00778011 +0.00371972 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.78132 05 38 33.9 +20 07 07 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.78132 2 +0.00429722 +0.00778040 +0.00372014 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.80215 05 38 41.9 +20 10 41 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.80215 2 +0.00429243 +0.00778099 +0.00372098 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.81256 05 38 43.4 +20 11 59 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.81256 2 +0.00429004 +0.00778128 +0.00372141 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.82298 05 38 44.7 +20 13 50 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.82298 2 +0.00428764 +0.00778158 +0.00372183 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.83340 05 38 47.8 +20 14 52 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.83340 2 +0.00428525 +0.00778187 +0.00372225 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.84381 05 38 51.9 +20 17 02 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.84381 2 +0.00428286 +0.00778216 +0.00372267 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.85423 05 38 52.7 +20 18 44 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.85423 2 +0.00428046 +0.00778245 +0.00372309 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.86465 05 38 54.7 +20 20 08 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.86465 2 +0.00427806 +0.00778275 +0.00372351 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.87507 05 38 57.4 +20 21 52 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.87507 2 +0.00427567 +0.00778304 +0.00372393 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.88548 05 39 00.7 +20 23 26 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.88548 2 +0.00427327 +0.00778333 +0.00372435 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.89590 05 39 03.9 +20 25 47 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.89590 2 +0.00427087 +0.00778362 +0.00372477 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.90631 05 39 06.3 +20 27 18 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.90631 2 +0.00426848 +0.00778391 +0.00372520 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.92715 05 39 10.7 +20 30 49 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.92715 2 +0.00426368 +0.00778449 +0.00372603 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.93757 05 39 14.7 +20 32 22 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.93757 2 +0.00426128 +0.00778478 +0.00372645 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.94798 05 39 16.3 +20 34 07 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.94798 2 +0.00425888 +0.00778507 +0.00372687 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.95840 05 39 20.1 +20 35 57 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.95840 2 +0.00425648 +0.00778536 +0.00372729 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.96881 05 39 22.5 +20 37 37 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.96881 2 +0.00425409 +0.00778565 +0.00372771 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.97923 05 39 24.6 +20 39 31 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.97923 2 +0.00425169 +0.00778593 +0.00372813 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 17.98966 05 39 27.7 +20 41 13 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 17.98966 2 +0.00424928 +0.00778622 +0.00372855 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.01056 05 39 34.2 +20 44 50 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.01056 2 +0.00424439 +0.00778684 +0.00372932 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.02091 05 39 35.0 +20 46 54 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.02091 2 +0.00424200 +0.00778712 +0.00372974 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.03131 05 39 39.4 +20 48 32 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.03131 2 +0.00423961 +0.00778741 +0.00373016 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.04173 05 39 43.1 +20 50 34 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.04173 2 +0.00423720 +0.00778770 +0.00373057 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.05215 05 39 45.8 +20 52 22 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.05215 2 +0.00423480 +0.00778798 +0.00373099 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.06256 05 39 48.4 +20 54 25 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.06256 2 +0.00423240 +0.00778827 +0.00373141 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.08693 05 39 56.2 +20 59 01 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.08693 2 +0.00422678 +0.00778893 +0.00373238 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.09381 05 39 58.9 +21 00 05 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.09381 2 +0.00422519 +0.00778912 +0.00373266 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.10423 05 40 02.2 +21 02 03 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.10423 2 +0.00422278 +0.00778940 +0.00373307 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.11465 05 40 05.1 +21 04 01 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.11465 2 +0.00422038 +0.00778969 +0.00373349 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.12506 05 40 09.1 +21 06 15 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.12506 2 +0.00421798 +0.00778997 +0.00373390 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.13548 05 40 13.9 +21 08 21 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.13548 2 +0.00421557 +0.00779025 +0.00373432 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.14592 05 40 15.5 +21 10 32 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.14592 2 +0.00421316 +0.00779054 +0.00373474 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.15632 05 40 18.7 +21 12 29 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.15632 2 +0.00421076 +0.00779082 +0.00373515 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.16673 05 40 23.2 +21 14 32 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.16673 2 +0.00420835 +0.00779110 +0.00373556 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.17715 05 40 26.1 +21 16 36 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.17715 2 +0.00420595 +0.00779138 +0.00373598 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.18757 05 40 31.3 +21 18 21 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.18757 2 +0.00420354 +0.00779166 +0.00373639 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.19798 05 40 34.4 +21 20 55 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.19798 2 +0.00420113 +0.00779194 +0.00373681 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.20841 05 40 37.0 +21 22 54 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.20841 2 +0.00419872 +0.00779223 +0.00373722 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.21881 05 40 41.2 +21 25 25 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.21881 2 +0.00419632 +0.00779251 +0.00373763 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.22923 05 40 45.9 +21 27 15 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.22923 2 +0.00419391 +0.00779279 +0.00373805 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.23965 05 40 51.2 +21 29 45 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.23965 2 +0.00419150 +0.00779307 +0.00373846 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.25006 05 40 52.3 +21 32 15 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.25006 2 +0.00418909 +0.00779334 +0.00373887 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.26048 05 40 57.6 +21 34 35 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.26048 2 +0.00418668 +0.00779362 +0.00373929 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.27090 05 41 02.8 +21 37 15 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.27090 2 +0.00418427 +0.00779390 +0.00373970 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.29520 05 41 13.2 +21 42 14 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.29520 2 +0.00417864 +0.00779455 +0.00374066 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.29868 05 41 14.7 +21 42 56 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.29868 2 +0.00417783 +0.00779464 +0.00374080 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.30562 05 41 17.9 +21 44 34 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.30562 2 +0.00417623 +0.00779483 +0.00374107 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.30909 05 41 19.5 +21 45 30 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.30909 2 +0.00417542 +0.00779492 +0.00374121 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.31605 05 41 22.2 +21 47 08 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.31605 2 +0.00417381 +0.00779511 +0.00374149 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.31951 05 41 24.0 +21 48 02 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.31951 2 +0.00417301 +0.00779520 +0.00374162 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.32647 05 41 26.9 +21 49 45 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.32647 2 +0.00417140 +0.00779538 +0.00374190 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.32993 05 41 29.5 +21 50 29 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.32993 2 +0.00417060 +0.00779548 +0.00374203 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.33687 05 41 32.5 +21 52 09 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.33687 2 +0.00416899 +0.00779566 +0.00374231 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.34034 05 41 33.9 +21 53 07 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.34034 2 +0.00416819 +0.00779575 +0.00374245 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.34731 05 41 37.4 +21 54 46 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.34731 2 +0.00416658 +0.00779594 +0.00374272 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.35076 05 41 39.2 +21 55 41 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.35076 2 +0.00416578 +0.00779603 +0.00374286 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.35770 05 41 42.9 +21 57 20 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.35770 2 +0.00416417 +0.00779621 +0.00374313 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.36118 05 41 44.7 +21 58 21 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.36118 2 +0.00416336 +0.00779630 +0.00374327 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.36814 05 41 48.7 +22 00 09 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.36814 2 +0.00416175 +0.00779649 +0.00374354 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.37160 05 41 50.1 +22 01 00 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.37160 2 +0.00416095 +0.00779658 +0.00374368 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.37854 05 41 53.8 +22 02 47 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.37854 2 +0.00415934 +0.00779676 +0.00374395 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.38201 05 41 56.4 +22 03 46 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.38201 2 +0.00415854 +0.00779685 +0.00374409 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.38895 05 41 59.9 +22 05 39 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.38895 2 +0.00415693 +0.00779704 +0.00374436 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.39242 05 42 02.2 +22 06 27 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.39242 2 +0.00415612 +0.00779713 +0.00374450 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.39937 05 42 05.9 +22 08 23 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.39937 2 +0.00415451 +0.00779731 +0.00374477 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.40284 05 42 08.4 +22 09 15 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.40284 2 +0.00415371 +0.00779740 +0.00374491 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.40979 05 42 12.4 +22 11 16 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.40979 2 +0.00415210 +0.00779759 +0.00374518 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.41326 05 42 14.3 +22 12 11 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.41326 2 +0.00415129 +0.00779768 +0.00374532 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.42020 05 42 19.3 +22 14 07 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.42020 2 +0.00414968 +0.00779786 +0.00374559 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.42367 05 42 21.1 +22 15 05 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.42367 2 +0.00414888 +0.00779795 +0.00374573 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.43063 05 42 25.4 +22 17 02 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.43063 2 +0.00414727 +0.00779813 +0.00374600 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.43411 05 42 28.1 +22 18 03 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.43411 2 +0.00414646 +0.00779822 +0.00374614 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.44104 05 42 32.8 +22 20 04 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.44104 2 +0.00414485 +0.00779841 +0.00374641 249
CK02M020 S2002 06 18.44451 05 42 35.8 +22 20 54 249
CK02M020 s2002 06 18.44451 2 +0.00414405 +0.00779850 +0.00374654 249
Observer details:
249 SOHO. SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2. Comet detections by R. Kracht,
measurements by D. Hammer, reduction by B. G. Marsden.
Orbital elements:
Comet T q e Peri. Node Incl. C
CJ97S040 1997 Sept. 29.34 0.0260 1.0 102.54 135.76 154.63 X
CJ97U090 1997 Oct. 23.18 0.0402 1.0 64.63 68.23 77.41 X
CK02M020 2002 June 18.64 0.0075 1.0 62.81 339.00 139.55 X
C/1997 S4 does not appear to belong to any of the established groups, and
the above orbit is very uncertain, with multiple solutions possible. C/1997 U9
appears to be an outlying member of the Meyer group.
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-M47
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