MPEC 2002-Q46 : COMETS C/2002 Q6, 2002 Q7, 2002 Q8 (SOHO)
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M.P.E.C. 2002-Q46 Issued 2002 Aug. 30, 15:45 UT
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COMETS C/2002 Q6, 2002 Q7, 2002 Q8 (SOHO)
Observations:
CK02Q060 S2002 08 23.45146 10 00 08.3 +11 16 39 249
CK02Q060 s2002 08 23.45146 2 -0.01015740 +0.00071547 +0.00033123 249
CK02Q060 S2002 08 23.46256 10 00 25.8 +11 19 41 249
CK02Q060 s2002 08 23.46256 2 -0.01015808 +0.00071388 +0.00033020 249
CK02Q060 S2002 08 23.47645 10 00 49.6 +11 22 34 249
CK02Q060 s2002 08 23.47645 2 -0.01015893 +0.00071189 +0.00032891 249
CK02Q060 S2002 08 23.49312 10 01 19.2 +11 27 16 249
CK02Q060 s2002 08 23.49312 2 -0.01015994 +0.00070950 +0.00032736 249
CK02Q060 S2002 08 23.50423 10 01 40.2 +11 30 25 249
CK02Q060 s2002 08 23.50423 2 -0.01016062 +0.00070791 +0.00032632 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 23.69590 09 41 03.4 +09 48 55 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 23.69590 2 -0.01017225 +0.00068053 +0.00030853 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 23.72090 09 41 30.6 +09 50 36 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 23.72090 2 -0.01017376 +0.00067697 +0.00030621 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 23.76256 09 42 10.6 +09 52 42 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 23.76256 2 -0.01017626 +0.00067104 +0.00030235 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 23.77923 09 42 25.7 +09 52 59 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 23.77923 2 -0.01017727 +0.00066867 +0.00030081 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 23.82090 09 43 06.5 +09 54 40 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 23.82090 2 -0.01017977 +0.00066274 +0.00029695 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 23.86168 09 43 48.5 +09 56 43 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 23.86168 2 -0.01018221 +0.00065695 +0.00029318 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 23.88757 09 44 15.0 +09 57 53 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 23.88757 2 -0.01018376 +0.00065328 +0.00029078 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 23.90425 09 44 33.7 +09 58 36 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 23.90425 2 -0.01018475 +0.00065091 +0.00028924 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 23.92923 09 44 58.1 +09 59 54 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 23.92923 2 -0.01018624 +0.00064737 +0.00028693 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 23.97098 09 45 42.7 +10 01 55 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 23.97098 2 -0.01018873 +0.00064145 +0.00028308 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 23.98756 09 45 59.8 +10 02 59 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 23.98756 2 -0.01018972 +0.00063910 +0.00028155 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.01257 09 46 25.9 +10 03 57 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.01257 2 -0.01019120 +0.00063556 +0.00027924 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.02923 09 46 43.0 +10 04 50 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.02923 2 -0.01019219 +0.00063321 +0.00027771 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.07090 09 47 27.8 +10 06 52 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.07090 2 -0.01019466 +0.00062732 +0.00027387 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.11256 09 48 13.3 +10 08 58 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.11256 2 -0.01019712 +0.00062143 +0.00027003 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.14000 09 48 43.6 +10 10 28 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.14000 2 -0.01019874 +0.00061756 +0.00026750 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.19014 09 49 40.2 +10 13 13 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.19014 2 -0.01020169 +0.00061049 +0.00026289 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.22563 09 50 20.9 +10 15 02 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.22563 2 -0.01020378 +0.00060549 +0.00025963 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.23811 09 50 36.0 +10 15 46 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.23811 2 -0.01020451 +0.00060374 +0.00025848 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.26710 09 51 09.2 +10 17 28 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.26710 2 -0.01020621 +0.00059966 +0.00025582 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.28183 09 51 26.3 +10 17 20 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.28183 2 -0.01020708 +0.00059759 +0.00025447 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.34439 09 52 42.6 +10 21 45 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.34439 2 -0.01021073 +0.00058880 +0.00024873 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.37970 09 53 26.1 +10 23 35 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.37970 2 -0.01021279 +0.00058384 +0.00024549 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.42590 09 54 25.1 +10 26 24 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.42590 2 -0.01021548 +0.00057736 +0.00024126 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.49374 09 55 56.1 +10 30 27 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.49374 2 -0.01021941 +0.00056786 +0.00023505 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.50664 09 56 10.0 +10 31 30 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.50664 2 -0.01022016 +0.00056606 +0.00023387 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.53156 09 56 46.6 +10 32 59 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.53156 2 -0.01022160 +0.00056257 +0.00023159 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.54432 09 57 04.1 +10 33 40 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.54432 2 -0.01022234 +0.00056079 +0.00023042 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.60148 09 58 25.8 +10 37 25 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.60148 2 -0.01022563 +0.00055280 +0.00022520 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.62589 09 59 02.4 +10 39 07 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.62589 2 -0.01022704 +0.00054939 +0.00022297 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.63851 09 59 20.7 +10 39 45 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.63851 2 -0.01022776 +0.00054763 +0.00022182 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.66286 09 59 59.0 +10 41 39 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.66286 2 -0.01022916 +0.00054424 +0.00021960 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.67534 10 00 17.5 +10 42 26 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.67534 2 -0.01022988 +0.00054250 +0.00021846 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.69956 10 00 55.8 +10 44 14 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.69956 2 -0.01023127 +0.00053912 +0.00021625 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.71205 10 01 17.1 +10 45 14 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.71205 2 -0.01023198 +0.00053738 +0.00021511 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.73627 10 01 56.1 +10 46 31 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.73627 2 -0.01023337 +0.00053401 +0.00021290 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.74861 10 02 17.9 +10 47 37 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.74861 2 -0.01023407 +0.00053230 +0.00021178 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.77275 10 02 58.4 +10 48 56 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.77275 2 -0.01023545 +0.00052894 +0.00020958 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.78513 10 03 21.2 +10 50 10 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.78513 2 -0.01023616 +0.00052722 +0.00020845 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.85228 10 05 31.5 +10 55 46 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.85228 2 -0.01023998 +0.00051788 +0.00020234 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.85829 10 05 43.4 +10 56 01 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.85829 2 -0.01024032 +0.00051705 +0.00020179 249
CK02Q070 S2002 08 24.87054 10 06 08.2 +10 57 00 249
CK02Q070 s2002 08 24.87054 2 -0.01024102 +0.00051535 +0.00020068 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.01812 10 11 36.5 +11 43 57 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.01812 2 -0.01030430 +0.00035808 +0.00009732 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.06058 10 12 34.9 +11 42 59 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.06058 2 -0.01030657 +0.00035233 +0.00009353 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.07645 10 13 02.3 +11 41 30 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.07645 2 -0.01030742 +0.00035019 +0.00009212 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.08756 10 13 16.9 +11 38 42 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.08756 2 -0.01030801 +0.00034869 +0.00009113 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.11812 10 13 56.1 +11 36 52 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.11812 2 -0.01030964 +0.00034456 +0.00008840 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.12923 10 14 10.1 +11 36 02 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.12923 2 -0.01031023 +0.00034306 +0.00008741 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.14312 10 14 29.6 +11 34 48 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.14312 2 -0.01031097 +0.00034118 +0.00008618 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.15979 10 14 51.0 +11 33 39 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.15979 2 -0.01031186 +0.00033893 +0.00008469 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.17090 10 15 06.8 +11 32 17 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.17090 2 -0.01031245 +0.00033743 +0.00008370 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.18479 10 15 23.1 +11 30 27 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.18479 2 -0.01031318 +0.00033556 +0.00008247 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.20145 10 15 47.0 +11 29 42 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.20145 2 -0.01031407 +0.00033331 +0.00008098 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.21256 10 16 02.5 +11 28 42 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.21256 2 -0.01031466 +0.00033181 +0.00007999 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.22645 10 16 21.7 +11 27 27 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.22645 2 -0.01031539 +0.00032994 +0.00007876 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.24312 10 16 43.6 +11 26 01 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.24312 2 -0.01031627 +0.00032769 +0.00007728 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.25423 10 16 58.8 +11 24 55 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.25423 2 -0.01031686 +0.00032619 +0.00007629 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.26812 10 17 17.7 +11 23 40 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.26812 2 -0.01031760 +0.00032433 +0.00007505 249
CK02Q080 S2002 08 26.28480 10 17 41.0 +11 21 47 249
CK02Q080 s2002 08 26.28480 2 -0.01031848 +0.00032208 +0.00007357 249
Observer details:
249 SOHO. SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2. Comet detections by X. Leprette,
J. Sachs and X.-M. Zhou, measurements by D. Hammer, reduction by B. G.
Marsden.
Orbital elements:
Comet T q e Peri. Node Incl. C
CK02Q060 2002 Aug. 23.67 0.0103 1.0 81.75 70.92 65.96 X
CK02Q070 2002 Aug. 25.04 0.0049 1.0 89.26 11.70 144.80 X
CK02Q080 2002 Aug. 25.92 0.0462 1.0 47.47 51.38 13.84 X
Ephemeris:
C/2002 Q8 (SOHO)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase
2002 08 30 11 17.39 +04 49.5 1.113 0.243 11.9 58.9
2002 09 01 11 39.87 +01 56.0 1.133 0.326 16.2 59.9
2002 09 03 11 59.70 -00 40.4 1.157 0.402 19.9 58.8
2002 09 05 12 17.60 -03 02.0 1.186 0.471 23.0 56.8
2002 09 07 12 33.95 -05 10.5 1.220 0.537 25.7 54.5
2002 09 09 12 49.00 -07 06.8 1.258 0.599 28.0 52.1
2002 09 11 13 02.92 -08 52.0 1.298 0.658 29.9 49.7
2002 09 13 13 15.84 -10 27.2 1.342 0.714 31.5 47.4
2002 09 15 13 27.89 -11 53.4 1.387 0.769 32.8 45.2
2002 09 17 13 39.15 -13 11.4 1.434 0.822 33.9 43.1
2002 09 19 13 49.71 -14 22.1 1.483 0.873 34.8 41.1
2002 09 21 13 59.64 -15 26.4 1.533 0.923 35.5 39.2
2002 09 23 14 09.00 -16 24.8 1.584 0.972 36.0 37.4
2002 09 25 14 17.84 -17 18.1 1.636 1.020 36.4 35.7
2002 09 27 14 26.22 -18 06.8 1.689 1.066 36.6 34.1
2002 09 29 14 34.17 -18 51.4 1.742 1.112 36.6 32.5
2002 10 01 14 41.75 -19 32.4 1.795 1.157 36.6 31.1
2002 10 03 14 48.97 -20 10.0 1.848 1.201 36.4 29.7
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-Q46
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