MPEC 2001-U41: COMET C/2001 T4 (NEAT)
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M.P.E.C. 2001-U41 Issued 2001 Oct. 23, 20:37 UT
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COMET C/2001 T4 (NEAT)
Observations:
CK01T040 C2001 08 27.41947 01 33 20.59 -04 05 59.0 18.3 T 699
CK01T040 C2001 08 27.43840 01 33 20.44 -04 05 57.5 699
CK01T040 C2001 08 27.45738 01 33 20.16 -04 05 55.1 699
CK01T040 C2001 08 27.47642 01 33 20.19 -04 05 58.4 699
CK01T040 C2001 10 15.34693 01 21 22.08 -05 18 27.8 20.3 T 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 15.35749 01 21 21.93 -05 18 28.7 21.1 T 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 15.36798 01 21 21.71 -05 18 29.7 20.4 T 644
CK01T040 VC2001 10 15.91838 01 21 11.78 -05 19 04.7 046
CK01T040 VC2001 10 15.92611 01 21 11.40 -05 19 07.6 046
CK01T040 C2001 10 16.29232 01 21 04.67 -05 19 29.0 20.2 T 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 16.31339 01 21 04.24 -05 19 30.9 20.1 T 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 16.33474 01 21 03.88 -05 19 31.5 21.0 T 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 18.26963 01 20 28.16 -05 21 32.7 19.8 T 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 18.28994 01 20 27.78 -05 21 33.9 19.6 T 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 18.31460 01 20 27.30 -05 21 35.2 20.4 T 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 21.38022 01 19 30.93 -05 24 30.8 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 21.40083 01 19 30.58 -05 24 31.7 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 23.29260 01 18 56.32 -05 26 06.6 21.1 T 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 23.31382 01 18 55.94 -05 26 07.1 20.3 T 644
CK01T040 C2001 10 23.33505 01 18 55.57 -05 26 09.3 20.6 T 644
Observer details:
046 Klet. Observer M. Tichy. 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT. Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
M. Hicks, E. Hovland, T. Bickler, J. Schroeder, L. Scherr, R. Thicksten,
A. Deetz. 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS. Observer M. E. Van Ness. 0.59-m
LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2001 T4 (NEAT)
T 2002 Jan. 4.7457 TT Marsden
q 8.555151 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.0185373 Peri. 315.2964 +0.9164276 -0.3213983
a 14.139618 Node 64.8321 +0.3991517 +0.7771564
e 0.394952 Incl. 15.2763 -0.0289533 +0.5410464
P 53.2
From 17 observations 2001 Aug. 27-Oct. 23.
Ephemeris:
C/2001 T4 (NEAT)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2001 10 18 01 20.55 -05 21.3 7.594 8.560 164.8 1.7 19.2
2001 10 28 01 17.54 -05 29.5 7.633 8.559 157.4 2.6 19.2
2001 11 07 01 14.77 -05 33.3 7.700 8.558 148.2 3.5 19.3
2001 11 17 01 12.38 -05 32.2 7.793 8.557 138.3 4.4 19.3
2001 11 27 01 10.53 -05 25.8 7.909 8.556 128.3 5.2 19.3
2001 12 07 01 09.32 -05 14.2 8.044 8.556 118.4 5.8 19.4
2001 12 17 01 08.80 -04 57.6 8.193 8.555 108.5 6.3 19.4
2001 12 27 01 09.01 -04 36.2 8.351 8.555 98.7 6.5 19.4
2002 01 06 01 09.95 -04 10.6 8.515 8.555 89.1 6.6 19.5
2002 01 16 01 11.60 -03 41.3 8.678 8.555 79.6 6.5 19.5
2002 01 26 01 13.91 -03 09.0 8.837 8.556 70.3 6.2 19.6
2002 02 05 01 16.84 -02 34.2 8.987 8.556 61.2 5.8 19.6
2002 02 15 01 20.31 -01 57.5 9.124 8.557 52.3 5.2 19.6
2002 02 25 01 24.25 -01 19.6 9.247 8.557 43.6 4.6 19.7
2002 03 07 01 28.59 -00 41.0 9.351 8.558 35.1 3.8 19.7
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