MPEC 2002-C03 : COMET C/2002 C1 (IKEYA-ZHANG)
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M.P.E.C. 2002-C03 Issued 2002 Feb. 2, 18:14 UT
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COMET C/2002 C1 (IKEYA-ZHANG)
Observations:
CK02C010 C2002 02 01.81453 00 09 37.57 -17 26 56.5 8.7 T 620
CK02C010 C2002 02 01.81874 00 09 38.00 -17 26 48.7 620
CK02C010 C2002 02 01.82516 00 09 38.63 -17 26 35.8 620
CK02C010 C2002 02 01.82715 00 09 38.82 -17 26 32.6 620
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.02859 00 09 58.56 -17 20 41.2 11.5 T 739
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.03488 00 09 59.23 -17 20 28.9 739
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.03708 00 09 59.32 -17 20 25.7 11.7 T 739
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.06968 00 10 02.67 -17 19 28.5 11.4 T 734
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.07131 00 10 02.92 -17 19 24.9 10.9 T 734
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.08148 00 10 03.88 -17 19 07.0 10.8 T 734
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.45552 00 10 40.75 -17 08 05.2 327
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.46337 00 10 41.52 -17 07 51.5 327
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.47553 00 10 42.69 -17 07 29.1 327
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.72046 00 11 07.03 -17 00 14.6 046
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.72363 00 11 07.27 -17 00 10.0 046
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.72448 00 11 07.43 -17 00 07.3 046
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.72529 00 11 07.48 -17 00 06.4 046
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.72609 00 11 07.53 -17 00 06.1 046
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.72778 00 11 07.75 -17 00 01.7 046
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.73185 00 11 08.21 -16 59 53.5 636
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.73338 00 11 08.35 -16 59 51.4 636
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.73459 00 11 08.26 -16 59 49.6 9.7 T 151
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.73484 00 11 08.45 -16 59 49.5 636
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.73589 00 11 08.45 -16 59 45.9 9.4 T 151
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.73721 00 11 08.78 -16 59 44.0 636
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.73965 00 11 08.74 -16 59 40.2 9.4 T 151
CK02C010 C2002 02 02.74193 00 11 09.09 -16 59 36.0 9.2 T 151
Observer details:
046 Klet. Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy. Measurer M. Tichy. 0.57-m f/5.2
reflector + CCD.
151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur. Observer M. Griesser. 0.40-m f/5.9
Hypergraph + CCD.
327 Peking Observatory, Xinglong Station. Observers J. Zhu, H. Wu, R. Wang,
C. H. Liu, S. L. Kong. Measurer J. Zhu. 0.6-m Schmidt + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca. Observer S. Sanchez. 0.30-m
f/8.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
636 Essen. Observer T. Payer. 0.32-m f/5.7 reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory. Observer G. Hug. 0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
739 Sunflower Observatory, Olathe. Observer L. Robinson. 0.30-m
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang)
T 2002 Mar. 8.912 TT MPC
q 0.49127 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 19.237 -0.623647 -0.664184
Node 111.715 +0.646398 -0.734707
e 1.0 Incl. 26.341 +0.439584 +0.138076
From 24 observations 2002 Feb. 1-2.
Ephemeris:
C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2002 01 26 23 58.97 -20 32.2 1.410 1.055 48.4 44.2 9.5
2002 01 28 00 01.99 -19 40.4 1.386 1.020 47.3 45.2 9.3
2002 01 30 00 05.11 -18 46.6 1.361 0.986 46.3 46.3 9.1
2002 02 01 00 08.31 -17 50.4 1.335 0.951 45.4 47.5 8.9
2002 02 03 00 11.58 -16 51.8 1.307 0.916 44.4 48.8 8.7
2002 02 05 00 14.93 -15 50.5 1.279 0.882 43.5 50.3 8.5
2002 02 07 00 18.33 -14 46.2 1.249 0.847 42.5 51.9 8.3
2002 02 09 00 21.77 -13 38.8 1.218 0.813 41.6 53.7 8.0
2002 02 11 00 25.24 -12 27.7 1.186 0.779 40.7 55.7 7.8
2002 02 13 00 28.71 -11 12.8 1.153 0.746 39.9 58.0 7.5
2002 02 15 00 32.14 -09 53.6 1.119 0.714 39.0 60.5 7.3
2002 02 17 00 35.50 -08 29.7 1.083 0.682 38.1 63.4 7.0
2002 02 19 00 38.73 -07 00.7 1.046 0.651 37.2 66.6 6.7
2002 02 21 00 41.77 -05 26.0 1.008 0.622 36.3 70.2 6.5
2002 02 23 00 44.52 -03 45.2 0.969 0.595 35.4 74.2 6.2
2002 02 25 00 46.89 -01 57.6 0.929 0.570 34.4 78.7 5.9
2002 02 27 00 48.74 -00 03.0 0.888 0.547 33.3 83.6 5.6
2002 03 01 00 49.92 +01 59.1 0.847 0.528 32.2 89.1 5.4
2002 03 03 00 50.24 +04 08.9 0.806 0.512 31.0 94.9 5.1
2002 03 05 00 49.52 +06 26.2 0.766 0.501 29.7 101.0 4.9
2002 03 07 00 47.54 +08 50.5 0.727 0.494 28.4 107.3 4.7
2002 03 09 00 44.11 +11 20.9 0.690 0.491 27.0 113.4 4.6
2002 03 11 00 39.08 +13 55.7 0.655 0.494 25.8 119.1 4.5
2002 03 13 00 32.34 +16 32.7 0.623 0.501 24.7 123.9 4.5
2002 03 15 00 23.83 +19 09.2 0.594 0.513 24.2 127.6 4.5
2002 03 17 00 13.60 +21 42.3 0.570 0.529 24.2 129.7 4.5
2002 03 19 00 01.76 +24 08.7 0.549 0.549 24.9 130.1 4.6
2002 03 21 23 48.49 +26 25.4 0.532 0.572 26.5 128.9 4.7
2002 03 23 23 34.02 +28 30.0 0.518 0.597 28.8 126.5 4.8
2002 03 25 23 18.63 +30 20.7 0.508 0.625 31.7 123.0 5.0
2002 03 27 23 02.61 +31 56.3 0.501 0.654 35.0 119.0 5.2
2002 03 29 22 46.23 +33 16.8 0.496 0.685 38.6 114.6 5.3
2002 03 31 22 29.73 +34 22.6 0.493 0.716 42.4 110.0 5.5
2002 04 02 22 13.34 +35 14.5 0.492 0.749 46.3 105.4 5.7
2002 04 04 21 57.20 +35 53.9 0.493 0.782 50.2 100.9 5.9
2002 04 06 21 41.41 +36 22.2 0.494 0.816 54.1 96.5 6.1
2002 04 08 21 26.05 +36 40.6 0.497 0.850 58.0 92.2 6.3
2002 04 10 21 11.15 +36 50.4 0.501 0.885 61.9 88.1 6.5
2002 04 12 20 56.70 +36 52.7 0.505 0.919 65.8 84.1 6.6
2002 04 14 20 42.69 +36 48.4 0.510 0.954 69.6 80.3 6.8
2002 04 16 20 29.11 +36 38.2 0.516 0.988 73.4 76.6 7.0
2002 04 18 20 15.93 +36 22.6 0.522 1.023 77.1 73.1 7.2
2002 04 20 20 03.13 +36 02.1 0.528 1.058 80.8 69.6 7.4
2002 04 22 19 50.68 +35 37.0 0.535 1.092 84.5 66.3 7.5
2002 04 24 19 38.59 +35 07.7 0.543 1.127 88.1 63.1 7.7
2002 04 26 19 26.82 +34 34.4 0.551 1.161 91.7 60.0 7.9
2002 04 28 19 15.38 +33 57.3 0.560 1.195 95.2 57.0 8.0
2002 04 30 19 04.27 +33 16.6 0.569 1.230 98.7 54.1 8.2
2002 05 02 18 53.49 +32 32.5 0.579 1.263 102.1 51.2 8.3
2002 05 04 18 43.04 +31 45.2 0.590 1.297 105.5 48.5 8.5
2002 05 06 18 32.93 +30 55.0 0.602 1.331 108.8 45.9 8.6
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