MPEC 2002-C28 : COMET C/2002 C3 (SOHO)
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M.P.E.C. 2002-C28 Issued 2002 Feb. 6, 20:36 UT
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COMET C/2002 C3 (SOHO)
Observations:
CK02C030 S2002 02 04.65424 21 41 25.2 -19 00 16 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 04.65424 2 +0.00786276 -0.00382616 -0.00108244 249
CK02C030 S2002 02 04.67923 21 41 10.2 -18 57 45 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 04.67923 2 +0.00786719 -0.00382104 -0.00108079 249
CK02C030 S2002 02 04.69590 21 41 01.0 -18 55 08 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 04.69590 2 +0.00787015 -0.00381762 -0.00107969 249
CK02C030 S2002 02 04.73758 21 40 35.4 -18 50 21 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 04.73758 2 +0.00787753 -0.00380907 -0.00107695 249
CK02C030 S2002 02 04.76257 21 40 16.1 -18 47 18 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 04.76257 2 +0.00788196 -0.00380394 -0.00107530 249
CK02C030 S2002 02 04.77925 21 40 03.5 -18 45 04 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 04.77925 2 +0.00788491 -0.00380051 -0.00107420 249
CK02C030 S2002 02 04.82103 21 39 42.8 -18 40 30 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 04.82103 2 +0.00789229 -0.00379193 -0.00107144 249
CK02C030 S2002 02 04.84590 21 39 27.0 -18 37 34 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 04.84590 2 +0.00789668 -0.00378682 -0.00106981 249
CK02C030 S2002 02 04.99757 21 37 40.5 -18 18 20 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 04.99757 2 +0.00792340 -0.00375559 -0.00105980 249
CK02C030 S2002 02 05.02923 21 37 18.2 -18 14 31 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 05.02923 2 +0.00792893 -0.00374911 -0.00105772 249
CK02C030 S2002 02 05.07101 21 36 48.9 -18 09 04 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 05.07101 2 +0.00793625 -0.00374050 -0.00105497 249
CK02C030 S2002 02 05.09590 21 36 30.5 -18 06 14 249
CK02C030 s2002 02 05.09590 2 +0.00794061 -0.00373537 -0.00105333 249
Observer details:
249 SOHO. SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C3. Comet detection by M. Meyer,
measurements by D. Hammer, reduction by B. G. Marsden.
Orbital elements:
C/2002 C3 (SOHO)
T 2002 Feb. 6.04 TT Marsden
q 0.0052 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 79.37 +0.12180 -0.99131
Node 355.39 -0.96182 -0.10553
e 1.0 Incl. 141.83 +0.24509 +0.07849
From 12 observations 2002 Feb. 4-5.
While the above comet, like some 95 percent of the comets discovered
by SOHO, is clearly a member of the Kreutz sungrazing group, it is rather
less appreciated that as many as 11 of the two dozen or so non-Kreutz comets
discovered by SOHO also seem to be interconnected. The close temporal pairs
C/2000 C2-2000 C5, C/2000 C3-2000 C4 and C/2000 Y6-2000 Y7 were remarked on
when these comets were announced (cf. MPEC 2000-C52, 2000-C53 and 2001-B08).
There is also the pair C/1999 J6 (MPEC 2000-F30) and C/1999 U2 (MPEC 1999-U29),
comets with i = 27 deg separated by more than five months. M. Meyer was the
first to point out the similarity between the orbits of C/1997 L2 (MPEC
1997-M06, MPC 35205) and C/2001 X8 (MPEC 2002-B01, MPC 44505), comets with
i = 72 deg separated by 4.5 years; it also appears that the poorly observed
comet C/2001 E1 can be associated with this pair, if the orbit with i = 107
deg on MPEC 2001-F52 is replaced by the one with i = 73 deg on MPC 44505.
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-C28
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