MPEC 2002-E43 : COMET C/2002 E2 (SNYDER-MURAKAMI)
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M.P.E.C. 2002-E43 Issued 2002 Mar. 13, 17:33 UT
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COMET C/2002 E2 (SNYDER-MURAKAMI)
Observations:
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.12641 18 55 50.25 -00 16 18.1 557
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.12834 18 55 50.39 -00 16 11.4 14 N 557
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.13035 18 55 50.52 -00 16 04.1 12 T 557
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.13812 18 55 51.01 -00 15 38.4 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.13942 18 55 51.01 -00 15 32.9 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.14541 18 55 51.55 -00 15 10.2 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.14599 18 55 51.64 -00 15 07.7 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.14677 18 55 51.63 -00 15 05.6 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.14749 18 55 51.59 -00 15 02.3 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.14878 18 55 51.68 -00 14 58.6 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.14930 18 55 51.71 -00 14 56.6 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.15123 18 55 51.98 -00 14 48.0 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.15204 18 55 52.04 -00 14 45.3 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.15587 18 55 52.19 -00 14 34.4 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.15659 18 55 52.18 -00 14 29.7 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.15711 18 55 52.19 -00 14 27.3 046
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.49212 18 56 14.65 +00 05 21.0 12.8 T 921
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.49755 18 56 15.06 +00 05 40.0 12.2 T 921
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.50569 18 56 15.54 +00 06 08.9 13.0 T 921
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.51385 18 56 16.06 +00 06 36.5 12.2 T 921
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.51778 18 56 16.43 +00 06 50.8 11.5 T 921
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.72453 18 56 30.24 +00 19 09.9 11.4 T 300
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.72720 18 56 30.38 +00 19 19.8 300
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.73883 18 56 31.19 +00 20 01.4 349
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.73965 18 56 31.24 +00 20 04.3 349
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.74049 18 56 31.28 +00 20 07.1 349
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.74219 18 56 31.45 +00 20 19.8 17.8 T 422
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.74420 18 56 31.57 +00 20 26.9 15.7 T 422
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.74510 18 56 31.60 +00 20 24.1 12.8 T 349
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.74674 18 56 31.74 +00 20 36.0 15.6 T 422
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.74745 18 56 31.78 +00 20 38.6 15.6 T 422
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.76180 18 56 32.75 +00 21 23.3 896
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.76458 18 56 32.98 +00 21 33.0 896
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.76708 18 56 33.06 +00 21 42.6 340
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.76845 18 56 33.16 +00 21 47.4 340
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.76910 18 56 33.26 +00 21 50.1 896
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.77549 18 56 33.62 +00 22 12.4 340
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.77691 18 56 33.71 +00 22 17.5 340
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.77794 18 56 33.79 +00 22 21.4 340
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.77910 18 56 33.84 +00 22 25.6 340
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.85787 18 56 38.95 +00 27 07.2 345
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.86160 18 56 39.26 +00 27 19.9 345
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.86473 18 56 39.40 +00 27 31.8 345
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.86779 18 56 39.55 +00 27 42.1 345
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.87084 18 56 39.79 +00 27 53.2 345
CK02E020 C2002 03 12.87390 18 56 40.04 +00 28 03.9 345
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.09162 18 56 54.54 +00 41 04.8 118
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.09435 18 56 54.70 +00 41 14.9 118
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.09544 18 56 54.75 +00 41 18.9 118
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.09679 18 56 54.85 +00 41 23.6 118
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.09792 18 56 54.94 +00 41 27.9 11 T 118
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.31312 18 57 09.14 +00 54 28.9 11.9 T 844
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.31951 18 57 09.59 +00 54 53.9 13.0 T 913
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.32005 18 57 09.54 +00 54 54.3 11.7 T 844
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.32608 18 57 09.98 +00 55 14.4 12.1 T 844
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.32634 18 57 10.04 +00 55 17.6 13.2 T 913
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.33235 18 57 10.37 +00 55 38.7 11.9 T 844
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.33340 18 57 10.39 +00 55 43.0 13.6 T 913
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.35237 18 57 11.70 +00 56 51.2 11.9 T 844
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.42233 18 57 16.37 +01 00 57.1 649
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.42703 18 57 16.65 +01 01 13.8 649
CK02E020 C2002 03 13.43102 18 57 16.91 +01 01 28.1 649
Observer details:
046 Klet. Observers M. Tichy, J. Ticha. 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
118 Modra. Observers A. Galad, S. Gajdos.,0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
300 Bisei Spaceguard Center--BATTeRS. Observers A. Asami, D. J. Asher,
T. Fuse, N. Hashimoto, A. I. Ibrahim, S. Isobe, K. Nishiyama, Y. Oshima,
J. Terazono, H. Umehara, T. Urata, M. Yoshikawa. 0.25-m f/5.0 reflector
+ CCD.
340 Toyonaka. Observer Y. Ezaki. 0.3-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
345 Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory. Observers S.-G. Kwon, S.-L. Kim.
0.61-m reflector + CCD.
349 Ageo. Observer K. Kadota. 0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
422 Loomberah. Observer G. J. Garradd. 0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov. Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak. 0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg. Observer K. Smalley. 0.75-m Newtonian
+ CCD.
844 Los Molinos. Observer S. Roland. 0.35-m f/6.4 reflector + CCD.
896 Yatsugatake South Base Observatory. Observer M. Aoki. Measurer
Y. Kushida. 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
913 Observatorio Kappa Crucis, Montevideo. Observer A. Mas. 0.2-m f/10
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
921 SW Institute for Space Research, Cloudcroft. Observer A. Hale. 0.30-m
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2002 E2 (Snyder-Murakami)
T 2002 Feb. 22.890 TT MPC
q 1.47019 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 9.933 -0.428016 +0.029461
Node 244.743 -0.882521 -0.229085
e 1.0 Incl. 92.840 -0.194831 +0.972960
From 59 observations 2002 Mar. 12-13.
Ephemeris:
C/2002 E2 (Snyder-Murakami)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2002 03 07 18 49.96 -05 06.4 1.605 1.480 64.5 37.2 10.2
2002 03 12 18 55.69 -00 23.7 1.543 1.490 68.0 38.2 10.2
2002 03 17 19 01.12 +04 42.2 1.487 1.503 71.4 38.9 10.1
2002 03 22 19 06.20 +10 10.6 1.440 1.519 74.7 39.2 10.1
2002 03 27 19 10.92 +15 58.9 1.403 1.539 77.7 39.3 10.1
2002 04 01 19 15.20 +22 02.9 1.378 1.561 80.4 39.1 10.1
2002 04 06 19 19.00 +28 16.5 1.365 1.585 82.6 38.7 10.2
2002 04 11 19 22.19 +34 32.4 1.366 1.613 84.4 38.2 10.3
2002 04 16 19 24.63 +40 42.6 1.380 1.642 85.6 37.5 10.4
2002 04 21 19 26.15 +46 39.6 1.406 1.674 86.3 36.8 10.5
2002 04 26 19 26.50 +52 17.2 1.445 1.708 86.4 36.0 10.6
2002 05 01 19 25.36 +57 30.9 1.494 1.743 86.1 35.2 10.8
2002 05 06 19 22.24 +62 18.0 1.552 1.781 85.3 34.4 11.0
2002 05 11 19 16.44 +66 37.0 1.617 1.820 84.3 33.5 11.1
2002 05 16 19 07.0 +70 26.9 1.689 1.860 83.0 32.7 11.3
2002 05 21 18 52.5 +73 47.3 1.764 1.901 81.6 31.8 11.5
2002 05 26 18 31.1 +76 37.2 1.843 1.944 80.0 30.9 11.7
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