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MPEC 2002-F61 : COMET C/2002 F3 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-F61                                Issued 2002 Mar. 27, 21:32 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/2002 F3 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK02F030  S2002 03 25.20423 00 23 21.6  +01 22 01                        249
    CK02F030  s2002 03 25.20423 2 +0.01031662 +0.00378799 +0.00087273        249
    CK02F030  S2002 03 25.22923 00 22 49.7  +01 23 05                        249
    CK02F030  s2002 03 25.22923 2 +0.01031624 +0.00378967 +0.00087298        249
    CK02F030  S2002 03 25.24590 00 22 29.2  +01 24 26                        249
    CK02F030  s2002 03 25.24590 2 +0.01031599 +0.00379079 +0.00087315        249
    CK02F030  S2002 03 25.25424 00 22 18.3  +01 26 32                        249
    CK02F030  s2002 03 25.25424 2 +0.01031587 +0.00379135 +0.00087324        249
    CK02F030  S2002 03 25.27090 00 21 56.4  +01 27 27                        249
    CK02F030  s2002 03 25.27090 2 +0.01031562 +0.00379247 +0.00087341        249
    CK02F030  S2002 03 25.28756 00 21 34.7  +01 29 05                        249
    CK02F030  s2002 03 25.28756 2 +0.01031537 +0.00379359 +0.00087358        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C2.  Comet detection by M. Meyer,
    measurements by D. Hammer, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 F3 (SOHO)
T 2002 Mar. 25.51 TT                                    MPC
q   0.0050               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   90.92        +0.08111        -0.99457
                   Node     6.72        -0.97979        -0.09157
e   1.0            Incl.  146.11        +0.18284        -0.04948
From 6 observations 2002 Mar. 25.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-F61

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