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MPEC 2002-G11 : COMET C/2002 F1 (UTSUNOMIYA)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-G11                                Issued 2002 Apr. 3, 21:43 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,
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                         COMET C/2002 F1 (UTSUNOMIYA)

Observations:
    CK02F010  C2002 03 25.82587 22 14 04.00 +11 38 22.2           9.2 T      367
    CK02F010  C2002 03 25.83003 22 14 05.19 +11 38 37.0                      367
    CK02F010  C2002 03 25.83432 22 14 06.42 +11 38 51.9                      367
    CK02F010  C2002 03 25.83802 22 14 07.48 +11 39 04.6                      367
    CK02F010  C2002 03 25.84172 22 14 08.55 +11 39 17.7                      367
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.79888 22 23 55.96 +13 35 45.5           9.3 T      355
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.80059 22 23 56.48 +13 35 51.5                      355
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.80139 22 23 56.73 +13 35 54.3                      355
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.80223 22 23 56.99 +13 35 57.6                      355
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.80718 22 23 58.56 +13 36 15.5           9.3 T      349
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.80729 22 23 58.63 +13 36 17.1                      342
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.80799 22 23 58.82 +13 36 18.6                      349
    CK02F010   2002 03 27.81215 22 24 00.11 +13 36 34.3          10.0 T      372
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.81354 22 24 00.60 +13 36 38.2                      342
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.81395 22 24 00.67 +13 36 40.1                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.81762 22 24 01.82 +13 36 53.5                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.81852 22 24 02.10 +13 36 56.8                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.81934 22 24 02.37 +13 36 59.8                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.81940 22 24 02.37 +13 37 00.0                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.82027 22 24 02.65 +13 37 03.4                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.82029 22 24 02.64 +13 37 03.4                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.82100 22 24 02.90 +13 37 05.9                      349
    CK02F010   2002 03 27.82118 22 24 02.97 +13 37 07.5                      372
    CK02F010  C2002 03 27.82465 22 24 04.04 +13 37 19.8                      342
    CK02F010   2002 03 27.82517 22 24 04.23 +13 37 21.9                      372
    CK02F010   2002 03 27.82795 22 24 05.07 +13 37 31.7                      372
    CK02F010  C2002 03 29.81134 22 34 53.11 +15 40 10.9                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 29.81221 22 34 53.39 +15 40 14.8                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 29.81309 22 34 53.71 +15 40 18.0                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 29.81396 22 34 53.99 +15 40 21.4                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 29.81483 22 34 54.29 +15 40 24.7                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 30.81446 22 40 43.17 +16 43 45.5                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 03 30.81553 22 40 43.55 +16 43 49.5                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 03 30.81825 22 40 44.56 +16 43 59.6                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 03 30.81935 22 40 44.94 +16 44 04.5                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 03 30.82036 22 40 45.24 +16 44 07.3                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 03 30.82144 22 40 45.69 +16 44 12.3           8.6 T      340
    CK02F010  C2002 03 31.16446 22 42 49.07 +17 06 09.7                      213
    CK02F010  C2002 03 31.81636 22 46 48.92 +17 48 05.7                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 31.81689 22 46 49.13 +17 48 07.4                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 31.81742 22 46 49.31 +17 48 09.5                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 31.81796 22 46 49.56 +17 48 11.4                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 03 31.81849 22 46 49.69 +17 48 13.8                      300
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.80704 22 53 07.80 +18 52 21.5                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.80795 22 53 08.18 +18 52 24.9                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.80981 22 53 08.90 +18 52 32.5                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.81069 22 53 09.23 +18 52 35.9                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.81178 22 53 09.67 +18 52 40.1           8.7 T      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.81241 22 53 09.91 +18 52 42.6                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.81427 22 53 10.64 +18 52 49.7                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.81528 22 53 11.05 +18 52 54.1                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.81637 22 53 11.44 +18 52 57.8                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.81810 22 53 12.16 +18 53 05.3                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.81970 22 53 12.77 +18 53 11.4                      340
    CK02F010  C2002 04 01.82101 22 53 13.26 +18 53 16.4           8.6 T      340

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves N.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.25-m
    f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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.
342 Shishikui.  Observer H. Maeno.  0.15-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
355 Hadano.  Observer A. Asami.  0.28-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
367 Yatsuka.  Observer H. Abe.  0.26-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 F1 (Utsunomiya)
T 2002 Apr. 22.8961 TT                                  MPC
q   0.438445             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  125.8755      -0.0694314      -0.3521363
                   Node   289.0275      +0.2285480      +0.9051277
e   1.0            Incl.   80.8641      +0.9710536      -0.2382097
From 96 observations 2002 Mar. 20-Apr. 1.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 F1 (Utsunomiya)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 03 27    22 19.83   +12 47.7    1.427    0.787    32.1    42.3   8.2
2002 04 01    22 47.95   +18 00.0    1.332    0.697    30.7    47.2   7.6
2002 04 06    23 23.36   +23 26.3    1.255    0.610    28.7    51.8   6.8
2002 04 11    00 08.12   +28 28.4    1.202    0.533    26.0    55.6   6.2
2002 04 16    01 02.57   +32 00.3    1.179    0.473    23.3    57.1   5.6
2002 04 21    02 02.28   +32 51.0    1.187    0.441    21.2    55.5   5.3
2002 04 26    02 58.34   +30 42.9    1.223    0.446    20.2    51.3   5.4
2002 05 01    03 44.23   +26 33.2    1.279    0.485    20.4    46.4   5.9
2002 05 06    04 19.58   +21 37.9    1.347    0.551    21.5    42.2   6.6
2002 05 11    04 46.99   +16 44.6    1.421    0.630    23.0    38.8   7.3
2002 05 16    05 09.02   +12 12.4    1.499    0.718    24.7    36.0   7.9
2002 05 21    05 27.43   +08 05.8    1.578    0.808    26.4    33.8   8.6
2002 05 26    05 43.37   +04 23.2    1.658    0.900    28.1    32.0   9.1
2002 05 31    05 57.56   +01 01.6    1.736    0.992    29.7    30.4   9.7
2002 06 05    06 10.48   -02 02.6    1.813    1.083    31.2    29.1  10.1
2002 06 10    06 22.45   -04 52.4    1.889    1.172    32.8    27.9  10.6
2002 06 15    06 33.67   -07 30.7    1.963    1.260    34.2    27.0  11.0
2002 06 20    06 44.30   -09 59.6    2.035    1.347    35.7    26.1  11.3
2002 06 25    06 54.45   -12 20.9    2.106    1.432    37.1    25.3  11.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-G11

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