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MPEC 2002-H24 : COMET C/2002 E2 (SNYDER-MURAKAMI)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-H24                                Issued 2002 Apr. 20, 21:59 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 E2 (SNYDER-MURAKAMI)

Observations:
    CK02E020  C2002 04 17.97863 19 25 06.24 +42 55 01.1          14.1 N      170
    CK02E020  C2002 04 20.04905 19 25 39.57 +45 21 08.8          14.2 N      213
    CK02E020  C2002 04 20.05295 19 25 39.59 +45 21 29.1          14.4 N      170
    CK02E020  C2002 04 20.05917 19 25 39.72 +45 21 51.1          14.3 N      213
    CK02E020  C2002 04 20.06162 19 25 39.72 +45 22 01.1          14.3 N      213

Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Begues.  Observer J. Manteca.  0.26-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves N.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.25-m
    f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 E2 (Snyder-Murakami)
T 2002 Feb. 21.7709 TT                                  MPC
q   1.466250             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    9.0165      -0.4302677      +0.0276887
                   Node   244.5775      -0.8779379      -0.2453475
e   1.0            Incl.   92.5437      -0.2099876      +0.9690397
From 318 observations 2002 Mar. 12-Apr. 20.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-H24

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