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MPEC 2002-J10 : COMET C/2002 F1 (UTSUNOMIYA)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-J10                                Issued 2002 May 3, 23:16 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.

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                         COMET C/2002 F1 (UTSUNOMIYA)

Observations:
    CK02F010  C2002 04 28.43378 03 22 06.69 +28 50 45.8           4.3 T      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 28.43458 03 22 07.11 +28 50 43.4                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 28.43580 03 22 07.77 +28 50 39.4                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 28.43620 03 22 08.01 +28 50 37.9                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 28.43662 03 22 08.26 +28 50 36.8                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 29.43988 03 31 08.34 +27 58 26.8                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 29.44057 03 31 08.67 +27 58 24.5                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 29.44104 03 31 08.95 +27 58 23.2                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 04 29.44161 03 31 09.26 +27 58 21.1           4.5 T      349
    CK02F010  C2002 05 02.44028 03 55 24.19 +25 09 09.9           4.7 T      349
    CK02F010  C2002 05 02.44081 03 55 24.45 +25 09 08.0                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 05 02.44199 03 55 24.96 +25 09 03.7                      349
    CK02F010  C2002 05 02.44382 03 55 25.79 +25 08 57.2                      349

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 F1 (Utsunomiya)
T 2002 Apr. 22.8984 TT                                  MPC
q   0.438299             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.001014       Peri.  125.8999      -0.0697656      -0.3520141
                   Node   289.0295      +0.2288676      +0.9050646
e   0.999556       Incl.   80.8765      +0.9709544      -0.2386296
From 146 observations 2002 Mar. 20-May 2.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 F1 (Utsunomiya)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 04 26    02 58.36   +30 42.4    1.223    0.446    20.2    51.3   5.4
2002 05 01    03 44.24   +26 32.5    1.278    0.485    20.4    46.5   5.9
2002 05 06    04 19.58   +21 37.0    1.346    0.550    21.5    42.2   6.5
2002 05 11    04 46.98   +16 43.6    1.421    0.630    23.0    38.8   7.3
2002 05 16    05 09.00   +12 11.4    1.499    0.718    24.7    36.0   7.9
2002 05 21    05 27.41   +08 04.6    1.578    0.808    26.4    33.8   8.6
2002 05 26    05 43.34   +04 22.0    1.657    0.900    28.1    32.0   9.1
2002 05 31    05 57.52   +01 00.3    1.736    0.992    29.7    30.4   9.7
2002 06 05    06 10.44   -02 03.9    1.813    1.082    31.3    29.1  10.1
2002 06 10    06 22.41   -04 53.8    1.889    1.172    32.8    28.0  10.6
2002 06 15    06 33.63   -07 32.1    1.963    1.260    34.2    27.0  11.0
2002 06 20    06 44.26   -10 01.1    2.035    1.347    35.7    26.1  11.3
2002 06 25    06 54.41   -12 22.4    2.105    1.432    37.1    25.3  11.7
2002 06 30    07 04.16   -14 37.6    2.173    1.516    38.5    24.7  12.0
2002 07 05    07 13.57   -16 47.9    2.240    1.599    39.9    24.1  12.3
2002 07 10    07 22.69   -18 54.3    2.305    1.680    41.2    23.5  12.6
2002 07 15    07 31.55   -20 57.7    2.369    1.760    42.6    23.0  12.8
2002 07 20    07 40.17   -22 58.5    2.431    1.839    43.9    22.5  13.1
2002 07 25    07 48.56   -24 57.4    2.491    1.916    45.2    22.1  13.3
2002 07 30    07 56.75   -26 54.8    2.550    1.993    46.5    21.7  13.5
2002 08 04    08 04.75   -28 51.0    2.609    2.068    47.8    21.3  13.7
2002 08 09    08 12.56   -30 46.3    2.666    2.143    49.1    20.9  13.9
2002 08 14    08 20.19   -32 41.0    2.721    2.217    50.3    20.6  14.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-J10

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