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MPEC 2002-J49 : COMET C/2002 J3 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-J49                                Issued 2002 May 14, 13:36 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 J3 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK02J030  S2002 05 13.86258 03 30 54.7  +15 00 27                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 13.86258 2 +0.00920647 +0.00590379 +0.00190057        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 13.88756 03 30 47.0  +15 03 28                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 13.88756 2 +0.00920476 +0.00590507 +0.00190171        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 13.90423 03 30 43.1  +15 05 12                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 13.90423 2 +0.00920361 +0.00590593 +0.00190248        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 13.92923 03 30 36.1  +15 08 09                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 13.92923 2 +0.00920188 +0.00590721 +0.00190362        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 13.97100 03 30 23.6  +15 13 38                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 13.97100 2 +0.00919900 +0.00590936 +0.00190553        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.01256 03 30 11.8  +15 18 57                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.01256 2 +0.00919612 +0.00591149 +0.00190744        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.02923 03 30 06.8  +15 21 01                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.02923 2 +0.00919497 +0.00591234 +0.00190820        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.07090 03 29 54.8  +15 26 24                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.07090 2 +0.00919207 +0.00591448 +0.00191011        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.09590 03 29 46.1  +15 29 45                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.09590 2 +0.00919034 +0.00591576 +0.00191126        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.11256 03 29 40.9  +15 32 00                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.11256 2 +0.00918917 +0.00591662 +0.00191202        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.13757 03 29 33.4  +15 35 27                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.13757 2 +0.00918743 +0.00591790 +0.00191317        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.15423 03 29 27.7  +15 37 42                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.15423 2 +0.00918627 +0.00591875 +0.00191393        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.17923 03 29 19.7  +15 41 15                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.17923 2 +0.00918452 +0.00592003 +0.00191508        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.19590 03 29 14.1  +15 43 28                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.19590 2 +0.00918336 +0.00592089 +0.00191585        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.22090 03 29 06.8  +15 47 10                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.22090 2 +0.00918160 +0.00592217 +0.00191699        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.23757 03 29 02.6  +15 49 34                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.23757 2 +0.00918044 +0.00592302 +0.00191776        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.26258 03 28 52.7  +15 53 00                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.26258 2 +0.00917868 +0.00592430 +0.00191891        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.27923 03 28 46.2  +15 55 29                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.27923 2 +0.00917751 +0.00592516 +0.00191967        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.32090 03 28 32.2  +16 01 57                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.32090 2 +0.00917458 +0.00592729 +0.00192159        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.34590 03 28 23.5  +16 05 40                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.34590 2 +0.00917281 +0.00592857 +0.00192274        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.36257 03 28 17.8  +16 08 27                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.36257 2 +0.00917164 +0.00592942 +0.00192351        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.40423 03 28 02.8  +16 14 43                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.40423 2 +0.00916869 +0.00593155 +0.00192542        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.44595 03 27 48.0  +16 21 50                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.44595 2 +0.00916574 +0.00593369 +0.00192734        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.47090 03 27 38.0  +16 25 49                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.47090 2 +0.00916397 +0.00593496 +0.00192849        249
    CK02J030  S2002 05 14.48758 03 27 34.2  +16 28 36                        249
    CK02J030  s2002 05 14.48758 2 +0.00916278 +0.00593582 +0.00192926        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C3.  Measurements by D. Biesecker, reduction
    by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 J3 (SOHO)
T 2002 May 15.03 TT                                     MPC
q   0.0075               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   62.39        +0.18159        -0.95361
                   Node   338.30        -0.96048        -0.11961
e   1.0            Incl.  139.49        +0.21095        +0.27628
From 43 observations 2002 May 13-14.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 J3 (SOHO)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase
2002 05 14.0  03 29.45   +15 14.5    1.092    0.106     3.7    38.0
2002 05 14.1  03 28.95   +15 27.4    1.086    0.098     3.4    37.8
2002 05 14.2  03 28.42   +15 41.0    1.081    0.091     3.1    37.7
2002 05 14.3  03 27.87   +15 55.4    1.075    0.083     2.9    37.5
2002 05 14.4  03 27.29   +16 10.7    1.069    0.074     2.6    37.4
2002 05 14.5  03 26.68   +16 27.2    1.062    0.066     2.3    37.2
2002 05 14.6  03 26.03   +16 45.2    1.055    0.057     1.9    37.2
2002 05 14.7  03 25.36   +17 05.4    1.047    0.047     1.6    37.3
2002 05 14.8  03 24.67   +17 28.6    1.039    0.036     1.3    38.4
2002 05 14.9  03 24.05   +17 57.3    1.028    0.024     0.9    43.0
2002 05 15.0  03 24.13   +18 38.6    1.013    0.010     0.6    76.9
2002 05 15.1  03 29.00   +19 11.9    1.003    0.014     0.7   125.1
2002 05 15.2  03 33.46   +19 11.3    1.004    0.028     1.5   102.8
2002 05 15.3  03 36.94   +19 06.2    1.008    0.039     2.2    93.6
2002 05 15.4  03 39.92   +19 00.1    1.011    0.050     2.8    88.1
2002 05 15.5  03 42.58   +18 53.7    1.015    0.060     3.4    84.4
2002 05 15.6  03 45.02   +18 47.2    1.019    0.069     3.8    81.5
2002 05 15.7  03 47.29   +18 40.7    1.023    0.077     4.3    79.2
2002 05 15.8  03 49.43   +18 34.3    1.026    0.085     4.7    77.3
2002 05 15.9  03 51.45   +18 28.0    1.030    0.093     5.1    75.6
2002 05 16.0  03 53.38   +18 21.8    1.034    0.101     5.5    74.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-J49

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