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MPEC 2002-L22 : COMET C/2002 L1 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-L22                                Issued 2002 June 5, 22:11 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 L1 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK02L010  S2002 06 05.53640 04 53 03.0  +20 51 32                        249
    CK02L010  s2002 06 05.53640 2 +0.00676276 +0.00718639 +0.00308806        249
    CK02L010  S2002 06 05.56375 04 53 03.2  +20 56 04                        249
    CK02L010  s2002 06 05.56375 2 +0.00675825 +0.00718816 +0.00308967        249
    CK02L010  S2002 06 05.57923 04 53 03.0  +20 58 49                        249
    CK02L010  s2002 06 05.57923 2 +0.00675570 +0.00718915 +0.00309059        249
    CK02L010  S2002 06 05.58758 04 53 03.8  +21 00 08                        249
    CK02L010  s2002 06 05.58758 2 +0.00675432 +0.00718969 +0.00309108        249
    CK02L010  S2002 06 05.60423 04 53 02.7  +21 02 36                        249
    CK02L010  s2002 06 05.60423 2 +0.00675157 +0.00719076 +0.00309206        249
    CK02L010  S2002 06 05.62924 04 53 02.2  +21 07 35                        249
    CK02L010  s2002 06 05.62924 2 +0.00674744 +0.00719237 +0.00309354        249
    CK02L010  S2002 06 05.64590 04 53 03.8  +21 09 59                        249
    CK02L010  s2002 06 05.64590 2 +0.00674468 +0.00719344 +0.00309452        249
    CK02L010  S2002 06 05.66256 04 53 02.7  +21 14 11                        249
    CK02L010  s2002 06 05.66256 2 +0.00674192 +0.00719451 +0.00309550        249

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

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 L1 (SOHO)
T 2002 June 6.03 TT                                     MPC
q   0.0050               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   93.80        +0.17383        -0.96887
                   Node    17.21        -0.95682        -0.20852
e   1.0            Incl.  143.44        +0.23297        -0.13346
From 8 observations 2002 June 5.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-L22

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