MPEC 2002-O18 : OBSERVABLE COMETS (2002 AUG. 14.0 TT)
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OBSERVABLE COMETS (2002 AUG. 14.0 TT)
Ephemerides and orbital elements for the objects listed here
are available on the Minor Planet Center's WWW site at:
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Designation (and name) Orbit Ephem. Last obs. code Mag.
2P/Encke 40671 46114 2001 Aug. 28 360 19.7 T
6P/d'Arrest 34422 45347 2001 May 25 695 20.4 N
7P/Pons-Winnecke 34422 43387 2002 July 12 170 15.0 N
9P/Tempel 1 45657 45754 2000 Dec. 29 735 18.0 T
19P/Borrelly 31664 2002 June 11 213 17.6 T
22P/Kopff 34423 44113 2002 June 26 A46
24P/Schaumasse 31663 44188 2001 July 23 360 14.9 T
28P/Neujmin 1 34424 43766 2002 July 3 428 17.0 N
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 42666 44598 2002 July 14 379 16.4 T
30P/Reinmuth 1 34424 46014 2001 Nov. 20 867 20.1 N
31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 41899 43197 2002 May 14 704 18.9 T
32P/Comas Sola 45656 45753 1997 June 25 118 18.7 T
36P/Whipple 40670 44598 2002 July 12 644 20.3 T
39P/Oterma 43334 45242 2001 Sept.19 809 22.5 T
46P/Wirtanen 45964 45240 2002 June 23 413 17.4 N
47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 31662 46115 2002 Mar. 5 704 19.4 T
49P/Arend-Rigaux 45656 44189 1999 May 14 704 20.0 T
53P/Van Biesbroeck 40671 43693 2002 Apr. 15 704 19.6 T
54P/de Vico-Swift 34423 46016 1965 Oct. 15 689 18.0 N
57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte 45964 44939 2002 July 14 379 15.6 T
65P/Gunn 40670 43385 2002 June 25 A46
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko 34423 45241 2002 July 7 349 14.3 T
74P/Smirnova-Chernykh 31662 43766 2002 June 25 644 16.4 T
77P/Longmore CCO 13 43198 2002 June 9 704 17.1 T
87P/Bus 29882 46015 2000 May 1 695 19.7 T
89P/Russell 2 CCO 13 44597 2001 Apr. 27 829
90P/Gehrels 1 44184 45752 2001 Dec. 5 704 19.3 T
92P/Sanguin 34423 44940 2002 July 13 704 18.3 T
96P/Machholz 1 44505 2002 June 16 468 19.3 T
110P/Hartley 3 31663 43385 2002 Apr. 8 644 19.7 T
111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett 42667 46016 1998 Feb. 28 691 20.8 T
115P/Maury 34424 43765 2002 June 5 360 18.6 T
117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1 45658 46116 1999 Dec. 12 897 17.5 T
118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 40670 44940 1999 May 23 693
119P/Parker-Hartley 45656 44189 1998 Mar. 2 402 18.9 T
120P/Mueller 1 42667 45241 1996 Dec. 14 695 19.6 T
123P/West-Hartley 40671 45752 1996 Aug. 5 367 14.2 T
124P/Mrkos 34422 42683 2002 Apr. 2 704 19.1 T
125P/Spacewatch 34422 44112 2002 June 13 291 21.8 T
128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1 30632 44114 1999 Apr. 16 693 19.5 T
129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 45657 44938 1999 Apr. 20 704 18.7 T
139P/Vaisala-Oterma 33190 43696 1999 Mar. 16 691 19.8 T
143P/Kowal-Mrkos 39792 44938 2001 July 22 360 18.8 T
150P/LONEOS 42548 44188 2001 May 14 428 18.4 T
152P/Helin-Lawrence 44505 43696 2002 July 14 704 18.0 T
153P/Ikeya-Zhang 46101 45238 2002 July 14 939 14.1 T
P/1986 A1 (Shoemaker 3) 34423 45753 1986 May 14 691
P/1992 Q1 (Brewington) 40670 44937 1993 Mar. 30 691 22.4 N
P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 42666 44187 1997 Jan. 12 587
P/1997 T3 (Lagerkvist-Carsenty) 35205 43386 1999 Feb. 13 693 19.4 T
P/1997 V1 (Larsen) 31205 43692 1998 Feb. 19 118 16.9 T
P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) 34734 44599 1999 July 7 360 17.9 T
P/1999 J5 (LINEAR) 35553 45346 1999 July 31 402 18.7 T
P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) 39023 43695 2000 Mar. 30 360 17.8 T
P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) 44030 43199 2002 May 14 704 19.1 T
P/2001 CV8 (LINEAR) 42665 44115 2001 May 16 360 19.3 T
P/2001 F1 (NEAT) 43160 44112 2001 July 23 360 19.0 T
P/2001 K1 (NEAT) 43160 44597 2001 July 22 360 19.5 T
P/2001 Q2 (Petriew) 44182 45346 2002 Mar. 8 360 18.5 T
P/2001 Q5 (LINEAR-NEAT) 44183 46113 2002 Jan. 13 360 19.4 T
P/2001 Q6 (NEAT) 45182 43690 2002 Mar. 24 704 19.4 T
P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) 44183 46114 2002 Feb. 1 360 19.4 T
P/2001 T3 (NEAT) 44504 46114 2002 Feb. 7 704 18.5 T
P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT) 44504 44111 2002 Apr. 17 170 18.2 T
P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR) 45182 46115 2002 Mar. 4 204 20.0 T
P/2002 BV (Yeung) 45654 45751 2002 June 19 213 16.3 T
P/2002 CW134 (LINEAR) 45654 45239 2002 May 12 360 19.0 T
P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) 45655 45751 2002 May 12 360 19.5 T
P/2002 JN16 (LINEAR) 46100 46013 2002 July 9 704 18.2 T
C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 42547 45240 2002 May 8 422 17.5 T
C/1997 BA6 (Spacewatch) 45960 44937 2002 July 9 246
C/1999 F1 (Catalina) 44182 44936 2002 Jan. 17 428 15.9 T
C/1999 J2 (Skiff) 45961 44112 2002 June 9 360 18.2 T
C/1999 J4 (LINEAR) 34734 46015 1999 June 11 867
C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 44503 46114 2002 Mar. 18 704 19.6 T
C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) 43758 45239 2002 Feb. 16 474 17.8 T
C/1999 N4 (LINEAR) 42547 43764 2001 June 23 504 17.6 T
C/1999 S2 (McNaught-Watson) 43758 44599 2002 Feb. 16 474 18.3 T
C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) 42106 44190 2001 Dec. 2 118
C/1999 T2 (LINEAR) 44504 43764 2002 May 11 644 18.8 T
C/1999 T3 (LINEAR) 41897 44598 2002 Feb. 17 474 18.8 T
C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff) 45961 46112 2002 July 7 104 17.3 T
C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) 43758 44113 2002 June 14 844 14.6 T
C/2000 A1 (Montani) 44860 43199 2002 Mar. 20 644 20.4 T
C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) 45182 43692 2002 Mar. 16 704 20.1 T
C/2000 CT54 (LINEAR) 44030 45241 2002 Jan. 2 428 16.8 T
C/2000 K1 (LINEAR) 42547 46113 2001 July 13 170 17.7 N
C/2000 O1 (Koehn) 41159 44937 2000 Nov. 22 360 18.9 T
C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR) 45961 44934 2002 July 8 A46
C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) 44182 43691 2002 July 15 458 15.7 T
C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo) 43758 45347 2001 Nov. 21 360 19.4 T
C/2000 Y2 (Skiff) 43018 43767 2001 June 11 360 18.0 T
C/2001 B2 (NEAT) 44182 2002 May 1 367 17.0 T
C/2001 C1 (LINEAR) 45961 46015 2002 July 3 428 17.9 N
C/2001 G1 (LONEOS) 45334 43764 2002 May 12 360 17.7 T
C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) 44860 2002 May 28 360 15.6 T
C/2001 K3 (Skiff) 43332 44189 2001 Oct. 12 360 16.7 T
C/2001 K5 (LINEAR) 44860 44114 2002 July 15 458 14.3 N
C/2001 M10 (NEAT) 43759 44938 2001 Nov. 10 704 19.5 T
C/2001 N2 (LINEAR) 45654 44188 2002 July 15 458 15.3 N
C/2001 O2 (NEAT) 43603 44939 2001 Sept.20 402 18.5 T
C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS) 45654 44936 2002 July 3 428 17.0 N
C/2001 Q1 (NEAT) 43759 44939 2001 Oct. 12 360 18.3 T
C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) 44504 44934 2002 Feb. 9 422 18.2 T
C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR) 44183 45753 2002 July 11 349 14.8 T
C/2001 S1 (Skiff) 44031 45240 2001 Nov. 15 474 20 T
C/2001 T4 (NEAT) 44031 45346 2001 Nov. 21 360 19.3 T
C/2001 U6 (LINEAR) 44860 46014 2002 Feb. 15 367 17.6 T
C/2001 W1 (LINEAR) 44504 44935 2002 Jan. 11 360 18.2 T
C/2001 W2 (BATTERS) 44504 44599 2001 Dec. 12 159 13.2 N
C/2001 X1 (LINEAR) 45182 45238 2002 Apr. 7 428 17.6 T
C/2002 A3 (LINEAR) 45182 46115 2002 Apr. 1 170 17.2 T
C/2002 B1 (LINEAR) 45962 44935 2002 May 31 215 17.5 T
C/2002 B2 (LINEAR) 45334 46116 2002 Apr. 20 704 18.3 T
C/2002 B3 (LINEAR) 45183 45750 2002 Mar. 11 118 18.6 T
C/2002 C2 (LINEAR) 45183 45754 2002 Mar. 13 118 16.9 T
C/2002 E2 (Snyder-Murakami) 46099 45239 2002 July 9 A46
C/2002 F1 (Utsunomiya) 45655 45346 2002 May 12 367 8.2 T
C/2002 H2 (LINEAR) 46100 45751 2002 July 12 762 17.7 T
C/2002 J4 (NEAT) 46100 45751 2002 July 9 213 17.3 T
C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) 46100 45752 2002 July 13 704 18.7 T
C/2002 K1 (NEAT) 46100 46013 2002 July 11 J95 17.5 T
C/2002 K2 (LINEAR) 46100 46013 2002 July 13 704 20.3 T
C/2002 K4 (NEAT) 46100 46014 2002 July 12 504 16.7 T
C/2002 L9 (NEAT) 46100 46113 2002 July 11 213 17.8 T
Ephemeris Positions Of Observable Comets For 2002 Aug. 14.0 TT
Designation (and name) R.A. (2000) Decl. Geo. Hel. El. Ph.
C/2001 W2 (BATTERS) 10 50.04 -57 34.1 3.44 3.31 73.8 17.1
C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS) 11 04.30 -27 23.6 2.99 2.42 47.3 17.9
P/2001 Q2 (Petriew) 11 14.08 -02 16.7 4.38 3.53 30.0 8.2
P/1997 V1 (Larsen) 11 22.39 -05 42.4 7.34 6.52 33.7 4.9
124P/Mrkos 11 23.83 -01 06.6 2.25 1.48 31.4 20.9
C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) 11 36.41 +03 32.9 8.76 7.92 32.2 3.9
C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff) 11 37.80 +46 49.4 6.12 5.40 41.4 7.1
C/1999 T2 (LINEAR) 11 44.02 -14 22.1 7.11 6.41 43.3 6.2
P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT) 11 56.01 +05 58.4 3.49 2.73 36.0 12.6
53P/Van Biesbroeck 12 01.18 +03 40.9 4.69 3.94 37.9 9.1
P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) 12 12.02 -04 34.8 3.89 3.24 43.6 12.5
P/2001 Q6 (NEAT) 12 13.75 +19 48.9 4.16 3.43 38.5 10.6
77P/Longmore 12 15.62 -05 00.4 2.92 2.31 44.6 17.9
65P/Gunn 12 16.01 +05 40.7 3.61 2.92 40.9 13.1
C/1999 N4 (LINEAR) 12 18.64 +06 28.6 8.69 7.96 41.3 4.8
C/2002 B1 (LINEAR) 12 29.31 +33 55.2 3.17 2.54 44.1 16.1
110P/Hartley 3 12 29.76 -14 12.6 4.17 3.64 52.2 12.7
C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR) 12 31.70 +66 20.0 4.08 3.67 59.6 13.8
C/2002 H2 (LINEAR) 12 36.07 +55 11.5 2.93 2.46 53.7 19.3
C/2001 C1 (LINEAR) 12 44.90 -62 54.9 5.19 5.21 85.8 11.2
P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) 12 51.67 -10 20.8 4.95 4.45 55.0 10.8
22P/Kopff 13 02.95 -02 31.9 2.37 1.97 54.5 24.8
139P/Vaisala-Oterma 13 04.10 -08 10.7 5.98 5.49 56.9 8.9
C/2001 G1 (LONEOS) 13 11.01 -06 39.3 8.94 8.44 57.9 5.8
C/2002 E2 (Snyder-Murakami) 13 13.85 +73 19.8 2.96 2.72 66.5 20.0
C/2000 K1 (LINEAR) 14 05.52 +51 48.6 9.38 9.00 65.1 5.9
P/2002 CW134 (LINEAR) 14 07.30 -28 56.8 2.28 2.31 79.0 25.4
152P/Helin-Lawrence 14 08.61 -06 16.8 3.37 3.19 71.2 17.5
C/1999 J2 (Skiff) 14 43.59 -16 53.9 9.02 8.95 82.6 6.4
115P/Maury 14 45.29 -04 18.3 2.29 2.33 79.4 25.3
28P/Neujmin 1 15 09.76 -34 48.4 1.90 2.21 93.4 27.3
C/2002 J4 (NEAT) 15 18.37 -07 11.2 5.06 5.13 88.1 11.4
74P/Smirnova-Chernykh 15 22.03 -17 15.7 3.85 4.00 91.6 14.7
C/2000 Y2 (Skiff) 15 28.49 -08 13.2 5.46 5.56 90.8 10.5
128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1 15 29.70 -16 41.4 5.81 5.95 93.2 9.8
C/2001 N2 (LINEAR) 15 41.26 +02 05.3 2.45 2.67 91.3 22.3
P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 15 42.10 -21 10.7 3.86 4.11 97.1 14.2
153P/Ikeya-Zhang 15 42.62 -10 44.3 2.36 2.64 94.8 22.4
P/2001 F1 (NEAT) 15 46.42 -11 11.8 4.91 5.12 95.8 11.4
P/2002 BV (Yeung) 16 00.86 -31 18.0 2.04 2.48 103.2 23.5
C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) 16 06.32 +29 00.6 3.18 3.34 89.9 17.7
C/2001 K5 (LINEAR) 16 15.84 +19 05.2 5.02 5.20 94.9 11.2
P/2002 JN16 (LINEAR) 16 17.52 -09 09.6 1.28 1.80 102.8 33.3
C/2002 K2 (LINEAR) 16 29.86 +16 56.8 5.24 5.49 98.7 10.5
120P/Mueller 1 16 54.86 -32 29.8 4.09 4.60 114.7 11.5
P/2001 CV8 (LINEAR) 17 14.69 -33 38.0 3.47 4.06 118.9 12.6
24P/Schaumasse 17 39.17 -27 20.1 3.74 4.39 124.2 11.0
C/2002 K1 (NEAT) 17 41.49 -00 19.2 2.64 3.28 120.9 15.4
C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) 18 01.25 -74 21.1 5.10 5.58 113.4 9.6
150P/LONEOS 18 24.09 -17 54.3 3.36 4.13 134.5 10.1
49P/Arend-Rigaux 18 38.22 -17 16.7 4.66 5.45 137.8 7.2
119P/Parker-Hartley 18 38.56 -18 56.5 4.23 5.03 137.9 7.8
C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) 19 03.82 +14 46.8 5.67 6.40 132.8 6.7
C/2002 K4 (NEAT) 19 09.87 +26 22.7 2.06 2.78 126.2 17.1
C/2002 L9 (NEAT) 19 36.79 -32 34.0 7.14 8.02 147.9 3.9
57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte 19 58.57 -15 01.8 0.76 1.73 157.0 13.2
P/2001 K1 (NEAT) 20 03.42 -34 03.9 3.26 4.18 151.7 6.6
P/1992 Q1 (Brewington) 20 22.01 -37 21.8 1.58 2.52 152.1 10.8
C/2001 U6 (LINEAR) 20 32.84 +84 11.5 4.45 4.41 81.1 13.1
C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) 20 41.27 +56 59.2 6.54 6.92 107.7 8.0
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 20 45.69 -18 22.0 4.82 5.82 167.9 2.1
C/2000 O1 (Koehn) 20 55.85 +13 23.3 7.76 8.66 150.6 3.3
32P/Comas Sola 21 10.62 -31 44.4 4.91 5.88 162.0 3.1
C/1997 BA6 (Spacewatch) 21 17.56 +16 18.1 7.88 8.77 149.0 3.4
36P/Whipple 21 35.82 -04 58.1 2.46 3.46 170.5 2.8
92P/Sanguin 21 44.80 +12 00.3 0.89 1.85 153.4 14.2
C/2001 O2 (NEAT) 21 56.65 -04 54.4 7.93 8.92 168.9 1.3
P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) 22 00.26 -29 58.3 4.07 5.05 163.3 3.3
C/2001 M10 (NEAT) 22 13.70 +14 47.6 5.09 5.98 149.1 5.0
129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 22 17.22 -07 30.8 3.53 4.53 167.2 2.8
143P/Kowal-Mrkos 22 33.59 -02 45.6 3.87 4.84 161.1 3.9
87P/Bus 22 45.94 -06 11.3 2.96 3.93 160.4 5.0
125P/Spacewatch 22 48.65 -07 17.5 1.37 2.35 160.2 8.4
C/2001 S1 (Skiff) 23 02.71 -14 24.3 4.26 5.21 158.4 4.1
C/2001 Q1 (NEAT) 23 04.62 -36 40.4 5.36 6.26 150.0 4.6
C/2001 K3 (Skiff) 23 19.33 +60 29.1 5.06 5.36 102.1 10.6
111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett 23 27.92 -09 00.4 3.34 4.26 151.5 6.5
2P/Encke 23 30.75 +00 01.0 3.13 4.02 147.6 7.8
89P/Russell 2 23 47.59 -20 17.9 1.59 2.50 147.6 12.5
118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 00 35.29 -00 50.0 2.30 3.09 133.1 13.9
7P/Pons-Winnecke 00 37.34 -43 28.8 0.79 1.64 131.4 27.6
C/2000 CT54 (LINEAR) 01 33.29 -01 50.7 4.42 4.99 119.6 10.2
39P/Oterma 01 35.84 +11 36.8 4.99 5.49 114.6 9.7
54P/de Vico-Swift 01 48.94 +11 56.3 1.56 2.15 111.5 26.0
C/2001 W1 (LINEAR) 01 49.32 +75 33.1 3.44 3.45 82.2 16.9
P/1999 J5 (LINEAR) 02 27.54 -01 08.2 4.59 4.97 106.3 11.3
C/2001 T4 (NEAT) 02 33.76 +05 45.4 8.29 8.57 102.9 6.6
C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo) 02 57.18 -07 06.3 8.42 8.66 100.6 6.6
C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) 03 03.45 -30 24.3 7.04 7.34 103.7 7.7
123P/West-Hartley 03 14.92 +14 34.4 3.66 3.81 90.8 15.4
C/1999 S2 (McNaught-Watson) 04 14.90 -22 22.4 12.61 12.59 86.3 4.6
90P/Gehrels 1 04 39.09 +28 00.4 3.20 2.99 69.0 18.4
9P/Tempel 1 04 58.77 +21 55.8 5.06 4.73 65.2 11.2
C/2001 X1 (LINEAR) 05 00.40 -37 49.3 3.13 3.16 82.6 18.5
C/2002 C2 (LINEAR) 05 03.53 +15 17.3 3.77 3.46 65.0 15.4
P/1986 A1 (Shoemaker 3) 05 15.73 +19 18.7 2.53 2.23 61.5 23.5
6P/d'Arrest 05 17.78 +05 43.8 2.67 2.39 63.4 22.3
C/1999 J4 (LINEAR) 05 34.85 +12 28.3 9.27 8.77 57.9 5.6
C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) 05 42.29 -22 33.6 8.13 7.80 67.7 6.9
C/1999 T3 (LINEAR) 05 51.75 -75 40.6 7.23 7.41 96.1 7.8
C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR) 05 59.56 +45 49.5 3.22 2.76 54.5 17.4
C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 06 08.38 -77 51.4 16.05 16.20 96.7 3.6
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko 06 16.54 +24 05.7 1.75 1.29 47.3 35.1
30P/Reinmuth 1 06 27.62 +18 59.3 2.80 2.20 44.6 18.9
C/1999 F1 (Catalina) 06 39.95 -57 07.8 6.02 5.93 80.1 9.7
46P/Wirtanen 06 48.53 +20 33.3 1.63 1.07 39.7 37.1
P/2001 Q5 (LINEAR-NEAT) 07 13.60 +30 11.6 4.23 3.46 35.8 9.9
C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 07 17.07 +02 26.8 8.16 7.37 35.8 4.6
C/2002 B3 (LINEAR) 07 23.22 +54 32.2 6.87 6.23 47.4 6.9
P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) 07 37.80 +28 55.3 3.88 3.05 30.4 9.7
C/2002 F1 (Utsunomiya) 08 20.19 -32 41.0 2.72 2.22 50.3 20.6
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