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MPEC 2002-R02 : COMETS C/2002 Q9, 2002 Q10, 2002 Q11 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-R02                                Issued 2002 Sept. 2, 00:55 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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                  COMETS C/2002 Q9, 2002 Q10, 2002 Q11 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.25423 09 57 30.5  +12 38 03                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.25423 2 -0.00986809 +0.00134870 +0.00073616        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.27090 09 57 41.7  +12 33 41                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.27090 2 -0.00986938 +0.00134606 +0.00073450        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.28756 09 57 52.9  +12 29 46                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.28756 2 -0.00987068 +0.00134341 +0.00073284        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.31375 09 58 10.8  +12 23 22                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.31375 2 -0.00987271 +0.00133926 +0.00073023        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.32923 09 58 19.7  +12 19 42                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.32923 2 -0.00987391 +0.00133681 +0.00072868        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.33756 09 58 24.5  +12 17 45                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.33756 2 -0.00987456 +0.00133549 +0.00072785        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.35423 09 58 33.1  +12 13 51                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.35423 2 -0.00987585 +0.00133285 +0.00072619        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.37090 09 58 40.9  +12 10 29                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.37090 2 -0.00987714 +0.00133021 +0.00072453        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.37923 09 58 45.3  +12 08 34                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.37923 2 -0.00987778 +0.00132889 +0.00072370        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.39590 09 58 49.4  +12 05 21                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.39590 2 -0.00987907 +0.00132626 +0.00072204        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.41258 09 58 54.2  +12 02 02                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.41258 2 -0.00988036 +0.00132362 +0.00072038        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.42090 09 58 58.1  +11 59 16                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.42090 2 -0.00988100 +0.00132230 +0.00071955        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.43774 09 59 02.1  +11 56 58                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.43774 2 -0.00988229 +0.00131964 +0.00071787        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.45423 09 59 02.5  +11 53 14                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.45423 2 -0.00988356 +0.00131703 +0.00071623        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.46256 09 59 06.2  +11 52 28                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.46256 2 -0.00988420 +0.00131572 +0.00071540        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.49590 09 59 07.8  +11 47 14                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.49590 2 -0.00988676 +0.00131046 +0.00071208        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.50423 09 59 04.3  +11 45 30                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.50423 2 -0.00988740 +0.00130914 +0.00071125        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.52090 09 59 08.0  +11 42 01                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.52090 2 -0.00988868 +0.00130651 +0.00070960        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.53756 09 59 00.1  +11 40 27                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.53756 2 -0.00988995 +0.00130388 +0.00070794        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.56375 09 58 58.5  +11 37 40                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.56375 2 -0.00989195 +0.00129976 +0.00070534        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.57925 09 58 54.2  +11 35 43                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.57925 2 -0.00989314 +0.00129732 +0.00070380        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.58756 09 58 55.6  +11 35 03                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.58756 2 -0.00989377 +0.00129601 +0.00070297        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.60423 09 58 45.7  +11 33 44                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.60423 2 -0.00989504 +0.00129338 +0.00070132        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.62090 09 58 40.8  +11 31 30                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.62090 2 -0.00989631 +0.00129076 +0.00069966        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.62923 09 58 40.7  +11 30 34                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.62923 2 -0.00989694 +0.00128945 +0.00069884        249
    CK02Q090  S2002 08 19.66256 09 58 24.0  +11 28 06                        249
    CK02Q090  s2002 08 19.66256 2 -0.00989948 +0.00128421 +0.00069553        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.60145 10 17 23.5  +11 14 25                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.60145 2 -0.01038569 +0.00014717 -0.00004223        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.61812 10 17 44.4  +11 13 05                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.61812 2 -0.01038651 +0.00014498 -0.00004368        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.62923 10 17 59.4  +11 12 28                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.62923 2 -0.01038705 +0.00014353 -0.00004465        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.64312 10 18 17.2  +11 11 14                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.64312 2 -0.01038774 +0.00014171 -0.00004586        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.65979 10 18 38.8  +11 09 59                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.65979 2 -0.01038856 +0.00013952 -0.00004731        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.67090 10 18 53.6  +11 08 55                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.67090 2 -0.01038910 +0.00013807 -0.00004827        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.68479 10 19 11.1  +11 07 55                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.68479 2 -0.01038978 +0.00013625 -0.00004948        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.70147 10 19 33.5  +11 06 15                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.70147 2 -0.01039060 +0.00013406 -0.00005093        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.71257 10 19 48.6  +11 05 18                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.71257 2 -0.01039115 +0.00013261 -0.00005190        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.72645 10 20 06.9  +11 04 02                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.72645 2 -0.01039183 +0.00013080 -0.00005310        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.74312 10 20 29.5  +11 02 40                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.74312 2 -0.01039264 +0.00012862 -0.00005455        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.75423 10 20 44.4  +11 01 32                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.75423 2 -0.01039319 +0.00012716 -0.00005552        249
    CK02Q100  S2002 08 27.76812 10 21 02.1  +11 00 16                        249
    CK02Q100  s2002 08 27.76812 2 -0.01039387 +0.00012535 -0.00005672        249
    CK02Q110  S2002 08 29.63756 10 14 51.6  +08 39 15                        249
    CK02Q110  s2002 08 29.63756 2 -0.01048065 -0.00011488 -0.00021689        249
    CK02Q110  S2002 08 29.65423 10 15 10.1  +08 40 19                        249
    CK02Q110  s2002 08 29.65423 2 -0.01048138 -0.00011699 -0.00021830        249
    CK02Q110  S2002 08 29.67923 10 15 49.8  +08 41 29                        249
    CK02Q110  s2002 08 29.67923 2 -0.01048248 -0.00012015 -0.00022041        249
    CK02Q110  S2002 08 29.69591 10 16 13.1  +08 42 36                        249
    CK02Q110  s2002 08 29.69591 2 -0.01048321 -0.00012225 -0.00022182        249
    CK02Q110  S2002 08 29.72091 10 16 49.9  +08 43 53                        249
    CK02Q110  s2002 08 29.72091 2 -0.01048430 -0.00012541 -0.00022393        249
    CK02Q110  S2002 08 29.73758 10 17 15.9  +08 45 08                        249
    CK02Q110  s2002 08 29.73758 2 -0.01048503 -0.00012751 -0.00022534        249
    CK02Q110  S2002 08 29.76256 10 17 53.5  +08 46 45                        249
    CK02Q110  s2002 08 29.76256 2 -0.01048612 -0.00013066 -0.00022745        249
    CK02Q110  S2002 08 29.77923 10 18 19.0  +08 47 41                        249
    CK02Q110  s2002 08 29.77923 2 -0.01048685 -0.00013277 -0.00022885        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C2 and C3.  Comet detections by R. Kracht
    and J. Sachs, measurements by D. Hammer, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK02Q090   2002 Aug.  19.42   0.0304   1.0     207.89    19.58    22.45     X
CK02Q100   2002 Aug.  27.50   0.0484   1.0      51.02    50.99    13.54     X
CK02Q110   2002 Aug.  30.18   0.0052   1.0      79.71   359.80   145.38     X

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R02

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