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MPEC 2002-S05 : COMET C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-S05                                Issued 2002 Sept. 16, 16:25 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/2001 RX14 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 25.72139 06 30 00.05 +47 04 26.0                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 25.72657 06 30 00.84 +47 04 27.6                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 25.73448 06 30 02.12 +47 04 31.4                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 25.73630 06 30 02.42 +47 04 31.5          14.1 T      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 27.70933 06 35 20.27 +47 16 03.1                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 27.71130 06 35 20.56 +47 16 03.5                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 27.71326 06 35 20.89 +47 16 04.3                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 27.71587 06 35 21.34 +47 16 05.1          13.7 T      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 28.69490 06 38 00.13 +47 21 39.9                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 28.69718 06 38 00.51 +47 21 41.0                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 28.70381 06 38 01.62 +47 21 43.0                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 28.70632 06 38 01.99 +47 21 44.3          13.7 T      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 30.66890 06 43 22.62 +47 32 38.8          13.7 T      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 30.67059 06 43 22.90 +47 32 39.8                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 30.67241 06 43 23.13 +47 32 40.6                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 30.67415 06 43 23.47 +47 32 40.8                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 30.67704 06 43 23.95 +47 32 41.4                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 08 30.68071 06 43 24.55 +47 32 42.9                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 01.78862 06 49 12.07 +47 44 03.5          14.7 N      379
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 01.79027 06 49 12.34 +47 44 04.0          14.8 N      379
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 01.79194 06 49 12.63 +47 44 05.1          14.7 N      379
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 01.79358 06 49 12.93 +47 44 05.6          14.5 N      379
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 02.74190 06 51 50.37 +47 49 02.5          14.8 N      379
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 02.74369 06 51 50.68 +47 49 02.1          14.7 N      379
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 02.74535 06 51 50.90 +47 49 03.3          14.8 N      379
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 02.74753 06 51 51.29 +47 49 03.2          15.0 N      379
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.02208 07 03 48.71 +48 10 14.1                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.02321 07 03 48.91 +48 10 14.8                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.02434 07 03 49.12 +48 10 14.8                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.02546 07 03 49.31 +48 10 15.1                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.02660 07 03 49.51 +48 10 15.5                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.02773 07 03 49.70 +48 10 15.7                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.02885 07 03 49.90 +48 10 16.1                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.02999 07 03 50.05 +48 10 16.7                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.03111 07 03 50.23 +48 10 16.9                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.03225 07 03 50.48 +48 10 17.0                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.03337 07 03 50.67 +48 10 17.3                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.03450 07 03 50.82 +48 10 17.9                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.03563 07 03 51.04 +48 10 18.2                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.03676 07 03 51.16 +48 10 18.3                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.03789 07 03 51.46 +48 10 18.7                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.03902 07 03 51.61 +48 10 19.0                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.04014 07 03 51.80 +48 10 19.3                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.04126 07 03 52.00 +48 10 19.7                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.04237 07 03 52.18 +48 10 20.1                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 07.04350 07 03 52.34 +48 10 20.3                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 08.01236 07 06 36.67 +48 14 52.2                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 08.01351 07 06 36.89 +48 14 52.4                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 08.01463 07 06 37.08 +48 14 53.1                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 08.01576 07 06 37.32 +48 14 53.0                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 08.01689 07 06 37.52 +48 14 53.5                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 08.01802 07 06 37.65 +48 14 54.2                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 08.01914 07 06 37.85 +48 14 54.4                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 08.02027 07 06 38.08 +48 14 54.9                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 08.02138 07 06 38.23 +48 14 55.4                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 08.02249 07 06 38.42 +48 14 55.8                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 10.70394 07 14 16.51 +48 26 57.8                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 10.70583 07 14 16.84 +48 26 58.1                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 10.71611 07 14 18.57 +48 27 01.2                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 10.72538 07 14 20.15 +48 27 03.5                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 10.73237 07 14 21.35 +48 27 05.8                      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 10.73987 07 14 22.65 +48 27 07.4          13.7 T      349
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.01625 07 18 02.22 +48 32 32.9                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.01738 07 18 02.42 +48 32 33.1                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.01851 07 18 02.62 +48 32 33.4                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.01963 07 18 02.78 +48 32 33.4                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.02075 07 18 03.04 +48 32 34.2                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.02189 07 18 03.21 +48 32 34.2                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.02301 07 18 03.33 +48 32 34.4                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.02413 07 18 03.56 +48 32 34.8                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.02524 07 18 03.75 +48 32 35.2                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.02637 07 18 03.98 +48 32 35.4                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.02748 07 18 04.16 +48 32 35.7                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.02860 07 18 04.33 +48 32 35.8                      A46
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.78220 07 20 14.62 +48 35 45.2          14.1 T      360
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 12.78464 07 20 15.04 +48 35 45.8                      360
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 13.13336 07 21 15.25 +48 37 10.5          14.1 N      613
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 13.13674 07 21 15.81 +48 37 11.2          14.1 N      613
    CK01R14X  C2002 09 13.14123 07 21 16.61 +48 37 12.4          14.0 N      613

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD, 0.25-m f/5.0
    reflector + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
379 Hamamatsu-Yuto.  Observer S. Wakuda.  0.25-m f/5.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
613 Heisingen.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.35-m f/5.7 reflector + CCD.
A46 Lelekovice.  Observer K. Hornoch.  0.35-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2003 Jan. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452640.5
T 2003 Jan. 18.69985 TT                                 MPC
q   2.0576082            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0007969      Peri.  121.48391     -0.68610466     -0.71676778
 +/-0.0000027      Node    14.16979     +0.36330016     -0.48585757
e   1.0016397      Incl.   30.57418     +0.63029627     -0.50018634
From 588 observations 2001 Aug. 28-2002 Sept. 13, mean residual 0".55.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000776
and +0.000257 (+/- 0.000003) AU**-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-S05

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