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MPEC 2002-U53 : COMET C/2002 O7 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-U53                                Issued 2002 Oct. 31, 20:33 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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                           COMET C/2002 O7 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK02O070  C2002 10 01.79890 14 35 55.32 +34 55 39.3                      587
    CK02O070  C2002 10 01.82888 14 35 56.27 +34 55 20.5                      587
    CK02O070  C2002 10 01.83747 14 35 56.43 +34 55 17.7                      587
    CK02O070  C2002 10 26.76269 14 50 28.25 +31 25 01.3          17.6 N      587
    CK02O070  C2002 10 26.78417 14 50 29.19 +31 24 52.0                      587
    CK02O070  C2002 10 26.78796 14 50 29.38 +31 24 50.4          17.9 N      587

Observer details:
587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, A. Testa.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 O7 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Sept. 22.8735 TT                                 MPC
q   0.904936             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  252.0453      -0.3326339      +0.9172117
                   Node    12.8170      +0.4405225      +0.3567019
e   1.0            Incl.   98.7352      -0.8338433      -0.1774441
From 59 observations 2002 July 29-Oct. 26.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 O7 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 10 23    14 48.07   +31 53.5    5.216    4.572    45.4     8.9  16.7
2002 11 02    14 54.58   +30 40.8    5.105    4.470    45.7     9.2  16.5
2002 11 12    15 01.42   +29 37.8    4.978    4.366    47.2     9.6  16.4
2002 11 22    15 08.45   +28 45.4    4.833    4.262    49.8    10.2  16.2
2002 12 02    15 15.57   +28 04.5    4.672    4.157    53.2    11.0  16.0
2002 12 12    15 22.62   +27 36.1    4.494    4.051    57.5    11.8  15.8
2002 12 22    15 29.43   +27 21.3    4.302    3.944    62.4    12.8  15.6
2003 01 01    15 35.84   +27 21.1    4.097    3.836    67.8    13.7  15.4
2003 01 11    15 41.61   +27 36.8    3.881    3.727    73.7    14.7  15.2
2003 01 21    15 46.48   +28 09.5    3.656    3.617    80.0    15.5  14.9
2003 01 31    15 50.10   +29 00.4    3.425    3.505    86.5    16.3  14.6
2003 02 10    15 52.06   +30 10.7    3.192    3.393    93.2    16.9  14.3
2003 02 20    15 51.79   +31 40.9    2.959    3.279   100.0    17.3  14.0
2003 03 02    15 48.58   +33 30.5    2.732    3.164   106.8    17.4  13.7
2003 03 12    15 41.49   +35 37.2    2.515    3.048   113.3    17.4  13.3
2003 03 22    15 29.40   +37 54.7    2.313    2.931   119.2    17.3  13.0
2003 04 01    15 11.08   +40 11.1    2.133    2.812   123.6    17.2  12.6
2003 04 11    14 45.58   +42 06.1    1.979    2.692   125.8    17.6  12.3
2003 04 21    14 13.11   +43 11.6    1.859    2.570   125.0    18.7  11.9
2003 05 01    13 35.89   +42 59.2    1.774    2.447   120.8    20.7  11.6
2003 05 11    12 58.15   +41 13.1    1.726    2.323   113.7    23.5  11.3
2003 05 21    12 24.25   +38 00.2    1.712    2.198   104.6    26.5  11.1
2003 05 31    11 56.68   +33 44.5    1.728    2.072    94.6    29.2  10.9
2003 06 10    11 35.87   +28 53.9    1.763    1.944    84.2    31.3  10.6
2003 06 20    11 20.95   +23 50.0    1.811    1.817    74.0    32.5  10.4
2003 06 30    11 10.67   +18 44.9    1.862    1.689    64.2    32.8  10.1
2003 07 10    11 03.87   +13 43.1    1.909    1.562    54.8    32.1   9.8
2003 07 20    10 59.54   +08 44.8    1.945    1.437    45.9    30.5   9.5
2003 07 30    10 56.90   +03 46.4    1.963    1.316    37.7    28.2   9.2
2003 08 09    10 55.31   -01 17.0    1.959    1.201    30.5    25.4   8.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-U53

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