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MPEC 2002-V41 : COMET C/2002 V1 (NEAT)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-V41                                Issued 2002 Nov. 8, 21:39 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 V1 (NEAT)

Observations:
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.35194 05 04 18.02 +16 22 05.5          17.1 T      704
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.36311 05 04 16.70 +16 22 06.2          17.4 T      704
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.36918 05 04 16.03 +16 22 06.5          17.1 T      704
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.38082 05 04 14.75 +16 22 06.9          17.7 T      704
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.38612 05 04 14.40 +16 22 04.5          19.4 T      704
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.39841 05 04 12.55 +16 22 08.8          17.7 T      704
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.40329 05 04 12.13 +16 22 09.4          17.3 T      704
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.41598 05 04 10.76 +16 22 10.0          17.6 T      704
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.42066 05 04 10.36 +16 22 11.0          18.8 T      704
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.43344 05 04 08.64 +16 22 11.4          17.4 T      704
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.87500 05 03 19.27 +16 22 47.1          15.7 T      213
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.87692 05 03 19.14 +16 22 46.9          15.7 T      213
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.87807 05 03 18.93 +16 22 48.0          15.7 T      213
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.87904 05 03 18.76 +16 22 49.5          15.7 T      213
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.88275 05 03 18.39 +16 22 48.8          15.7 T      213
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.92311 05 03 13.78 +16 22 52.3          16.1 T      170
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.93065 05 03 12.80 +16 22 52.4          16.1 T      170
    CK02V010  C2002 11 07.94773 05 03 10.58 +16 22 53.0          16.1 T      170
    CK02V010  C2002 11 08.27697 05 02 32.84 +16 23 22.8          17.0 T      649
    CK02V010  C2002 11 08.28091 05 02 32.36 +16 23 23.1          16.6 T      649
    CK02V010  C2002 11 08.28405 05 02 32.00 +16 23 23.4          16.9 T      649

Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Begues.  Observer J. Manteca.  0.31-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/6.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, M. Glaze,
    R. Fredrick, R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers D. Torres, F. Shelly,
    L. Manguso, M. Bezpalko, M. Blythe, R. Huber, S. Adams, S. Partridge,
    T. Brothers.  Measurers J. Evans, J. Stuart, P. Hopman, R. Sayer.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 V1 (NEAT)
T 2003 Feb. 17.719 TT                                   MPC
q   0.09866              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  152.189       -0.452823       -0.077783
                   Node    64.100       -0.883624       -0.093804
e   1.0            Incl.   80.887       +0.118996       -0.992548
From 54 observations 2002 Nov. 6-8.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 V1 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 11 02    05 13.03   +16 14.9    1.548    2.396   140.2    15.4  16.2
2002 11 07    05 04.95   +16 21.6    1.423    2.319   147.1    13.4  15.9
2002 11 12    04 54.67   +16 28.7    1.306    2.240   154.4    11.0  15.6
2002 11 17    04 41.85   +16 35.6    1.197    2.160   162.3     8.0  15.2
2002 11 22    04 26.13   +16 40.9    1.097    2.078   170.6     4.5  14.9
2002 11 27    04 07.23   +16 42.8    1.010    1.995   175.6     2.2  14.5
2002 12 02    03 45.06   +16 38.7    0.935    1.910   167.8     6.3  14.2
2002 12 07    03 19.83   +16 25.5    0.875    1.823   157.1    12.1  13.8
2002 12 12    02 52.21   +16 01.1    0.831    1.735   145.6    18.7  13.5
2002 12 17    02 23.22   +15 24.5    0.802    1.644   133.7    25.6  13.2
2002 12 22    01 54.12   +14 37.2    0.788    1.551   121.7    32.7  12.9
2002 12 27    01 26.11   +13 42.6    0.788    1.455   109.9    39.5  12.6
2003 01 01    01 00.03   +12 45.1    0.798    1.356    98.6    45.8  12.3

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V41

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