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MPEC 2002-X16 : COMET P/2002 T5 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-X16                                Issued 2002 Dec. 3, 21:00 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 P/2002 T5 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK02T050  C2002 11 04.66656 04 37 44.98 -14 13 47.7                      349
    PK02T050  C2002 11 04.67046 04 37 44.80 -14 13 48.2                      349
    PK02T050  C2002 11 04.67341 04 37 44.71 -14 13 48.5                      349
    PK02T050  C2002 11 04.67719 04 37 44.62 -14 13 50.8          17.4 T      349
    PK02T050  C2002 11 22.96978 04 28 16.61 -14 33 07.2          16.2 T      213
    PK02T050  C2002 11 22.98091 04 28 16.24 -14 33 07.9          16.2 T      213
    PK02T050  C2002 11 24.31782 04 27 29.49 -14 32 16.5          16.5 T      699
    PK02T050  C2002 11 24.32769 04 27 29.21 -14 32 16.5                      699
    PK02T050  C2002 11 24.33759 04 27 28.78 -14 32 15.7                      699
    PK02T050  C2002 11 24.34748 04 27 28.40 -14 32 15.5                      699
    PK02T050  C2002 11 26.29008 04 26 20.16 -14 30 27.2          17.4 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 26.30520 04 26 19.60 -14 30 26.2          18.0 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 26.32027 04 26 19.00 -14 30 24.1          17.9 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 28.61485 04 24 57.64 -14 27 20.0          16.8 T      360
    PK02T050  C2002 11 28.61983 04 24 57.45 -14 27 19.8                      360
    PK02T050  C2002 11 28.64523 04 24 56.47 -14 27 17.3          17.1 T      355
    PK02T050  C2002 11 28.64810 04 24 56.41 -14 27 17.4                      355
    PK02T050  C2002 11 28.65727 04 24 56.06 -14 27 16.7                      355
    PK02T050  C2002 11 29.34185 04 24 31.92 -14 26 12.7          20.3 N      H43
    PK02T050  C2002 11 29.35015 04 24 31.39 -14 26 08.4          20.4 N      H43
    PK02T050  C2002 11 29.92087 04 24 11.15 -14 25 08.9          16.6 N      213
    PK02T050  C2002 11 29.92300 04 24 11.03 -14 25 07.3          16.6 N      213
    PK02T050  C2002 11 29.93006 04 24 10.83 -14 25 07.2          16.8 T      170
    PK02T050  C2002 11 29.93171 04 24 10.66 -14 25 07.2          16.8 T      170
    PK02T050  C2002 11 29.93782 04 24 10.58 -14 25 06.4          16.8 T      170
    PK02T050  C2002 11 30.20799 04 24 00.97 -14 24 36.0          17.6 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 30.20858 04 24 00.97 -14 24 36.1          17.5 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 30.22171 04 24 00.50 -14 24 34.7          18.0 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 30.22342 04 24 00.43 -14 24 34.9          17.9 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 30.23548 04 23 59.96 -14 24 33.0          18.2 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 30.23811 04 23 59.88 -14 24 32.4          17.9 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 30.24955 04 23 59.45 -14 24 31.2          18.1 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 30.25291 04 23 59.32 -14 24 30.3          18.0 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 30.26334 04 23 58.86 -14 24 29.4          17.9 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 11 30.26787 04 23 58.71 -14 24 28.6          18.1 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 12 01.20707 04 23 25.40 -14 22 38.4          17.6 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 12 01.22175 04 23 24.85 -14 22 36.2          18.0 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 12 01.23651 04 23 24.26 -14 22 34.9          18.0 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 12 01.25117 04 23 23.76 -14 22 33.2          17.9 T      704
    PK02T050  C2002 12 01.26638 04 23 23.16 -14 22 31.8          17.8 T      704

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.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD, 0.25-m f/5.0
    reflector + CCD.
355 Hadano.  Observer A. Asami.  0.28-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + 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.
H43 Conway.  Observers B. M. Sherrod, P. C. Sherrod.  0.31-m f/3.75
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2002 T5 (LINEAR)
T 2003 June 27.1791 TT                                  MPC
q   3.935999             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0534645      Peri.  326.6285      -0.0647188      -0.9009586
a   6.978447       Node   123.3419      +0.9904779      -0.1103506
e   0.435978       Incl.   30.9029      +0.1215113      +0.4196383
P  18.4
From 138 observations 2002 Oct. 5-Dec. 1.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X16

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