MPEC 2002-X51 : COMET P/2002 X2 (NEAT)
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M.P.E.C. 2002-X51 Issued 2002 Dec. 9, 04:11 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
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COMET P/2002 X2 (NEAT)
Observations:
PK02X020 C2002 10 05.41539 03 06 53.02 -12 27 14.2 18.4 N 699
PK02X020 C2002 10 05.43285 03 06 52.51 -12 27 17.0 699
PK02X020 C2002 10 05.45035 03 06 51.96 -12 27 18.2 699
PK02X020 C2002 10 05.46781 03 06 51.35 -12 27 21.3 699
PK02X020 C2002 11 05.30201 02 43 07.82 -12 11 08.7 18.0 N 644
PK02X020 C2002 11 05.32551 02 43 06.46 -12 11 02.9 17.9 N 644
PK02X020 C2002 11 05.36489 02 43 04.16 -12 10 52.9 18.3 N 644
PK02X020 C2002 12 06.13260 02 18 49.22 -07 58 49.6 17.7 N 699
PK02X020 C2002 12 06.15025 02 18 48.55 -07 58 37.3 699
PK02X020 C2002 12 06.16797 02 18 48.01 -07 58 25.4 699
PK02X020 C2002 12 06.18563 02 18 47.42 -07 58 12.3 699
PK02X020 C2002 12 07.17100 02 18 17.91 -07 46 37.0 18.4 T 644
PK02X020 C2002 12 07.19086 02 18 17.29 -07 46 22.8 18.2 T 644
PK02X020 C2002 12 07.21228 02 18 16.64 -07 46 07.7 18.2 T 644
PK02X020 C2002 12 08.07273 02 17 52.20 -07 35 51.7 20.0 T 333
PK02X020 C2002 12 08.07696 02 17 52.18 -07 35 47.8 20.5 T 333
PK02X020 C2002 12 08.08140 02 17 51.99 -07 35 45.4 21.0 T 333
PK02X020 C2002 12 08.19097 02 17 48.94 -07 34 28.6 18.7 T 926
PK02X020 C2002 12 08.20050 02 17 48.56 -07 34 19.3 17.9 T 926
PK02X020 C2002 12 08.21089 02 17 48.20 -07 34 11.3 17.7 T 926
PK02X020 C2002 12 08.76473 02 17 33.23 -07 27 29.8 246
PK02X020 C2002 12 08.76744 02 17 33.19 -07 27 28.3 246
PK02X020 C2002 12 08.76888 02 17 33.14 -07 27 27.1 246
PK02X020 C2002 12 08.77017 02 17 33.12 -07 27 26.1 246
PK02X020 C2002 12 08.77153 02 17 33.08 -07 27 24.9 246
PK02X020 C2002 12 09.14536 02 17 23.05 -07 22 52.5 17.8 T 858
PK02X020 C2002 12 09.14933 02 17 22.97 -07 22 49.8 17.7 T 858
PK02X020 C2002 12 09.15330 02 17 22.91 -07 22 46.7 17.8 T 858
Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT. Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Ko\v{c}er.
1.06-m KLENOT Telescope + CCD.
333 Desert Eagle Observatory. Observer W. K. Y. Yeung. 0.45-m f/3
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT. Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo,
M. Hicks, K. Lawrence, R. Thicksten. 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS. Observer M. E. Van Ness. 0.59-m LONEOS
Schmidt + CCD.
858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood. Observer F. B. Zoltowski. 0.3-m f/3.3
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory. Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz. 0.81-m
f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
Orbital elements:
P/2002 X2 (NEAT)
T 2003 Mar. 29.5651 TT MPC
q 2.528633 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.1215844 Peri. 356.0279 +0.2660195 -0.8681049
a 4.035377 Node 78.1561 +0.8958030 +0.0620486
e 0.373384 Incl. 25.3531 +0.3560487 +0.4924874
P 8.11
From 27 observations 2002 Oct. 5-Dec. 9.
Ephemeris:
P/2002 X2 (NEAT)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2002 12 02 02 21.14 -08 45.5 1.846 2.643 135.7 15.1 17.6
2002 12 12 02 16.24 -06 47.4 1.912 2.625 127.0 17.4 17.6
2002 12 22 02 13.90 -04 34.8 1.994 2.608 118.3 19.4 17.7
2003 01 01 02 14.19 -02 12.9 2.091 2.593 109.7 20.9 17.7
2003 01 11 02 17.01 +00 14.3 2.197 2.580 101.5 21.9 17.8
2003 01 21 02 22.17 +02 43.4 2.310 2.568 93.6 22.5 17.9
2003 01 31 02 29.40 +05 12.1 2.427 2.557 86.1 22.6 18.0
2003 02 10 02 38.50 +07 38.7 2.546 2.548 79.0 22.3 18.1
2003 02 20 02 49.23 +10 01.7 2.663 2.541 72.1 21.7 18.2
2003 03 02 03 01.40 +12 20.2 2.778 2.535 65.6 20.9 18.3
2003 03 12 03 14.87 +14 33.1 2.890 2.531 59.3 19.7 18.3
2003 03 22 03 29.49 +16 39.8 2.995 2.529 53.3 18.4 18.4
2003 04 01 03 45.15 +18 39.4 3.095 2.529 47.5 16.9 18.5
2003 04 11 04 01.75 +20 31.3 3.187 2.530 41.8 15.3 18.5
2003 04 21 04 19.18 +22 14.8 3.271 2.533 36.3 13.6 18.6
2003 05 01 04 37.37 +23 49.3 3.347 2.538 31.0 11.8 18.7
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-X51
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