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MPEC 2002-Y65 : COMET C/2002 Y1 (JUELS-HOLVORCEM)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-Y65                                Issued 2002 Dec. 30, 22:39 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.

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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                       COMET C/2002 Y1 (JUELS-HOLVORCEM)

Observations:
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.20628 13 27 26.08 +17 31 16.7          16.1 N      213
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.20832 13 27 26.28 +17 31 19.4          16.1 N      213
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.21535 13 27 27.12 +17 31 29.6          16.1 N      213
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.46042 13 27 56.33 +17 37 32.9          17.4 N      926
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.46138 13 27 56.44 +17 37 34.5          17.4 N      926
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.46234 13 27 56.56 +17 37 36.1          17.5 N      926
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.46331 13 27 56.66 +17 37 37.4          17.5 N      926
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.46427 13 27 56.79 +17 37 39.1          17.6 N      926
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.46524 13 27 56.90 +17 37 40.4          17.4 N      926
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.68851 13 28 23.42 +17 43 12.2                      349
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.69846 13 28 24.60 +17 43 27.4                      349
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.71191 13 28 26.20 +17 43 48.5                      349
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.71356 13 28 26.37 +17 43 50.3                      349
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.72603 13 28 27.83 +17 44 09.3                      349
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.73241 13 28 28.67 +17 44 19.1          15.1 T      349
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.76404 13 28 32.39 +17 45 06.7                      349
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.76935 13 28 33.03 +17 45 14.5                      349
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.77265 13 28 33.41 +17 45 19.0                      349
    CK02Y010  C2002 12 30.77642 13 28 33.86 +17 45 25.3                      349

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD, 0.25-m f/5.0
    reflector + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem)
T 2003 Apr. 14.770 TT                                   MPC
q   0.74666              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  126.990       +0.625518       +0.743223
                   Node   165.930       -0.291086       -0.059968
e   1.0            Incl.  102.458       +0.723876       -0.666351
From 34 observations 2002 Dec. 28-30.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 12 22    13 12.40   +14 37.8    2.026    2.090    79.8    27.6  15.7
2002 12 27    13 21.31   +16 17.1    1.883    2.022    83.4    28.9  15.4
2003 01 01    13 31.02   +18 16.8    1.743    1.954    86.8    30.2  15.1
2003 01 06    13 41.79   +20 41.1    1.607    1.885    90.1    31.4  14.8
2003 01 11    13 53.95   +23 34.8    1.476    1.816    93.0    32.7  14.4
2003 01 16    14 08.00   +27 03.1    1.352    1.747    95.5    34.1  14.1
2003 01 21    14 24.71   +31 11.0    1.237    1.677    97.4    35.6  13.7
2003 01 26    14 45.22   +36 01.6    1.135    1.607    98.4    37.3  13.3
2003 01 31    15 11.30   +41 32.6    1.048    1.536    98.1    39.4  13.0
2003 02 05    15 45.64   +47 30.3    0.980    1.466    96.4    41.9  12.6
2003 02 10    16 31.96   +53 22.0    0.935    1.396    93.1    44.9  12.3
2003 02 15    17 33.74   +58 11.8    0.914    1.326    88.3    48.1  12.0
2003 02 20    18 49.33   +60 53.7    0.918    1.256    82.3    51.3  11.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-Y65

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