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MPEC 2003-E61 : COMET C/2002 Y1 (JUELS-HOLVORCEM)

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M.P.E.C. 2003-E61                                Issued 2003 Mar. 14, 21:52 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 Y1 (JUELS-HOLVORCEM)

Observations:
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.00731 20 50 03.85 +59 21 00.1                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.00823 20 50 04.53 +59 20 58.5                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.00912 20 50 05.25 +59 20 56.7                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01002 20 50 06.03 +59 20 55.4                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01091 20 50 06.70 +59 20 53.5                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01181 20 50 07.42 +59 20 52.1                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01271 20 50 08.18 +59 20 49.7                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01360 20 50 08.84 +59 20 48.6                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01449 20 50 09.58 +59 20 46.4                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01539 20 50 10.33 +59 20 45.1                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01627 20 50 11.00 +59 20 43.0                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01718 20 50 11.74 +59 20 41.9                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01807 20 50 12.50 +59 20 39.9                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01895 20 50 13.11 +59 20 38.5                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 27.01984 20 50 13.86 +59 20 36.8                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 28.73499 21 11 56.83 +58 20 32.7                      349
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 28.73591 21 11 57.50 +58 20 30.4                      349
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 28.73803 21 11 59.01 +58 20 25.6                      349
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 28.73890 21 11 59.67 +58 20 23.9                      349
    CK02Y010  C2003 02 28.74020 21 12 00.61 +58 20 20.9           8.6 T      349
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 09.22010 22 31 03.23 +51 49 32.4          11.3 N      232
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 09.22461 22 31 05.15 +51 49 19.7          11.3 N      232
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 09.22800 22 31 06.57 +51 49 09.5          11.3 N      232

Observer details:
232 Masquefa Observatory.  Observer E. Reina.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD, 0.25-m f/5.0
    reflector + CCD.
A46 Lelekovice.  Observer K. Hornoch.  0.35-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem)
Epoch 2003 May 1.0 TT = JDT 2452760.5
T 2003 Apr. 13.25076 TT                                 MPC
q   0.7137434            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0041101      Peri.  128.82269     +0.65307584     +0.72108994
 +/-0.0000406      Node   166.21943     -0.27261601     -0.06115034
e   0.9970664      Incl.  103.78138     +0.70652138     -0.69013762
From 610 observations 2002 Dec. 29-2003 Mar. 9, mean residual 0".54.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.004240
and +0.004634 (+/- 0.000041) AU**-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-E61

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