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MPEC 2003-F20 : COMET C/2002 Y1 (JUELS-HOLVORCEM)

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M.P.E.C. 2003-F20                                Issued 2003 Mar. 22, 22:12 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 27.76445 20 59 53.77 +58 55 48.6          12.1 N      235
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 05.76193 22 03 55.32 +54 39 50.4          12.1 N      235
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 09.75278 22 34 42.90 +51 22 48.7           7.0 T      392
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 09.76042 22 34 46.12 +51 22 26.2                      392
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.16757 23 15 07.57 +45 14 38.0                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.16836 23 15 07.82 +45 14 36.2                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.16913 23 15 07.97 +45 14 33.6                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.16992 23 15 08.22 +45 14 31.6                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.17069 23 15 08.44 +45 14 29.3                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.17147 23 15 08.59 +45 14 26.7                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.17226 23 15 08.84 +45 14 24.7                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.17304 23 15 09.02 +45 14 22.6                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.17382 23 15 09.21 +45 14 20.0                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.17461 23 15 09.46 +45 14 17.9                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.17538 23 15 09.62 +45 14 15.5                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.17617 23 15 09.86 +45 14 13.2                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.17698 23 15 10.03 +45 14 11.0                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.17777 23 15 10.30 +45 14 08.4                      A46
    CK02Y010  C2003 03 17.17855 23 15 10.45 +45 14 06.4                      A46

Observer details:
235 CAST Observatory, Talmassons.  Observers R. Ligustri, V. Savani,
    P. Beltrame, G. Degano.  0.35-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
392 JCPM Sapporo Station.  Observer K. Watanabe.  0.20-m f/7.5 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. 13.24972 TT                                 MPC
q   0.7137693            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0040535      Peri.  128.82009     +0.65304358     +0.72112173
 +/-0.0000231      Node   166.21991     -0.27260528     -0.06115967
e   0.9971067      Incl.  103.78161     +0.70655534     -0.69010357
From 649 observations 2002 Dec. 29-2003 Mar. 17, mean residual 0".54.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.004184
and +0.004578 (+/- 0.000023) AU**-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-F20

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