MPEC 2003-K49 : COMET C/2003 K2
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M.P.E.C. 2003-K49 Issued 2003 May 30, 14:10 UT
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minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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COMET C/2003 K2
Observations:
CK03K020 C2003 05 27.88600 08 31 35.01 +28 05 45.8 16.3 T 176
CK03K020 C2003 05 27.88819 08 31 35.80 +28 05 43.4 16.2 T 176
CK03K020 C2003 05 27.88970 08 31 36.34 +28 05 41.8 16.2 T 176
CK03K020 C2003 05 27.89109 08 31 36.84 +28 05 40.2 16.4 T 176
CK03K020 C2003 05 27.89294 08 31 37.50 +28 05 38.2 16.1 T 176
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.11112 08 32 57.47 +28 01 54.0 15.6 T H41
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.12487 08 33 02.51 +28 01 38.3 15.5 T H41
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.12861 08 33 03.89 +28 01 33.2 15.6 T H41
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.16308 08 33 16.57 +28 00 58.7 15.0 T 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.16493 08 33 17.17 +28 00 57.3 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.16667 08 33 17.84 +28 00 55.5 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.17338 08 33 20.14 +28 00 48.2 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.19862 08 33 29.44 +28 00 21.3 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.20012 08 33 30.02 +28 00 19.8 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.46343 08 35 05.82 +27 55 44.8 340
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.46926 08 35 08.17 +27 55 38.0 340
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.47199 08 35 09.13 +27 55 35.7 340
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.47915 08 35 11.86 +27 55 27.5 340
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.48065 08 35 12.18 +27 55 24.0 340
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.48299 08 35 12.94 +27 55 24.0 14.6 T 340
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.49583 08 35 17.70 +27 55 08.1 14.7 T 367
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.49896 08 35 18.76 +27 55 04.6 367
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.50208 08 35 20.04 +27 55 00.4 367
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.50521 08 35 21.03 +27 54 58.0 367
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.84518 08 37 24.01 +27 48 55.3 16.9 N 620
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.84954 08 37 25.59 +27 48 50.7 17.1 N 620
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.85534 08 37 27.67 +27 48 44.7 16.2 N 213
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.85611 08 37 27.89 +27 48 43.2 16.9 N 620
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.85811 08 37 28.65 +27 48 41.8 16.1 N 213
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.86159 08 37 29.87 +27 48 37.2 16.8 N 620
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.86487 08 37 31.17 +27 48 32.7 16.5 N 166
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.86716 08 37 31.90 +27 48 30.5 16.3 N 166
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.86804 08 37 32.19 +27 48 30.8 16.2 N 213
CK03K020 C2003 05 28.86882 08 37 32.35 +27 48 29.2 16.3 N 166
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.10106 08 38 55.95 +27 44 20.0 15.5 T H41
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.10441 08 38 57.09 +27 44 15.9 15.5 T H41
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.11203 08 39 00.05 +27 44 00.2 15.6 T H41
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.13868 08 39 09.37 +27 43 36.7 17.0 T 750
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.47545 08 41 09.36 +27 37 31.6 16.8 T 900
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.47696 08 41 09.90 +27 37 30.6 16.8 T 900
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.84873 08 43 21.70 +27 30 35.4 A46
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.84986 08 43 21.99 +27 30 32.9 A46
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.85098 08 43 22.32 +27 30 33.0 A46
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.85885 08 43 25.15 +27 30 22.4 A46
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.86110 08 43 25.96 +27 30 20.6 A46
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.86115 08 43 25.93 +27 30 23.1 17.5 N 118
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.86222 08 43 26.27 +27 30 20.0 A46
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.86516 08 43 27.26 +27 30 19.7 16.2 N 213
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.86689 08 43 27.78 +27 30 17.6 16.2 N 213
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.87096 08 43 29.33 +27 30 12.6 118
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.87117 08 43 29.19 +27 30 13.1 16.2 N 213
CK03K020 C2003 05 29.87338 08 43 30.23 +27 30 08.5 118
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.10677 08 44 52.18 +27 25 47.9 16.2 T H41
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.10897 08 44 52.82 +27 25 47.0 16.0 T H41
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.16053 08 45 10.89 +27 24 49.7 15.5 T 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.16227 08 45 11.56 +27 24 47.5 15.5 T 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.16389 08 45 12.09 +27 24 45.9 15.5 T 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.16609 08 45 12.93 +27 24 43.2 15.5 T 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.17929 08 45 17.62 +27 24 30.1 16.0 N 921
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.18719 08 45 20.17 +27 24 21.6 16.6 N 921
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.20127 08 45 25.17 +27 24 02.9 15.5 T 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.20255 08 45 25.56 +27 24 01.6 15.5 T 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.20394 08 45 26.07 +27 24 00.1 15.5 T 673
CK03K020 C2003 05 30.20521 08 45 26.48 +27 23 58.4 15.5 T 673
Observer details:
118 Modra. Observers S. Gajdos, J. Vilagi. 0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
166 Upice. Observer L. Vyskocil. 0.30-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell. Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
0.41-m reflector + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre. Observer R. Naves. Measurer M. Campas. 0.30-m
f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
340 Toyonaka. Observer Y. Ezaki. 0.30-m f/6 reflector + CCD.
367 Yatsuka. Observer H. Abe. 0.26-m f/6 reflector + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca. Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
J. Nomen. 0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood. Observer J. Young. 0.6-m
reflector + CCD.
750 Hobbs Observatory, Fall Creek. Observer R. Elliott. 0.3-m f/10 reflector
+ CCD.
900 Moriyama. Observer Y. Ikari. 0.25-m f/6.3 reflector + CCD.
921 SW Institute for Space Research, Cloudcroft. Observer A. Hale. 0.20-m
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A46 Lelekovice. Observer K. Hornoch. 0.35-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.
H41 Petit Jean Mountain. Observer P. C. Sherrod. 0.41-m f/3.7
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2003 K2
T 2003 Apr. 10.550 TT MPC
q 0.62325 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 357.591 +0.042375 -0.983057
Node 89.942 +0.919614 -0.031392
e 1.0 Incl. 10.273 +0.390531 +0.180590
From 121 observations 2003 May 26-30.
Ephemeris:
C/2003 K2
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2003 05 21 07 46.38 +29 43.1 1.234 1.040 54.1 52.0 14.1
2003 05 26 08 19.80 +28 36.9 1.283 1.116 56.7 49.4 14.5
2003 05 31 08 50.04 +27 09.0 1.343 1.193 58.8 46.7 14.9
2003 06 05 09 17.10 +25 27.4 1.414 1.270 60.4 44.0 15.3
2003 06 10 09 41.23 +23 38.9 1.494 1.347 61.5 41.5 15.7
2003 06 15 10 02.74 +21 48.2 1.582 1.423 62.0 39.1 16.0
2003 06 20 10 22.00 +19 58.3 1.675 1.499 62.2 36.8 16.4
2003 06 25 10 39.36 +18 11.3 1.774 1.575 61.9 34.7 16.7
2003 06 30 10 55.10 +16 28.2 1.876 1.650 61.3 32.7 17.0
2003 07 05 11 09.49 +14 49.6 1.982 1.724 60.4 30.8 17.4
2003 07 10 11 22.74 +13 15.7 2.091 1.798 59.3 29.1 17.6
2003 07 15 11 35.03 +11 46.4 2.202 1.871 57.9 27.4 17.9
2003 07 20 11 46.50 +10 21.6 2.314 1.943 56.3 25.8 18.2
2003 07 25 11 57.28 +09 01.1 2.427 2.015 54.5 24.2 18.5
2003 07 30 12 07.47 +07 44.5 2.540 2.086 52.6 22.8 18.7
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2003 MPC M.P.E.C. 2003-K49
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