MPEC 2003-P20 : COMET P/2003 KV2 (LINEAR)
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M.P.E.C. 2003-P20 Issued 2003 Aug. 5, 20:23 UT
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COMET P/2003 KV2 (LINEAR)
Observations:
PK03K02V C2003 06 13.17638 11 18 46.23 +21 21 03.1 17.4 T 699
PK03K02V C2003 06 13.19079 11 18 47.56 +21 20 16.7 699
PK03K02V C2003 06 13.20513 11 18 48.85 +21 19 28.5 699
PK03K02V C2003 06 13.21952 11 18 49.99 +21 18 40.3 699
PK03K02V C2003 07 02.12985 11 51 07.36 +01 57 09.5 H41
PK03K02V C2003 07 02.13413 11 51 08.06 +01 56 55.0 17.3 T H41
PK03K02V C2003 07 02.13641 11 51 08.07 +01 56 46.4 17.3 T H41
PK03K02V C2003 07 14.12021 12 15 44.96 -11 56 36.9 18.1 N H41
PK03K02V C2003 07 14.12237 12 15 45.25 -11 56 45.7 17.8 N H41
PK03K02V C2003 08 02.37473 13 06 44.81 -34 00 49.5 17.8 N E14
PK03K02V C2003 08 02.38184 13 06 46.04 -34 01 15.4 17.7 N E14
PK03K02V C2003 08 02.38893 13 06 47.44 -34 01 42.5 17.7 N E14
Observer details:
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS. Observer B. W. Koehn. 0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
+ CCD.
E14 Ngunnawal. Observer D. Higgins. 0.25-m f/5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
H41 Petit Jean Mountain. Observer P. C. Sherrod. 0.41-m f/3.7
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
P/2003 KV2 (LINEAR)
T 2003 July 10.8481 TT MPC
q 1.063011 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.2030178 Peri. 188.7415 -0.2698716 +0.8781050
a 2.867125 Node 66.4101 -0.8553299 -0.0301599
e 0.629242 Incl. 25.5389 -0.4422444 -0.4775164
P 4.85
From 157 observations 2003 May 23-Aug. 2.
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2003 MPC M.P.E.C. 2003-P20
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