C/2002 A2 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on July 15, 2004

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* Profile

Discovery Date January 8, 2002
Magnitude 18.4 mag
Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2001 Nov. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452240.5
T 2001 Dec.  9.94897 TT                                 MPC
q   4.7087130            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.01286048     Peri.   19.45318     -0.19308474     -0.95045812
a  18.0425537      Node    82.27174     +0.86450888     -0.28222461
e   0.7390218      Incl.   14.23188     +0.46405030     +0.13030210
P  76.64

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 8.7 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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The orbital elements are calculated by Dr. Brian G. Marsden and printed on M.P.E.C. 2003-D23.
The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII).
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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