C/2002 K4 ( NEAT )

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Updated on September 23, 2002

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* Profile

Discovery Date May 27, 2002
Magnitude 18.5 mag
Discoverer Near-Earth-Asteroid Tracking Team (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2002 July 25.0 TT = JDT 2452480.5
T 2002 July 12.97278 TT                                 MPC
q   2.7645196            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.01342972     Peri.   24.43151     +0.53871210     -0.30596739
a  17.5290374      Node   308.09910     -0.83805508     -0.09914019
e   0.8422891      Incl.   94.06286     +0.08633048     +0.94686598
P  73.39
>From 226 observations 2002 May 27-Sept. 14, mean residual 0".71.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 10.7 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2002-S09.
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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