C/2002 R3 ( LONEOS )

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Updated on June 5, 2004

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* Profile

Discovery Date September 4, 2002
Magnitude 18.2 mag
Discoverer Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5
T 2003 June 13.45260 TT                                 MPC
q   3.8695969            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0007428      Peri.   45.06480     +0.95604162     +0.12949440
 +/-0.0000166      Node    54.29665     +0.07640599     -0.97622382
e   1.0028744      Incl.  161.09615     +0.28310166     -0.17383401
>From 584 observations 2002 Sept. 4-2003 Jan. 5, mean residual 0".54.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 4.3 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2003-A31.
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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