C/2002 U2 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on June 5, 2003

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* Profile

Discovery Date October 25, 2002
Magnitude 17.3 mag
Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2003 Jan. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452640.5
T 2002 Dec. 31.98524 TT                                 MPC
q   1.2086205            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0000047      Peri.   95.84662     -0.39903295     -0.74281853
 +/-0.0000116      Node    38.77582     -0.03316176     -0.57420487
e   0.9999943      Incl.   59.13502     +0.91633673     -0.34425195
>From 267 observations 2002 Oct. 25-2003 Feb. 7, mean residual 0".66.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 14.5 + 5 log d +  5.0 log r  [ ,0]  (             - 2002 Dec. 31)
        m1 = 13.7 + 5 log d + 14.5 log r  [0, ]  (2002 Dec. 31 -             )

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2003-C41.
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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