C/2002 A3 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on April 3, 2004

Profile Discovery Date January 13, 2002 Magnitude 17.6 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project

Orbital Elements Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 T 2002 Apr. 24.41249 TT MPC q 5.1514356 (2000.0) P Q z -0.0015316 Peri. 329.48160 -0.39190846 -0.76478577 +/-0.0000052 Node 136.55090 +0.91991599 -0.31805863 e 1.0078900 Incl. 48.03897 -0.01274092 +0.56030477 >From 157 observations 2002 Jan. 13-Dec. 30, mean residual 0".64.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 0.4 + 5 log d + 18.5 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2003-A29. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.