C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami )

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Updated on January 9, 2003

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* Profile

Discovery Date March 11, 2002
Magnitude 13.0 mag, 11 mag
Discoverer Douglas Snyder (Arizona, US), Shigeki Murakami (Niigata, Japan)

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2002 Feb. 15.0 TT = JDT 2452320.5
T 2002 Feb. 21.78383 TT                                 MPC
q   1.4663545            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0003207      Peri.    9.02651     -0.43021814     +0.02774319
 +/-0.0000226      Node   244.58048     -0.87800073     -0.24518640
e   1.0004702      Incl.   92.54454     -0.20982628     +0.96907891
From 577 observations 2002 Mar. 12-June 9, mean residual 0".55.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 =  5.5 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r  [   ,170]  (             - 2002 Aug. 10)
        m1 = 16.2 + 5 log d -  5.0 log r  [170,280]  (2002 Aug. 10 - 2002 Nov. 28)
        m1 =  7.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r  [280,   ]  (2002 Nov. 28 -             )

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The orbital elements are calculated by Dr. Brian G. Marsden and printed on M.P.E.C. 2002-L42.
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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