C/2002 U2 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on June 5, 2003

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 - )

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.