C/2002 A2 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on July 15, 2004

Profile Discovery Date January 8, 2002 Magnitude 18.4 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project

Orbital Elements Epoch 2001 Nov. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452240.5 T 2001 Dec. 9.94897 TT MPC q 4.7087130 (2000.0) P Q n 0.01286048 Peri. 19.45318 -0.19308474 -0.95045812 a 18.0425537 Node 82.27174 +0.86450888 -0.28222461 e 0.7390218 Incl. 14.23188 +0.46405030 +0.13030210 P 76.64

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 8.7 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are calculated by Dr. Brian G. Marsden and printed on M.P.E.C. 2003-D23. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.