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IAUC 7948: COMET 2002 O6; C/2002 H7 and C/2002 M8

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                                                  Circular No. 7948
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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COMET 2002 O6
     Preliminary parabolic orbital elements from MPEC 2002-P10:

     T = 2002 Sept. 9.418 TT          Peri. =  78.703
                                      Node  = 330.959   2000.0
     q = 0.49467 AU                   Incl. =  58.666

2002 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong. Phase      m1
Aug.  4     4 25.20    - 6 35.5    0.290    0.960   70.9   92.5      7.1
      5     4 39.30    - 3 09.5    0.279    0.942   67.2   96.9      7.0
      6     4 54.42    + 0 33.2    0.270    0.925   63.3  101.6      6.8
      7     5 10.54    + 4 29.4    0.263    0.908   59.2  106.4      6.7
      8     5 27.61    + 8 34.5    0.259    0.891   54.9  111.3      6.6
      9     5 45.52    +12 42.1    0.258    0.873   50.7  116.2      6.5
     10     6 04.12    +16 45.1    0.259    0.856   46.6  120.7      6.4
     11     6 23.19    +20 36.4    0.264    0.839   42.8  124.9      6.3
     12     6 42.48    +24 10.2    0.271    0.822   39.4  128.5      6.3
     13     7 01.74    +27 22.0    0.281    0.805   36.6  131.4      6.3
     14     7 20.69    +30 09.6    0.293    0.789   34.3  133.6      6.3

     16     7 56.71    +34 32.0    0.323    0.756   31.3  135.8      6.8
     18     8 29.11    +37 28.1    0.361    0.723   30.0  135.5      6.9
     20     8 57.24    +39 16.9    0.403    0.691   29.7  133.5      6.9
     22     9 21.10    +40 16.5    0.449    0.661   29.9  130.4      7.0
     24     9 41.09    +40 41.2    0.499    0.631   30.2  126.4      7.0

Visual m_1 estimates and coma diameters: Aug. 2.79 UT, 7.9, 5'
(K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars); 3.85, 6.9, 6'
(A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 20x80 binoculars).


COMETS C/2002 H7 and C/2002 M8 (SOHO)
     Further to IAUC 7936, D. Hammer reports measurements for two
additional comets found on SOHO website C2 images by D. Evans. The
reduced astrometry and orbital elements by B. G. Marsden appear on
MPEC 2002-P08.

    Comet         2002 UT           R.A. (2000) Decl.
    C/2002 H7     Apr. 23.911       2 12.0   +11 40
    C/2002 M8     June 16.465       5 34.0   +21 40

                      (C) Copyright 2002 CBAT
2002 August 3                  (7948)          Carl W. Hergenrother

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