------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1753 2002 Mar 14 20.27UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET C/2002 E2 (SNYDER-MURAKAMI) IAUC 7850 provides details of independent visual discoveries by Douglas Snyder (USA) and Shigeki Murakami (Japan) of a new comet: 2002 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. m1 Observer Mar. 11.514 18 55.2 - 0 46 13.0 Snyder 11.806 18 55.5 - 0 35 11 Murakami D. Snyder: 0.50-m f/5 reflector. Coma diameter 4' S. Murakami:0.46-m f/4.5 reflector. Coma diameter 3' Dan Green provides the following preliminary orbital elements and ephemeris on IAUC 7852: T = 2002 Feb. 22.890 TT Peri. = 9.933 Node = 244.743 2000.0 q = 1.47019 AU Incl. = 92.840 2002 TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 Mar. 13 18 56.80 + 0 35.6 1.531 1.492 68.7 38.4 10.2 15 18 58.99 + 2 37.1 1.509 1.498 70.1 38.6 10.1 17 19 01.12 + 4 42.2 1.487 1.503 71.4 38.9 10.1 19 19 03.19 + 6 51.0 1.467 1.509 72.8 39.0 10.1 21 19 05.21 + 9 03.2 1.449 1.516 74.1 39.2 10.1 23 19 07.18 +11 18.8 1.432 1.523 75.3 39.3 10.1 25 19 09.08 +13 37.4 1.417 1.531 76.5 39.3 10.1 27 19 10.92 +15 58.9 1.403 1.539 77.7 39.3 10.1 Guy M Hurst