LINEAR discovered an
apparently asteroidal object of magnitude 18.4 on
According to the definitive
orbital solution, perihelion will be reached on
The light curve
The light curve is only poorly covered at present. It's magnitude is dominated by the changing geocentric distance. Maximum was expected in December 2002 with a local minimum around perihelion, after which it will reach maximum around magnitude 17 at the end of 2003.
Observations by:
Coma profile:
Profile of the coma of P/2002 T5 (LINEAR).
Obtained by CCD photometry with apertures of 10, 20, 30, 40 and 60 arcseconds.
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Ramón Naves & Montse Campàs
MPC 213, OBSERVATORIO MONTCABRER CABRILS (SPAIN)
Última actualización 18/02/2003
Por M.R.Kidger