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[Brian Skiff <Brian.Skiff@xxxxxxxxxx>]

     IAU Circular 7948 and MPEC 2002-P10 show a first preliminary     
assumed parabolic orbit for the new comet:

     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

It looks as though this will be a binocular object close to the Sun
starting in the morning then moving to evening over the next several weeks.
Additional details can be found at:

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K02/K02P10.html

\Brian
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