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Summary of the brighter comets in 2003


The following table gives a summary of the comets brighter than 16 mag, which were observed by members of the German Comet Section.

The maximum brightness of comets brighter than 10.0 mag is given with an accuracy of 0.1 mag, that of fainter comets with an accuracy of 0.5 mag. The maximum coma diameter is given with an accuracy of 0.1' for comae less than 1', with an accuracy of 0.5' for comae between 1' and 5' and with an accuracy of 1' for larger comae.

Designation discovered T q [AU] m_max Coma ['] FGK
C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Apr 23, 2001 Jul 08, 2003 2.79 11.5 2.0 V, C
C/2001 K5 (LINEAR) May 17, 2001 Oct 11, 2002 5.18 13.5 1.0 P, C
C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR) Sep 10, 2001 Jan 18, 2003 2.06 10.5 2.5 V, P, C
C/2002 CE10 (LINEAR) Feb 06, 2002 Jun 22, 2003 2.05 15.5 0.0 V, C
C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) Jul 29, 2002 Sep 22, 2003 0.90 11.5 2.0 V, P, C
C/2002 R3 (LONEOS) Sep 04, 2002 Jun 13, 2003 3.87 14.5 0.5 P, C
C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) Oct 14, 2002 Apr 23, 2004 0.61 8.2 7 V, C
C/2002 V1 (NEAT) Nov 06, 2002 Feb 18, 2003 0.10 1.5 12 V, P, C
C/2002 X1 (LINEAR) Dec 05, 2002 Jul 12, 2003 2.49 13.5 0.7 C
C/2002 X5 (Kudo-Fujikawa) Dec 13, 2002 Jan 29, 2003 0.19 5.2 8 V, P
C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem) Dec 28, 2002 Apr 13, 2003 0.71 6.4 13 V, P, C
C/2003 G1 (LINEAR) Apr 08, 2003 Feb 03, 2003 4.92 15.0 0.3 P, C
C/2003 H1 (LINEAR) Apr 24, 2003 Feb 22, 2004 2.24 14.0 0.5 P, C
C/2003 H3 (NEAT) Apr 30, 2003 Apr 24, 2003 2.90 15.0 0.5 C
C/2003 K4 (LINEAR) May 28, 2003 Oct 13, 2004 1.02 14.0 0.7 C
C/2003 T2 (LINEAR) Oct 13, 2003 Nov 14, 2003 1.79 14.0 2.5 C
2P/Encke - Dec 29, 2003 0.34 6.0 18 V, P, C
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann - Jul 10, 2004 5.72 13.0 3.0 V, C
30P/Reinmuth - Dec 24, 2002 1.88 13.0 1.5 V, C
43P/Wolf-Harrington - Mar 17, 2004 1.58 12.5 1.0 V, C
53P/Van Biesbroeck - Oct 09, 2003 2.42 14.0 0.5 V, C
65P/Gunn - May 11, 2003 2.45 12.0 1.0 C
66P/du Toit - Aug 27, 2003 1.27 12.5 2.0 C
81P/Wild - Sep 25, 2003 1.59 13.5 0.8 V
116P/Wild - Jan 21, 2003 2.17 12.0 1.5 V, C
123P/West-Hartley - Dec 09, 2003 2.13 14.0 - C
154P/Brewington - Feb 19, 2003 1.59 12.5 1.5 C
155P/Shoemaker - Dec 14, 2002 1.81 13.0 1.5 C
157P/Tritton - Sep 24, 2003 1.42 13.0 1.5 C

Explanation

Andreas Kammerer


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