这是第三颗从SOHO太空船的SWAN探测仪拍摄的图片上发现的彗星,前两颗是专家发现的, 这次是业余发现(由日本宇都宫市的爱好者铃木发现),从2002年8月初到9月中下旬用普通的 10X50双筒镜就能观测到它,是三颗彗星中地面观测条件最好的一颗。 轨道根数: 过近日点时刻 T 2002 Sept. 9.418 TT 近日距 q 0.49467 (2000.0) 近日点角距 Peri. 78.703 升交点黄经 Node 330.959 轨道偏心率 e 1.0 轨道倾角 Incl. 58.666 From 46 observations 2002 Aug. 1-3. 星历表 Ephemeris: C/2002 O6 Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2 2002 07 30 03 28.74 -19 21.6 0.370 1.046 84.4 75.0 8.0 2002 07 31 03 38.35 -17 20.7 0.352 1.029 82.3 77.9 7.9 2002 08 01 03 48.74 -15 05.0 0.334 1.012 79.9 81.1 7.7 2002 08 02 03 59.97 -12 32.9 0.318 0.994 77.2 84.6 7.5 2002 08 03 04 12.10 -09 43.3 0.304 0.977 74.2 88.4 7.3 2002 08 04 04 25.20 -06 35.5 0.290 0.960 70.9 92.5 7.1 2002 08 05 04 39.30 -03 09.5 0.279 0.942 67.2 96.9 7.0 2002 08 06 04 54.42 +00 33.2 0.270 0.925 63.3 101.6 6.8 2002 08 07 05 10.54 +04 29.4 0.263 0.908 59.2 106.4 6.7 2002 08 08 05 27.61 +08 34.5 0.259 0.891 54.9 111.3 6.6 2002 08 09 05 45.52 +12 42.1 0.258 0.873 50.7 116.2 6.5 2002 08 10 06 04.12 +16 45.1 0.259 0.856 46.6 120.7 6.4 2002 08 11 06 23.19 +20 36.4 0.264 0.839 42.8 124.9 6.3 2002 08 12 06 42.48 +24 10.2 0.271 0.822 39.4 128.5 6.3 2002 08 13 07 01.74 +27 22.0 0.281 0.805 36.6 131.4 6.3 2002 08 14 07 20.69 +30 09.6 0.293 0.789 34.3 133.6 6.3 2002 08 15 07 39.08 +32 32.6 0.307 0.772 32.6 135.0 6.3 2002 08 16 07 56.71 +34 32.0 0.323 0.756 31.3 135.8 6.3 2002 08 17 08 13.42 +36 09.7 0.341 0.739 30.5 135.9 6.4 2002 08 18 08 29.11 +37 28.1 0.361 0.723 30.0 135.5 6.4 2002 08 19 08 43.72 +38 29.7 0.381 0.707 29.8 134.7 6.4 2002 08 20 08 57.24 +39 16.9 0.403 0.691 29.7 133.5 6.4 2002 08 21 09 09.69 +39 51.8 0.426 0.676 29.7 132.0 6.4 2002 08 22 09 21.10 +40 16.5 0.449 0.661 29.9 130.4 6.5 2002 08 23 09 31.55 +40 32.5 0.474 0.646 30.0 128.5 6.5 2002 08 24 09 41.09 +40 41.2 0.499 0.631 30.2 126.4 6.5 2002 08 25 09 49.78 +40 43.5 0.525 0.617 30.3 124.3 6.5 2002 08 26 09 57.71 +40 40.5 0.552 0.604 30.5 122.0 6.5 2002 08 27 10 04.94 +40 32.9 0.579 0.591 30.6 119.6 6.5 2002 08 28 10 11.53 +40 21.1 0.606 0.578 30.6 117.1 6.5 2002 08 29 10 17.53 +40 05.7 0.634 0.566 30.7 114.5 6.5 2002 08 30 10 23.02 +39 47.0 0.662 0.555 30.7 111.8 6.5 2002 08 31 10 28.03 +39 25.3 0.691 0.545 30.7 109.0 6.6 2002 09 01 10 32.61 +39 00.9 0.720 0.535 30.6 106.1 6.6 2002 09 02 10 36.81 +38 33.8 0.749 0.527 30.5 103.2 6.6 2002 09 03 10 40.66 +38 04.4 0.778 0.519 30.4 100.2 6.6 取自 M.P.E.C. 2002-P10 (Brian G. Marsden)