Mikeoates

(2002 PX157 )
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NOW @ 24 VIR 50
FOUND @ 19 AQU 38
 
Inclination: 1.209
Eccentricity: 0.037
Period: 4.666 years
AU 2.792
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

8.8.2002 08:26 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Through 2003 Michael Oates (b. 1957) has been the most successful SOHO comet hunter. Using his personal computer and fast Internet connections to scan through the SOHO LASCO image archive, he is credited with 138 near-sun comet discoveries.


Discovered on 8-8-2002 in Palomar by Hoenig, S. F.

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