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Indeed, however my point was -- Please read :)

Hi, Raoul! Thanks for your response! :)

My citation of ~200 AUs indicated the limit of JPL's Orbit Simulator for this object. - At said distance (@ 1/1/2200) the comet is (nearly linearly) outbound on a yet *slowly* divergent 'ellipse' (or, so it appears, *NOT* an ellipse - but an open *PARABOLA* [hence my conjecture that 2001-RX14 may be a transient 'member' of this solar system]). In any event, geometric analysis of the portion of 'orbit' depicted suggests an *incredibly* remote aphelion (if applicable) - certainly a multiple (if not order(s) of magnitude) beyond 200 AUs - A subjective assessment to be certain - Still I think you'll see my point - even should we be in disagreement :) --- In case you're interested please click HERE to view the referenced applet…

BTW please pardon my confusion of the Kuiper belt with the Oort cloud - It's been one of those _daze_

http://images.bravenet.com/brpics/smilie/banghead.gif


Sincerely
Dan S.

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