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MPEC 2004-B52 : COMET C/2003 W1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-B52                                Issued 2004 Jan. 26, 21:02 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

         Supported in part by the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2003 W1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03W010  C2004 01 10.87624 00 49 44.01 +49 00 42.5          19.2 N EB052130
    CK03W010  C2004 01 15.95402 01 11 03.40 +45 15 21.3          18.7 N EB052204
    CK03W010  C2004 01 17.49412 01 16 52.77 +44 09 39.7          17.2 T EB052360
    CK03W010  C2004 01 17.49962 01 16 54.06 +44 09 25.5                 EB052360

Observer details:
130 Lumezzane.  Observers C. Cremaschini, S. Foglia, W. Marinello, M. Micheli,
    G. Pizzetti, T. Zani.  0.40-m f/4.5 reflector + CCD.
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 Newtonian
    + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 W1 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Nov.  9.4684 TT                                  MPC
q   1.652470             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0077727      Peri.  113.2914      +0.2753843      +0.1311505
a  25.239989       Node   256.7411      -0.0442993      +0.9913292
e   0.934530       Incl.   78.0773      +0.9603130      +0.0081207
P 127
From 84 observations 2003 Nov. 16-2004 Jan. 17.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-B52

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