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MPEC 2004-C06 : COMET C/2003 V1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-C06                                Issued 2004 Feb. 2, 16:17 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 V1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03V010  C2004 01 23.91924 10 23 11.46 +48 22 02.8                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 23.92072 10 23 11.45 +48 22 03.7                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 23.92660 10 23 11.05 +48 22 04.5                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 23.92954 10 23 10.70 +48 22 05.5                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 23.93101 10 23 10.72 +48 22 05.7                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 23.93248 10 23 10.50 +48 22 06.7                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 24.62463 10 22 32.32 +48 25 08.7          17.3 T EC006900
    CK03V010  C2004 01 24.62824 10 22 32.08 +48 25 10.1          16.9 T EC006900
    CK03V010  C2004 01 24.83200 10 22 20.88 +48 26 00.6                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 24.83492 10 22 20.79 +48 26 02.0                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 24.83638 10 22 20.70 +48 26 02.0                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 24.83785 10 22 20.53 +48 26 01.7                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 24.83931 10 22 20.48 +48 26 02.4                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 24.84078 10 22 20.41 +48 26 03.5                 EC006A46
    CK03V010  C2004 01 28.35727 10 18 59.22 +48 40 02.2          17.3 N EC006H41
    CK03V010  C2004 01 28.36006 10 18 59.19 +48 40 02.6          17.3 N EC006H41
    CK03V010  C2004 01 28.36191 10 18 59.14 +48 40 02.6          17.4 N EC006H41
    CK03V010  C2004 01 28.36672 10 18 59.12 +48 40 05.7          17.3 N EC006H41
    CK03V010  C2004 01 28.93395 10 18 25.70 +48 42 06.0          16.9 N EC006213
    CK03V010  C2004 01 28.93914 10 18 25.45 +48 42 08.5          16.8 N EC006213
    CK03V010  C2004 01 31.40322 10 15 58.56 +48 50 20.5          16.8 T EC006H41
    CK03V010  C2004 01 31.40655 10 15 58.39 +48 50 17.1          16.9 T EC006H41
    CK03V010  C2004 01 31.40841 10 15 58.18 +48 50 18.2          17.0 T EC006H41
    CK03V010  C2004 01 31.41163 10 15 58.14 +48 50 18.8          16.9 T EC006H41
    CK03V010  C2004 01 31.63347 10 15 44.89 +48 51 00.8          17.8 T EC006900
    CK03V010  C2004 01 31.64789 10 15 44.00 +48 51 02.7          17.7 T EC006900
    CK03V010  C2004 01 31.73926 10 15 38.54 +48 51 19.5          16.5 T EC006360
    CK03V010  C2004 01 31.74307 10 15 38.27 +48 51 20.0                 EC006360
    CK03V010  C2004 02 01.32546 10 15 03.08 +48 53 03.1          17.3 T EC006785
    CK03V010  C2004 02 01.39988 10 14 58.52 +48 53 15.3          17.1 T EC006785

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
785 Fitz-Randolph Observatory, Princeton.  Observer J. Maffei.  0.91-m f/13.6
    Cassegrain + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A46 Lelekovice.  Observer K. Hornoch.  0.35-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.
H41 Petit Jean Mountain.  Observer P. C. Sherrod.  0.41-m f/3.7
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 V1 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5
T 2003 Mar. 11.18143 TT                                 MPC
q   1.7824663            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0016800      Peri.    8.59250     +0.83268703     -0.51270025
 +/-0.0000351      Node    25.84964     +0.47525741     +0.46779186
e   0.9970055      Incl.   28.67483     +0.28418780     +0.71993696
From 341 observations 2003 Nov. 4-2004 Feb. 1, mean residual 0".67.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.001411
and +0.002242 (+/- 0.000035) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-C06

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