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MPEC 2004-E05 : COMET C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-E05                                Issued 2004 Mar. 1, 17:08 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 WT42 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 18.98456 03 43 12.07 +31 55 01.8          17.9 N EE005A33
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 18.99152 03 43 12.20 +31 55 02.6          17.6 N EE005A33
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 20.86788 03 43 32.31 +31 56 09.6          18.0 N EE005A33
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 20.87251 03 43 32.37 +31 56 09.7          18.0 N EE005A33
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 22.86329 03 43 55.96 +31 57 27.0          18.6 N EE005213
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 22.86762 03 43 56.03 +31 57 26.9          18.5 N EE005213
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 22.86944 03 43 56.00 +31 57 28.0          18.5 N EE005213

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A33 Volkssternwarte Kirchheim.  Observer B. Brinkmann.  0.5-m f/5.0 reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2006 Apr. 15.0 TT = JDT 2453840.5
T 2006 Apr. 11.10231 TT                                 MPC
q   5.1929869            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0003328      Peri.   92.45482     -0.66656049     -0.63522008
 +/-0.0001196      Node    48.45661     +0.28223752     -0.69942343
e   1.0017280      Incl.   31.41498     +0.68995586     -0.32757033
From 176 observations 2003 Oct. 30-2004 Feb. 22, mean residual 0".47.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000207
and +0.000362 (+/- 0.000120) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-E05

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