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MPEC 2004-K66 : COMET C/2004 F4 (BRADFIELD)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-K66                                Issued 2004 May 29, 14:55 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/2004 F4 (BRADFIELD)

Observations:
    CK04F040  C2004 05 23.10546 01 13 45.80 +47 13 07.5          14.9 N EK066J95
    CK04F040  C2004 05 23.10706 01 13 45.93 +47 13 08.8          15.1 N EK066J95
    CK04F040  C2004 05 23.10872 01 13 45.97 +47 13 11.2          15.2 N EK066J95
    CK04F040  C2004 05 24.75087 01 15 09.99 +47 53 33.4                 EK066349
    CK04F040  C2004 05 24.75392 01 15 10.12 +47 53 37.8                 EK066349
    CK04F040  C2004 05 24.75697 01 15 10.27 +47 53 42.5          11.2 T EK066349
    CK04F040  C2004 05 25.73251 01 15 59.11 +48 17 01.8                 EK066349
    CK04F040  C2004 05 25.73616 01 15 59.34 +48 17 07.7                 EK066349
    CK04F040  C2004 05 25.73920 01 15 59.47 +48 17 11.9          11.8 T EK066349
    CK04F040  C2004 05 25.76108 01 16 00.66 +48 17 44.3          15.1 N EK066379
    CK04F040  C2004 05 25.76328 01 16 00.78 +48 17 46.8          14.6 N EK066379
    CK04F040  C2004 05 25.78572 01 16 01.85 +48 18 18.5          11.1 T EK066360
    CK04F040  C2004 05 25.78782 01 16 01.96 +48 18 21.4                 EK066360
    CK04F040  C2004 05 25.78980 01 16 02.03 +48 18 24.2                 EK066360

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
379 Hamamatsu-Yuto.  Observer S. Wakuda.  0.25-m f/5.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)
T 2004 Apr. 17.0901 TT                                  MPC
q   0.168273             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.004144       Peri.  332.7877      -0.7929502      -0.0629857
                   Node   222.7783      -0.2528257      -0.8709533
e   0.999303       Incl.   63.1647      -0.5543548      +0.4873122
From 101 observations 2004 Apr. 23-May 25.

    C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 05 25    01 15.37   +47 59.6    1.574    1.097    43.9    39.8  11.4
2004 06 04    01 22.90   +51 40.3    1.719    1.303    49.0    36.0  12.3
2004 06 14    01 28.09   +54 53.9    1.839    1.495    54.4    33.5  13.1
2004 06 24    01 29.98   +57 50.4    1.935    1.678    60.1    31.7  13.7
2004 07 04    01 27.55   +60 33.0    2.014    1.852    66.1    30.1  14.2
2004 07 14    01 19.65   +63 00.8    2.077    2.018    72.4    28.7  14.6
2004 07 24    01 04.97   +65 08.2    2.130    2.179    79.0    27.2  15.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-K66

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