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MPEC 2004-M15 : COMET C/2004 F4 (BRADFIELD)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-M15                                Issued 2004 June 18, 20:20 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 18.04994 01 09 19.79 +44 58 52.2          13.8 N EM015138
    CK04F040  C2004 05 18.05356 01 09 19.90 +44 58 58.7          13.9 N EM015138
    CK04F040  C2004 05 18.05718 01 09 20.16 +44 59 04.9          13.9 N EM015138
    CK04F040  C2004 06 13.03218 01 27 43.41 +54 35 57.0                 EM015213
    CK04F040  C2004 06 13.99275 01 28 05.89 +54 53 43.2          16.1 N EM015A54
    CK04F040  C2004 06 13.99603 01 28 05.64 +54 53 48.5                 EM015A54
    CK04F040  C2004 06 17.00350 01 29 03.53 +55 48 20.2          17.1 N EM015J93
    CK04F040  C2004 06 17.03947 01 29 03.83 +55 49 02.4          17.2 N EM015J93
    CK04F040  C2004 06 17.04352 01 29 04.16 +55 49 08.6          17.1 N EM015J93

Observer details:
138 Village-Neuf.  Observers C. Demeautis, D. Matter.  0.16-m f/3.4 reflector
    + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/6.6 Schmidt-Cassegrain.
A54 Ostrorog.  Observer M. Reszelski.  0.13-m reflector + CCD.
J93 Mount Tuffley Observatory, Gloucester.  Observer J. Fletcher.  0.254-m
    f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)
T 2004 Apr. 17.0902 TT                                  MPC
q   0.168269             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.004085       Peri.  332.7877      -0.7929471      -0.0629822
                   Node   222.7786      -0.2528299      -0.8709538
e   0.999313       Incl.   63.1647      -0.5543573      +0.4873116
From 139 observations 2004 Apr. 23-June 17.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-M15

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