MPEC 2004-N12 : COMET C/2004 K3 (LINEAR)
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M.P.E.C. 2004-N12 Issued 2004 July 2, 16:33 UT
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COMET C/2004 K3 (LINEAR)
Observations:
CK04K030 C2004 06 21.86879 12 52 03.70 +72 11 37.1 19.5 N EN012461
CK04K030 C2004 06 21.87122 12 52 01.52 +72 11 28.7 EN012461
CK04K030 C2004 06 21.87367 12 51 59.42 +72 11 21.5 EN012461
CK04K030 C2004 06 26.91508 12 00 56.34 +67 42 15.5 EN012213
CK04K030 C2004 06 27.95275 11 54 05.95 +66 49 59.5 18.2 N EN012J95
CK04K030 C2004 06 27.95776 11 54 04.01 +66 49 44.2 18.4 N EN012J95
CK04K030 C2004 06 27.96249 11 54 02.27 +66 49 30.9 18.7 N EN012J95
CK04K030 C2004 06 30.90305 11 38 39.30 +64 30 25.0 EN012213
Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre. Observer R. Naves. Measurer M. Campas. 0.30-m
f/6.6 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
461 Szeged University, Piszkesteto Stn. (Konkoly). Observer K. Sarneczky.
0.60-m Schmidt + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford. Observer P. Birtwhistle. 0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2004 K3 (LINEAR)
T 2004 June 30.4542 TT MPC
q 1.103367 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.017132 Peri. 60.4894 -0.2759486 -0.2670804
Node 275.5378 -0.7997295 +0.5966755
e 0.981097 Incl. 111.9286 +0.5331840 +0.7567341
From 72 observations 2004 May 29-June 30.
Ephemeris:
C/2004 K3 (LINEAR)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2004 06 24 12 25.97 +70 16.2 0.932 1.108 69.2 59.0 19.3
2004 06 29 11 48.03 +65 59.0 1.055 1.104 64.4 56.1 19.5
2004 07 04 11 26.92 +62 18.3 1.179 1.105 59.9 52.7 19.8
2004 07 09 11 13.78 +59 13.2 1.302 1.112 55.7 49.0 20.0
2004 07 14 11 04.98 +56 37.2 1.421 1.125 51.8 45.2 20.3
2004 07 19 10 58.77 +54 24.4 1.534 1.143 48.2 41.5 20.5
2004 07 24 10 54.24 +52 30.1 1.640 1.167 44.9 37.9 20.7
2004 07 29 10 50.87 +50 50.6 1.739 1.195 41.9 34.6 21.0
2004 08 03 10 48.31 +49 23.2 1.830 1.228 39.4 31.6 21.2
2004 08 08 10 46.37 +48 06.0 1.912 1.264 37.3 29.1 21.4
2004 08 13 10 44.89 +46 57.5 1.985 1.304 35.7 27.0 21.6
2004 08 18 10 43.75 +45 56.8 2.049 1.347 34.8 25.4 21.9
2004 08 23 10 42.86 +45 03.1 2.104 1.392 34.4 24.2 22.1
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2004 MPC M.P.E.C. 2004-N12
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