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MPEC 2004-O17 : COMET C/2004 K1 (CATALINA)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-O17                                Issued 2004 July 19, 15:12 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.

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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                          COMET C/2004 K1 (CATALINA)

Observations:
    CK04K010  C2004 07 10.96425 19 43 30.78 -02 43 09.9                 EO017048
    CK04K010  C2004 07 10.96645 19 43 30.55 -02 43 09.6                 EO017048
    CK04K010  C2004 07 10.96977 19 43 30.26 -02 43 09.5                 EO017048
    CK04K010  C2004 07 10.97088 19 43 30.08 -02 43 09.6                 EO017048
    CK04K010  C2004 07 10.97198 19 43 30.05 -02 43 09.3                 EO017048
    CK04K010  C2004 07 13.61498 19 39 16.33 -02 43 06.8          17.3 T EO017360
    CK04K010  C2004 07 13.61843 19 39 16.01 -02 43 06.9                 EO017360
    CK04K010  C2004 07 14.93438 19 37 08.63 -02 43 18.6          17.5 T EO017561
    CK04K010  C2004 07 14.93877 19 37 08.15 -02 43 18.6          17.5 T EO017561
    CK04K010  C2004 07 14.94277 19 37 07.79 -02 43 18.5          17.5 T EO017561
    CK04K010  C2004 07 16.23669 19 35 01.88 -02 43 37.0          17.8 T EO017785
    CK04K010  C2004 07 16.26227 19 34 59.34 -02 43 37.3          17.7 T EO017785
    CK04K010  C2004 07 16.48582 19 34 37.72 -02 43 39.1          17.9 N EO017415
    CK04K010  C2004 07 16.48725 19 34 37.57 -02 43 39.3          17.7 N EO017415
    CK04K010  C2004 07 16.48868 19 34 37.39 -02 43 39.5          17.8 N EO017415
    CK04K010  C2004 07 17.94201 19 32 15.38 -02 44 14.0          16.9 N EO017213
    CK04K010  C2004 07 17.95341 19 32 14.30 -02 44 14.8          16.9 N EO017213
    CK04K010  C2004 07 19.53199 19 29 39.62 -02 44 57.7          18.1 N EO017415
    CK04K010  C2004 07 19.53411 19 29 39.41 -02 44 58.2          17.7 N EO017415

Observer details:
048 Hradec Kralove.  Observers M. Lehky, P. Horalek.  0.40-m f/5 reflector
    + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/6.6 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
561 Piszkesteto.  Observer J. Kelemen.  0.60-m f/3 Schmidt + CCD.
785 Fitz-Randolph Observatory, Princeton.  Observer J. Maffei.  0.91-m f/13.6
    Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 K1 (Catalina)
T 2005 July 4.6998 TT                                   MPC
q   3.400606             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   97.6892      -0.5971310      -0.7649748
                   Node   326.9287      -0.7907172      +0.6119536
e   1.0            Incl.  153.7503      +0.1349109      +0.2008143
From 141 observations 2004 May 21-July 19.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 K1 (Catalina)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 07 14    19 38.65   -02 43.1    3.706    4.679   161.0     4.1  16.5
2004 07 24    19 22.35   -02 48.1    3.659    4.621   158.7     4.6  16.5
2004 08 03    19 06.20   -03 00.2    3.656    4.563   149.9     6.4  16.4
2004 08 13    18 50.95   -03 18.0    3.694    4.506   138.8     8.5  16.4
2004 08 23    18 37.22   -03 40.1    3.766    4.449   127.0    10.5  16.4
2004 09 02    18 25.43   -04 04.5    3.867    4.394   115.3    12.0  16.4
2004 09 12    18 15.76   -04 29.6    3.987    4.339   103.8    13.0  16.4
2004 09 22    18 08.23   -04 54.2    4.118    4.285    92.7    13.5  16.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-O17

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