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MPEC 2004-R48 : COMET C/2004 R2 (ASAS)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-R48                                Issued 2004 Sept.  9, 18:19 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 Brinson 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 R2 (ASAS)

Observations:
    CK04R020  C2004 09 01.387   06 34 21    -18 49.6             12.2 T ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 03.400   06 49 25    -19 35.1             11.9 T ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 08.350   07 31 21    -21 15.4                    ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 08.370   07 31 32    -21 15.7                    ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 08.393   07 31 43    -21 16.3                    ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 08.395   07 31 45    -21 16.3                    ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 08.398   07 31 46    -21 16.1             11.4 T ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 08.401   07 31 47    -21 16.1             11.5 T ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 08.403   07 31 50    -21 16.1             11.5 T ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 08.406   07 31 51    -21 16.2             11.4 T ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 08.409   07 31 52    -21 16.2             11.4 T ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 08.411   07 31 54    -21 16.5             11.4 T ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 08.414   07 31 55    -21 16.3             11.4 T ER048304
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.44391 07 41 32.17 -21 33 50.6                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.44433 07 41 32.43 -21 33 51.5                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.44476 07 41 32.67 -21 33 51.7                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.44519 07 41 32.93 -21 33 52.1                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.44560 07 41 33.18 -21 33 52.6                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.44602 07 41 33.39 -21 33 52.4          15.8 N ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.44645 07 41 33.60 -21 33 53.1                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.44686 07 41 33.81 -21 33 54.1                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.44729 07 41 33.97 -21 33 53.3                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.44771 07 41 34.35 -21 33 54.8                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.45826 07 41 40.30 -21 34 03.3                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.45869 07 41 40.56 -21 34 04.9          16.0 N ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.45911 07 41 40.91 -21 34 05.1                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.45953 07 41 41.04 -21 34 05.3                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.45995 07 41 41.18 -21 34 06.4                 ER048734
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.47792 07 41 51.41 -21 34 23.0          12.4 T ER048H07
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.47868 07 41 51.88 -21 34 23.1          12.3 T ER048H07
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.47918 07 41 52.13 -21 34 24.4          12.2 T ER048H07
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.47972 07 41 52.44 -21 34 23.9          12.3 T ER048H07
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.48023 07 41 52.87 -21 34 24.2          12.4 T ER048H07
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.48142 07 41 53.26 -21 34 28.1          11.7 T ER048H07
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.48248 07 41 53.87 -21 34 26.8          11.6 T ER048H07
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.48348 07 41 54.50 -21 34 27.1          11.6 T ER048H07
    CK04R020  C2004 09 09.48455 07 41 55.13 -21 34 29.0          11.7 T ER048H07

Observer details:
304 Las Campanas Observatory.  Observer G. Pojmanski.  0.07-m f/2.8 ASAS-3V
    telescope + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.4-m f/6 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
H07 7300 Observatory, Cloudcroft.  Observer W. K. Y. Yeung.  0.45-m f/3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 R2 (ASAS)
T 2004 Oct. 7.931 TT                                    MPC
q   0.11376              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    5.228       -0.993248       +0.109860
                   Node   182.395       -0.108282       -0.762686
e   1.0            Incl.   63.109       +0.041628       +0.637370
From 24 observations 2004 Sept. 1-9.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 R2 (ASAS)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 09 02    06 38.81   -19 03.6    0.991    1.096    66.4    57.6  11.9
2004 09 07    07 19.19   -20 50.6    0.917    0.983    61.2    63.9  11.2
2004 09 12    08 06.60   -22 07.7    0.866    0.865    54.4    71.1  10.6
2004 09 17    08 59.71   -22 25.9    0.844    0.739    46.1    78.5   9.8
2004 09 22    09 55.33   -21 20.5    0.856    0.603    36.8    85.0   9.0
2004 09 27    10 49.73   -18 41.3    0.904    0.455    27.0    88.6   7.9

2004 10 02    11 41.50   -14 20.1    0.992    0.289    16.7    83.4   6.1
2004 10 03    11 51.86   -13 11.9    1.014    0.254    14.5    79.7   5.6
2004 10 04    12 02.46   -11 55.9    1.038    0.218    12.1    74.1   5.0
2004 10 05    12 13.51   -10 29.9    1.062    0.182     9.5    65.4   4.2
2004 10 06    12 25.37   -08 51.1    1.085    0.149     6.7    51.6   3.4
2004 10 07    12 38.44   -06 57.6    1.104    0.123     3.6    30.2   2.6
2004 10 08    12 52.82   -04 54.9    1.111    0.114     1.2    10.2   2.3
2004 10 09    13 07.55   -03 00.8    1.102    0.126     3.9    32.9   2.7
2004 10 10    13 21.58   -01 28.1    1.083    0.153     7.0    53.1   3.5
2004 10 11    13 34.74   -00 15.1    1.060    0.187     9.8    66.0   4.3
2004 10 12    13 47.26   +00 43.2    1.036    0.222    12.4    74.0   5.0

2004 10 17    14 46.31   +03 40.9    0.944    0.396    23.3    85.8   7.3
2004 10 22    15 44.09   +05 02.6    0.903    0.550    33.2    82.7   8.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-R48

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