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MPEC 2004-R71 : COMET C/2004 R2 (ASAS)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-R71                                Issued 2004 Sept. 13, 15:34 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 10.50249 07 51 43.40 -21 49 31.4          16.5 N ER071673
    CK04R020  C2004 09 10.50538 07 51 45.08 -21 49 33.9                 ER071673
    CK04R020  C2004 09 10.50897 07 51 47.15 -21 49 36.9                 ER071673
    CK04R020  C2004 09 10.51580 07 51 51.18 -21 49 43.3                 ER071673
    CK04R020  C2004 09 10.52378 07 51 55.81 -21 49 49.2                 ER071673
    CK04R020  C2004 09 10.52604 07 51 57.16 -21 49 51.6                 ER071673
    CK04R020   2004 09 10.81667 07 54 48.01 -21 53 45.3          12.5 T ER071372
    CK04R020   2004 09 10.82083 07 54 50.39 -21 53 48.4                 ER071372
    CK04R020   2004 09 10.82448 07 54 52.56 -21 53 52.0          12.5 T ER071372
    CK04R020  C2004 09 11.27512 07 59 20.39 -21 59 24.1          13.4 T ER071844
    CK04R020  C2004 09 11.27656 07 59 21.10 -21 59 25.3          13.9 T ER071844
    CK04R020  C2004 09 11.28090 07 59 23.82 -21 59 28.4          14.0 T ER071844
    CK04R020  C2004 09 11.75465 08 04 08.84 -22 04 59.5          13.2 T ER071D86
    CK04R020  C2004 09 11.76202 08 04 13.19 -22 05 08.5          13.0 T ER071D86
    CK04R020  C2004 09 11.76574 08 04 15.29 -22 05 07.2          13.3 T ER071D86
    CK04R020  C2004 09 11.81074 08 04 42.42 -22 05 47.0                 ER071349
    CK04R020  C2004 09 11.81137 08 04 42.67 -22 05 47.8          12.0 T ER071349

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
844 Los Molinos.  Observer R. Salvo.  0.46-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD.
D86 Penwortham.  Observer J. Tilbrook.  0.20-m f/3 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 R2 (ASAS)
T 2004 Oct. 7.901 TT                                    MPC
q   0.11292              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    5.346       -0.992940       +0.112311
                   Node   182.451       -0.110694       -0.761768
e   1.0            Incl.   63.162       +0.042622       +0.638040
From 34 observations 2004 Sept. 1-11.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 R2 (ASAS)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 09 12    08 06.61   -22 07.7    0.866    0.865    54.4    71.1  10.6
2004 09 17    08 59.76   -22 25.9    0.844    0.739    46.1    78.6   9.8
2004 09 22    09 55.43   -21 20.4    0.855    0.603    36.8    85.1   9.0
2004 09 27    10 49.87   -18 40.8    0.904    0.455    27.0    88.7   7.9

2004 10 02    11 41.70   -14 18.9    0.992    0.289    16.6    83.5   6.1
2004 10 03    11 52.07   -13 10.5    1.014    0.253    14.4    79.8   5.6
2004 10 04    12 02.69   -11 54.1    1.037    0.217    12.0    74.1   4.9
2004 10 05    12 13.77   -10 27.7    1.062    0.181     9.5    65.3   4.2
2004 10 06    12 25.66   -08 48.3    1.085    0.148     6.6    51.4   3.4
2004 10 07    12 38.80   -06 53.9    1.104    0.122     3.5    29.6   2.6
2004 10 08    12 53.25   -04 50.5    1.110    0.113     1.2    10.4   2.3
2004 10 09    13 08.01   -02 56.4    1.101    0.126     4.0    34.1   2.7
2004 10 10    13 22.03   -01 24.2    1.081    0.153     7.2    54.2   3.5
2004 10 11    13 35.17   -00 11.9    1.057    0.187     9.9    66.9   4.4
2004 10 12    13 47.67   +00 45.9    1.033    0.223    12.5    74.7   5.1

2004 10 17    14 46.75   +03 41.7    0.941    0.397    23.4    86.2   7.4
2004 10 22    15 44.66   +05 02.1    0.899    0.551    33.3    83.0   8.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-R71

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