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MPEC 2004-S27 : COMET C/2004 B1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-S27                                Issued 2004 Sept. 20, 14:41 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 B1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04B010  C2004 09 12.77587 06 00 15.06 -04 12 52.0          17.0 T ES027D74
    CK04B010  C2004 09 12.80155 06 00 15.18 -04 13 03.1          17.1 T ES027D74
    CK04B010  C2004 09 12.81506 06 00 15.25 -04 13 09.3          16.9 T ES027D74
    CK04B010  C2004 09 14.78468 06 00 23.74 -04 27 38.8          16.6 T ES027D74
    CK04B010  C2004 09 14.81296 06 00 23.83 -04 27 51.4          16.7 T ES027D74

Observer details:
D74 Nakagawa.  Observers H. Hori, H. Maeno.  1.13-m f/6.75 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 B1 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2006 Jan. 25.0 TT = JDT 2453760.5
T 2006 Feb. 8.10926 TT                                  MPC
q   1.6022011            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0005720      Peri.  327.91401     +0.25801666     -0.31951903
 +/-0.0002240      Node   272.80169     -0.57379881     -0.80994018
e   1.0009165      Incl.  114.09541     -0.77729167     +0.49183787
Residuals in seconds of arc
040128 608  0.3-  0.7-    040130 G90  0.1+  0.0     040216 246  0.2+  0.5+
040128 608  0.4-  0.9-    040130 G90  0.2-  0.3+    040216 246  0.3+  0.1-
040128 608  0.5+  0.5+    040130 118  0.3-  0.3-    040216 246  0.3+  0.8+
040129 704  0.0   0.0     040130 118  0.1-  0.3-    040216 246  0.1+  0.5+
040129 704  0.8+  0.3+    040130 118  0.2-  0.1+    040216 246  0.1+  0.6+
040129 704  0.4-  0.1-    040130 118  0.3+  0.6-    040216 246  0.2+  0.0
040129 704  0.6-  0.0     040130 118  0.0   0.1-    040216 104  0.1-  0.4+
040130 673  0.1-  0.0     040131 704  0.2-  0.1-    040216 104  0.2-  0.4+
040130 673  0.0   0.1-    040131 704  0.2+  0.1-    040217 246  0.5+  0.1+
040130 673  0.2-  0.0     040131 704  0.3-  0.4+    040217 246  0.1+  0.3+
040130 448  1.3+  0.4-    040209 204  1.4-  0.3+    040217 246  0.2+  0.5-
040130 673  0.1-  0.1-    040209 204  0.5-  0.0     040217 246  0.4+  0.2-
040130 448  0.3-  0.2+    040209 204  0.1+  0.6-    040217 246  1.0-  0.5-
040130 673  0.1-  0.3-    040210 360  0.2-  0.1+    040218 360  0.2+  0.2+
040130 448  0.2+  0.2+    040210 360  0.2+  0.0     040218 360  0.0   0.0
040130 448  0.2+  0.2+    040210 360  0.4-  0.2+    040220 372  0.4+  1.4-
040130 704  0.7+  0.9+    040212 360  0.1+  0.0     040220 372  0.1+  0.5-
040130 704  0.3+  0.2-    040212 360  0.0   0.1+    040220 215  0.2-  0.2-
040130 704  0.1-  0.4+    040213 213  0.2-  0.2-    040220 215  0.2-  0.5+
040130 704  0.3+  0.3+    040213 213  1.2-  0.5+    040912 D74  0.2-  0.2+
040130 854  0.0   0.1-    040213 J87  0.4+  0.4-    040912 D74  0.1-  0.3+
040130 854  0.2-  0.0     040213 J87  0.6+  0.5-    040912 D74  0.0   0.0
040130 854  0.2+  0.2+    040213 J87  0.8+  0.2-    040914 D74  0.1+  0.2-
040130 G90  0.1-  0.1+    040216 104  0.4-  0.1-    040914 D74  0.1+  0.2-

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000270
and -0.000245 (+/- 0.000224) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-S27

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