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MPEC 2004-V76 : COMET P/2004 V1 (SKIFF)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-V76                                Issued 2004 Nov. 15, 22:21 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET P/2004 V1 (SKIFF)

Observations:
    PK04V010  C2004 11 07.48660 21 16 04.32 -00 33 50.9          18.0 T EV076360
    PK04V010  C2004 11 07.49076 21 16 04.89 -00 33 50.7                 EV076360
    PK04V010  C2004 11 07.49443 21 16 05.42 -00 33 50.9                 EV076360
    PK04V010  C2004 11 08.98093 21 19 41.76 -00 32 51.0          17.8 N EV076I77
    PK04V010  C2004 11 08.98519 21 19 41.80 -00 32 52.7          17.9 N EV076I77
    PK04V010  C2004 11 09.00822 21 19 45.70 -00 32 58.0          18.7 N EV076850
    PK04V010  C2004 11 09.06581 21 19 53.77 -00 32 55.3          18.2 N EV076850
    PK04V010  C2004 11 09.07847 21 19 55.66 -00 32 54.2          17.5 N EV076850
    PK04V010  C2004 11 09.11677 21 20 01.21 -00 32 52.1          18.2 N EV076850
    PK04V010  C2004 11 12.07655 21 27 25.27 -00 29 41.0          18.5 T EV076704
    PK04V010  C2004 11 12.08855 21 27 27.11 -00 29 39.7          18.8 T EV076704
    PK04V010  C2004 11 12.10055 21 27 28.90 -00 29 39.7          18.9 T EV076704
    PK04V010  C2004 11 12.11256 21 27 30.72 -00 29 38.6          18.7 T EV076704
    PK04V010  C2004 11 15.49899 21 36 19.52 -00 23 29.7          18.8 N EV076415
    PK04V010  C2004 11 15.50124 21 36 19.90 -00 23 29.4          18.9 N EV076415
    PK04V010  C2004 11 15.50347 21 36 20.38 -00 23 29.1          18.9 N EV076415

Observer details:
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.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. McCleary,
    H. Stange, A. Milner.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.
    1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observers D. T. Durig, K. M. Lester.
    0.30-m f/5.86 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
I77 CEAMIG-REA Observatory, Belo Horizonte.  Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel.
    Measurer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2004 V1 (Skiff)
T 2004 Dec. 8.8508 TT                                   MPC
q   1.418749             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0983561      Peri.  144.7573      +0.8809899      -0.4392061
a   4.648027       Node   242.2200      +0.3754875      +0.8752760
e   0.694763       Incl.   11.4703      +0.2878644      +0.2024599
P  10.0
From 51 observations 2004 Oct. 7-Nov. 15.

Ephemeris:
    P/2004 V1 (Skiff)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 11 11    21 24.70   -00 31.0    0.997    1.458    94.4    42.6  17.6
2004 11 21    21 51.39   -00 08.5    1.024    1.435    91.0    43.5  17.6
2004 12 01    22 20.76   +00 35.5    1.056    1.422    88.2    43.9  17.6
2004 12 11    22 52.14   +01 39.4    1.096    1.419    85.8    43.8  17.7
2004 12 21    23 24.88   +03 00.6    1.145    1.426    83.8    43.3  17.8
2004 12 31    23 58.31   +04 34.4    1.205    1.443    81.9    42.4  18.0
2005 01 10    00 31.84   +06 15.8    1.277    1.470    80.0    41.2  18.2
2005 01 20    01 05.04   +07 59.6    1.361    1.505    78.1    39.8  18.4
2005 01 30    01 37.54   +09 40.9    1.457    1.549    76.0    38.1  18.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-V76

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