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MPEC 2004-Y54 : COMET P/2004 WR9 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-Y54                                Issued 2004 Dec. 24, 15:24 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 P/2004 WR9 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 09.65000 05 26 43.84 +31 33 31.6          17.0 T EY054D74
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 09.65694 05 26 43.68 +31 33 32.9          17.2 T EY054D74
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 09.66389 05 26 43.48 +31 33 33.7          17.1 T EY054D74
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 12.10137 05 25 38.92 +31 41 16.7                 EY054204
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 12.10806 05 25 38.73 +31 41 17.7                 EY054204
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 12.11587 05 25 38.50 +31 41 19.1          17.9 T EY054204
    PK04W09R   2004 12 15.63542 05 24 03.55 +31 51 09.4          17.2 T EY054372
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 17.64020 05 23 09.60 +31 55 55.7          17.5 T EY054D83
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 18.59534 05 22 44.40 +31 58 00.1                 EY054349
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 18.60116 05 22 44.21 +31 58 01.2                 EY054349
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 18.60698 05 22 44.03 +31 58 02.1          17.4 T EY054349
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 18.88074 05 22 37.24 +31 58 35.0          16.8 N EY054J78
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 18.93053 05 22 35.62 +31 58 40.6          15.9 T EY054A41
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 18.94927 05 22 35.07 +31 58 42.5                 EY054A41
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 18.96802 05 22 34.50 +31 58 45.4          18.1 T EY054A41
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 20.90976 05 21 44.95 +32 02 28.7                 EY054048
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 20.91525 05 21 44.89 +32 02 27.8                 EY054048
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 20.91745 05 21 44.81 +32 02 28.8                 EY054048
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 20.91855 05 21 44.69 +32 02 28.0                 EY054048
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 20.92075 05 21 44.69 +32 02 28.2                 EY054048
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 20.92736 05 21 44.42 +32 02 30.1                 EY054048
    PK04W09R  C2004 12 20.92846 05 21 44.44 +32 02 29.2                 EY054048

Observer details:
048 Hradec Kralove.  Observer M. Lehky.  0.40-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 Newtonian
    reflector + CCD.
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.
A41 Rezman Observatory, Kamnik.  Observer R. Palcic.  0.40-m f/2.3 reflector
    + CCD.
D74 Nakagawa.  Observers H. Hori, H. Maeno.  1.13-m f/6.75 reflector + CCD.
D83 Miwa.  Observer Y. Ohshima.  0.25-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
J78 Murcia.  Observer J. Sanchez.  0.25-m f/8.9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2004 WR9 (LINEAR)
T 2005 Jan. 11.5638 TT                                  MPC
q   1.917333             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0659688      Peri.   70.6670      -0.1049732      -0.9937557
a   6.066110       Node    25.4493      +0.8761928      -0.1104083
e   0.683927       Incl.    5.0490      +0.4703901      -0.0161117
P  14.9
From 170 observations 2004 Nov. 22-Dec. 20.

Ephemeris:
    P/2004 WR9 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 12 21    05 21.71   +32 02.7    0.956    1.930   168.3     5.9  17.3
2004 12 31    05 18.34   +32 13.5    0.969    1.921   159.5    10.3  17.3
2005 01 10    05 17.43   +32 12.1    1.002    1.917   149.8    14.9  17.3
2005 01 20    05 19.93   +32 01.9    1.054    1.919   140.6    19.0  17.4
2005 01 30    05 26.15   +31 46.0    1.123    1.927   132.0    22.3  17.6
2005 02 09    05 35.89   +31 25.8    1.205    1.939   124.1    24.9  17.8
2005 02 19    05 48.73   +31 01.7    1.300    1.957   116.9    26.8  18.0
2005 03 01    06 04.08   +30 32.9    1.405    1.980   110.3    28.0  18.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-Y54

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