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MPEC 2004-Y78 : COMET C/2004 V13 (SWAN)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-Y78                                Issued 2004 Dec. 31, 15:17 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                            COMET C/2004 V13 (SWAN)

Observations:
    CK04V130  C2004 12 26.35172 19 26 56.22 -19 16 18.1                 EY078349
    CK04V130  C2004 12 26.35396 19 26 58.10 -19 16 18.4          10.1 T EY078349
    CK04V130  C2004 12 30.35629 20 17 47.67 -21 09 45.8                 EY078349
    CK04V130  C2004 12 30.36013 20 17 50.77 -21 09 53.5          10.9 T EY078349

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 V13 (SWAN)
T 2004 Dec. 21.152 TT                                   MPC
q   0.18084              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   92.688       +0.422582       +0.866583
                   Node   207.694       -0.873051       +0.467847
e   1.0            Incl.   34.831       +0.243324       +0.173644
From observations 2004 Dec. 16-30.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 V13 (SWAN)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 12 31    20 25.91   -21 27.0    0.892    0.402    24.1    90.8  10.8
2005 01 02    20 51.14   -22 15.9    0.868    0.458    27.8    90.2  11.3
2005 01 04    21 16.32   -22 54.8    0.852    0.514    31.5    88.5  11.8
2005 01 06    21 41.27   -23 21.6    0.844    0.568    35.2    85.9  12.2
2005 01 08    22 05.73   -23 35.5    0.844    0.620    38.8    82.9  12.6
2005 01 10    22 29.43   -23 36.5    0.849    0.672    42.2    79.6  12.9
2005 01 12    22 52.11   -23 25.6    0.861    0.722    45.5    76.3  13.3
2005 01 14    23 13.59   -23 04.3    0.878    0.771    48.5    72.9  13.6
2005 01 16    23 33.74   -22 34.5    0.899    0.819    51.3    69.7  13.9
2005 01 18    23 52.52   -21 58.2    0.925    0.866    53.8    66.5  14.2
2005 01 20    00 09.91   -21 17.0    0.955    0.912    56.1    63.6  14.5
2005 01 22    00 25.98   -20 32.7    0.988    0.957    58.1    60.8  14.8
2005 01 24    00 40.80   -19 46.5    1.024    1.002    59.8    58.1  15.1
2005 01 26    00 54.47   -18 59.4    1.062    1.045    61.3    55.7  15.3
2005 01 28    01 07.07   -18 12.2    1.102    1.088    62.5    53.4  15.6
2005 01 30    01 18.72   -17 25.4    1.145    1.130    63.6    51.3  15.8
2005 02 01    01 29.50   -16 39.6    1.188    1.172    64.5    49.3  16.1
2005 02 03    01 39.52   -15 55.0    1.233    1.213    65.2    47.5  16.3
2005 02 05    01 48.84   -15 11.7    1.280    1.253    65.7    45.8  16.5
2005 02 07    01 57.55   -14 29.9    1.327    1.293    66.1    44.2  16.7
2005 02 09    02 05.71   -13 49.6    1.375    1.333    66.4    42.7  16.9

2005 02 19    02 40.09   -10 50.8    1.625    1.523    66.2    36.4  17.9
2005 03 01    03 07.13   -08 25.9    1.884    1.704    64.1    31.6  18.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-Y78

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