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MPEC 2005-C62 : COMET P/2003 S1 (NEAT)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-C62                                Issued 2005 Feb. 15, 22:10 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/2003 S1 (NEAT)

Observations:
    PK03S010  C2005 02 12.03195 08 31 44.29 +10 44 46.7          20.5 N EC062941
    PK03S010  C2005 02 12.03310 08 31 44.24 +10 44 46.8          20.5 N EC062941
    PK03S010  C2005 02 12.03541 08 31 44.14 +10 44 47.0          20.4 N EC062941
    PK03S010  C2005 02 12.03656 08 31 44.09 +10 44 47.1          20.4 N EC062941
    PK03S010  C2005 02 12.03772 08 31 44.04 +10 44 47.3          20.4 N EC062941
    PK03S010  C2005 02 12.04003 08 31 43.95 +10 44 47.5          20.5 N EC062941
    PK03S010  C2005 02 12.94532 08 31 10.67 +10 47 22.5          20.6 N EC062941
    PK03S010  C2005 02 12.95007 08 31 10.49 +10 47 23.1          20.6 N EC062941
    PK03S010  C2005 02 12.95412 08 31 10.33 +10 47 23.6          20.6 N EC062941
    PK03S010  C2005 02 12.95989 08 31 10.08 +10 47 24.0          20.5 N EC062941
    PK03S010  C2005 02 12.96220 08 31 10.00 +10 47 24.5          20.5 N EC062941

Observer details:
941 Observatorio Pla D'Arguines.  Observer R. Ferrando.  0.36-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2003 S1 (NEAT)
Epoch 2004 Mar. 16.0 TT = JDT 2453080.5
T 2004 Mar. 27.63634 TT                                 MPC
q   2.5956319            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.10130925     Peri.  175.82232     +0.54592798     -0.83291372
a   4.5572549      Node   241.06612     +0.76566326     +0.53990431
e   0.4304396      Incl.    5.94528     +0.34017996     +0.12148278
P   9.73
From 333 observations 2003 Sept. 4-2005 Feb. 12, mean residual 0".67.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-C62

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