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MPEC 2005-E42 : COMET C/2005 A1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-E42                                Issued 2005 Mar.  9, 16:29 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/2005 A1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK05A010  C2005 03 01.16174 18 10 23.09 -79 55 30.3                 EE042834
    CK05A010  C2005 03 01.17924 18 11 09.13 -79 56 35.1                 EE042834
    CK05A010  C2005 03 01.19584 18 11 53.28 -79 57 36.4                 EE042834
    CK05A010  C2005 03 01.22550 18 13 12.25 -79 59 24.6                 EE042834
    CK05A010  C2005 03 03.16266 19 52 04.82 -81 06 28.7                 EE042834
    CK05A010  C2005 03 03.18527 19 53 20.15 -81 06 38.6                 EE042834
    CK05A010  C2005 03 04.18068 20 47 39.31 -80 58 05.4                 EE042834
    CK05A010  C2005 03 04.19693 20 48 31.15 -80 57 43.2                 EE042834
    CK05A010  C2005 03 04.35001 20 56 33.84 -80 53 56.3          12.2 T EE042844
    CK05A010  C2005 03 04.35192 20 56 39.85 -80 53 53.1          11.9 T EE042844
    CK05A010  C2005 03 04.35598 20 56 52.38 -80 53 46.8          11.8 T EE042844
    CK05A010  C2005 03 04.35955 20 57 03.50 -80 53 41.0          12.0 T EE042844
    CK05A010  C2005 03 04.36313 20 57 14.59 -80 53 35.4          12.4 T EE042844

Observer details:
834 Buenos Aires-AAAA.  Observers R. Mackintosh, M. Konishi.  Measurer
    R. Mackintosh.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
844 Los Molinos.  Observer S. Roland.  0.46-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 A1 (LINEAR)
T 2005 Apr. 10.2421 TT                                  MPC
q   0.906689             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  271.8868      +0.0140008      +0.9974645
                   Node   355.8553      +0.1431184      -0.0710630
e   1.0            Incl.   74.8838      -0.9896065      +0.0038347
From 173 observations 2004 Dec. 9-2005 Mar. 4.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-E42

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