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MPEC 2005-K03 : COMET C/2004 L2 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-K03                                Issued 2005 May 16, 15:02 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

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                           COMET C/2004 L2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04L020  C2005 05 12.32905 22 49 48.63 -50 49 24.5          16.9 N EK003I77
    CK04L020  C2005 05 12.33445 22 49 49.15 -50 49 23.3          16.6 N EK003I77
    CK04L020  C2005 05 12.33989 22 49 49.77 -50 49 27.6          16.7 N EK003I77
    CK04L020  C2005 05 15.31285 22 54 26.88 -51 20 02.9          16.9 N EK003I77
    CK04L020  C2005 05 15.31554 22 54 27.13 -51 20 04.5          16.9 N EK003I77
    CK04L020  C2005 05 15.32090 22 54 27.70 -51 20 08.7          17.1 N EK003I77

Observer details:
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:
    C/2004 L2 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2005 Nov. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453680.5
T 2005 Nov. 15.07252 TT                                 MPC
q   3.7790074            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0012754      Peri.  257.30262     +0.47949060     -0.05549785
 +/-0.0000122      Node    99.17982     +0.21107177     +0.97599366
e   0.9951804      Incl.   62.51759     -0.85178488     +0.21060952
Residuals in seconds of arc
040611 704  0.5+  0.1-    040617 651  0.0   1.0+    040623 I05  1.7+  0.7-
040611 704  0.1+  0.2-    040617 448  0.4-  0.9+    040623 I05  0.6+  0.5-
040611 704  0.9+  0.2+    040617 G90  1.0+  0.0     040626 213 (1.1+  2.4-)
040614 704  0.3-  0.5+    040617 651  0.1+  0.1-    040629 673  0.1-  0.6-
040614 704  0.2-  0.6+    040617 704  0.7-  0.1+    040629 673  0.1-  0.6-
040614 704  0.2-  0.0     040617 448  0.1+  0.0     040629 673  0.0   0.5-
040614 704  0.3-  0.4+    040617 G90  0.8-  0.4-    040713 360  0.3+  1.0+
040614 704  1.0-  0.0     040617 704  0.3+  0.2-    040713 360  0.2+  0.9+
040615 704  1.1+  1.3-    040617 704  0.4-  0.7-    040713 360  0.4+  1.0+
040615 704  0.0   0.2+    040617 704  0.1+  0.6+    040716 D74  0.8-  1.3-
040615 704  0.8+  0.6-    040617 704  0.1-  1.0-    040716 D74  0.1-  0.4-
040617 118 (0.1-  2.9+)   040617 704  0.5+  0.3+    050512 I77 (0.7-  3.7-)
040617 118  0.1-  0.1+    040617 704  0.2-  0.2+    050512 I77  0.5-  0.8+
040617 I05  0.0   0.3-    040617 704  0.1-  0.2+    050512 I77  0.7+  0.2-
040617 I05  0.5-  0.2+    040617 704  0.1-  0.0     050515 I77  0.3-  0.0
040617 651  0.3-  0.5+    040617 673  0.3+  0.2-    050515 I77  0.3-  0.1+
040617 448  0.1+  0.0     040617 673  1.0-  0.4-    050515 I77  0.4+  0.7-
040617 G90  0.2-  1.3+    040617 673  0.2-  0.7-

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.001330
and +0.001060 (+/- 0.000012) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-K03

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