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MPEC 2005-O12 : COMET C/2005 N5 (CATALINA)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-O12                                Issued 2005 July 18, 00:39 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/2005 N5 (CATALINA)

Observations:
    CK05N050  C2005 07 15.07098 00 59 24.54 +04 43 50.3                 EO012J95
    CK05N050  C2005 07 15.07829 00 59 25.78 +04 43 47.9                 EO012J95
    CK05N050  C2005 07 15.08230 00 59 26.49 +04 43 48.0          18.4 N EO012J95
    CK05N050  C2005 07 16.08646 01 02 15.59 +04 40 58.9                 EO012J95
    CK05N050  C2005 07 16.09169 01 02 16.40 +04 40 58.9          17.7 N EO012J95

Observer details:
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 N5 (Catalina)
T 2005 Aug. 22.640 TT                                   MPC
q   1.64185              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  207.738       +0.983971       -0.104321
                   Node   156.846       +0.113902       +0.991702
e   1.0            Incl.   21.581       -0.137210       +0.075127
From 37 observations 2005 July 12-16.

Ephemeris:
    C/2005 N5 (Catalina)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 07 09    00 42.51   +04 54.2    1.332    1.747    95.1    35.4  17.0
2005 07 19    01 10.46   +04 31.1    1.230    1.706    98.4    36.1  16.8
2005 07 29    01 38.84   +03 35.0    1.143    1.675   101.6    36.4  16.5
2005 08 08    02 06.96   +02 02.9    1.071    1.654   104.9    36.3  16.3
2005 08 18    02 33.96   -00 04.4    1.014    1.643   108.4    35.8  16.2
2005 08 28    02 58.90   -02 42.1    0.972    1.643   112.0    34.7  16.1
2005 09 07    03 20.81   -05 42.1    0.945    1.655   115.8    33.2  16.1
2005 09 17    03 38.88   -08 52.5    0.932    1.677   119.9    31.3  16.1
2005 09 27    03 52.55   -11 59.9    0.931    1.709   124.2    29.0  16.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-O12

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