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MPEC 2005-P34 : COMET P/2005 L4 (CHRISTENSEN)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-P34                                Issued 2005 Aug. 8, 14:25 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/2005 L4 (CHRISTENSEN)

Observations:
    PK05L040  C2005 07 25.02560 19 44 06.12 -13 40 40.7          18.9 N EP034118
    PK05L040  C2005 07 25.03375 19 44 05.81 -13 40 38.2                 EP034118
    PK05L040  C2005 08 02.89236 19 37 22.26 -12 40 32.7          18.9 N EP034213
    PK05L040  C2005 08 02.89435 19 37 22.19 -12 40 32.2          18.9 N EP034213
    PK05L040  C2005 08 02.89545 19 37 22.14 -12 40 31.6          18.9 N EP034213

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, P. Zigo.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2005 L4 (Christensen)
T 2005 Aug. 24.6266 TT                                  MPC
q   2.366798             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1180917      Peri.   24.7192      +0.6087432      +0.7406795
a   4.114557       Node   284.0773      -0.7679157      +0.4600466
e   0.424774       Incl.   17.0437      -0.1993420      +0.4896438
P   8.35
From 62 observations 2005 June 3-Aug. 2.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-P34

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