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MPEC 2005-P38 : COMET C/2005 N5 (CATALINA)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-P38                                Issued 2005 Aug. 8, 14:41 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 N5 (CATALINA)

Observations:
    CK05N050  C2005 08 05.72248 02 00 32.73 +02 26 26.1                 EP038D83
    CK05N050  C2005 08 05.72558 02 00 33.21 +02 26 24.8                 EP038D83
    CK05N050  C2005 08 05.72869 02 00 33.70 +02 26 22.5                 EP038D83
    CK05N050  C2005 08 05.73191 02 00 34.24 +02 26 20.0          16.4 T EP038D83
    CK05N050  C2005 08 06.10499 02 01 36.57 +02 22 28.5          17.2 N EP038213
    CK05N050  C2005 08 06.10596 02 01 36.65 +02 22 27.7          17.7 N EP038157
    CK05N050  C2005 08 06.11106 02 01 37.59 +02 22 23.4          18.3 N EP038157
    CK05N050  C2005 08 06.11408 02 01 38.05 +02 22 22.8          17.2 N EP038213
    CK05N050  C2005 08 06.11712 02 01 38.54 +02 22 20.6          17.2 N EP038213
    CK05N050  C2005 08 07.13552 02 04 28.32 +02 11 33.6                 EP038J95
    CK05N050  C2005 08 07.13798 02 04 28.77 +02 11 30.5                 EP038J95
    CK05N050  C2005 08 07.14041 02 04 29.13 +02 11 29.7          18.2 N EP038J95

Observer details:
157 Frasso Sabino.  Observers R. Haver, M. Solarino.  Measurer R. Haver.
    0.20-m f/6.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
D83 Miwa.  Observer Y. Ohshima.  0.25-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 N5 (Catalina)
T 2005 Aug. 22.688 TT                                   MPC
q   1.62725              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.006508       Peri.  207.769       +0.984515       -0.097200
a  28.41353        Node   156.408       +0.107428       +0.992155
e   0.94273        Incl.   21.377       -0.138524       +0.078616
P 151
From 56 observations 2005 July 12-Aug. 7.

Ephemeris:
    C/2005 N5 (Catalina)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 08 08    02 06.86   +02 02.2    1.052    1.639   105.0    36.7  16.3
2005 08 18    02 33.78   -00 06.0    0.995    1.628   108.4    36.1  16.1
2005 08 28    02 58.63   -02 45.1    0.953    1.629   112.1    35.1  16.0
2005 09 07    03 20.44   -05 47.0    0.926    1.640   115.9    33.6  16.0
2005 09 17    03 38.38   -08 59.7    0.912    1.661   120.0    31.6  16.0
2005 09 27    03 51.91   -12 09.9    0.910    1.691   124.3    29.3  16.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-P38

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