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MPEC 2005-Q11 : COMET C/2005 N5 (CATALINA)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-Q11                                Issued 2005 Aug. 22, 19:23 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.

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                              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 09.08097 02 09 50.69 +01 49 55.5          16.9 N EQ011A79
    CK05N050  C2005 08 09.08557 02 09 51.53 +01 49 51.8          16.9 N EQ011A79
    CK05N050  C2005 08 09.09016 02 09 52.26 +01 49 48.8          16.9 N EQ011A79
    CK05N050  C2005 08 10.04734 02 12 29.88 +01 38 40.0          16.9 N EQ011A79
    CK05N050  C2005 08 10.05703 02 12 31.49 +01 38 33.1          16.9 N EQ011A79
    CK05N050  C2005 08 10.06929 02 12 33.50 +01 38 24.6          16.9 N EQ011A79
    CK05N050  C2005 08 17.45984 02 32 22.32 +00 01 41.7          19.1 T EQ011673
    CK05N050  C2005 08 17.46748 02 32 23.50 +00 01 35.8                 EQ011673
    CK05N050  C2005 08 17.47535 02 32 24.73 +00 01 29.4                 EQ011673
    CK05N050  C2005 08 17.48403 02 32 26.07 +00 01 21.8                 EQ011673
    CK05N050  C2005 08 17.81149 02 33 17.17 -00 03 11.3          17.3 T EQ011E12
    CK05N050  C2005 08 17.81548 02 33 17.82 -00 03 15.3          17.0 T EQ011E12
    CK05N050  C2005 08 17.81941 02 33 18.36 -00 03 18.1          17.1 T EQ011E12
    CK05N050  C2005 08 21.10546 02 41 46.05 -00 52 29.5                 EQ011232

Observer details:
232 Masquefa Observatory.  Observer E. Reina.  0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Mayes.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
A79 Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory, Plana.  Observers F. Fratev, L. Vrigazov,
    E. Mihaylova, M. Tomov.  Measurer F. Fratev.  0.25-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 N5 (Catalina)
T 2005 Aug. 22.6801 TT                                  MPC
q   1.627451             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0063872      Peri.  207.7638      +0.9845171      -0.0972028
a  28.769287       Node   156.4132      +0.1074223      +0.9921590
e   0.943431       Incl.   21.3796      -0.1385151      +0.0785633
P 154
From 85 observations 2005 July 12-Aug. 21.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Q11

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