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MPEC 2005-Q39 : COMET C/2005 N5 (CATALINA)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-Q39                                Issued 2005 Aug. 29, 00:20 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 19.72895 02 38 15.25 -00 31 34.6                 EQ039349
    CK05N050  C2005 08 19.73047 02 38 15.48 -00 31 36.1                 EQ039349
    CK05N050  C2005 08 19.73200 02 38 15.69 -00 31 37.4          16.5 T EQ039349
    CK05N050  C2005 08 25.03561 02 51 32.69 -01 55 11.6          16.7 N EQ039213
    CK05N050  C2005 08 25.03643 02 51 32.79 -01 55 12.6          16.7 N EQ039213
    CK05N050  C2005 08 25.04051 02 51 33.28 -01 55 16.1          16.7 N EQ039213

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 N5 (Catalina)
T 2005 Aug. 22.6828 TT                                  MPC
q   1.627438             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0063956      Peri.  207.7654      +0.9845144      -0.0972287
a  28.744202       Node   156.4131      +0.1074485      +0.9921562
e   0.943382       Incl.   21.3797      -0.1385142      +0.0785665
P 154
From 91 observations 2005 July 12-Aug. 25.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Q39

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