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MPEC 2005-Q48 : COMET C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-Q48                                Issued 2005 Aug. 29, 15:34 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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             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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                           COMET C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 27.41707 05 23 02.36 +64 38 01.3          18.9 N EQ048704
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 27.42857 05 23 02.40 +64 38 06.2          18.8 N EQ048704
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 27.44001 05 23 02.49 +64 38 15.3          19.5 N EQ048704
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 27.45145 05 23 02.58 +64 38 22.0          19.3 N EQ048704
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 27.46289 05 23 02.63 +64 38 29.9          19.1 N EQ048704
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 28.03281 05 23 07.93 +64 44 28.4          19.3 T EQ048J87
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 28.04397 05 23 08.03 +64 44 35.4          18.7 T EQ048J87
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 28.05474 05 23 08.11 +64 44 42.5          18.5 T EQ048J87
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 28.38062 05 23 10.87 +64 48 09.4          18.7 N EQ048651
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 28.38396 05 23 10.89 +64 48 11.7          18.7 N EQ048651
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 28.38507 05 23 10.88 +64 48 12.4          18.7 N EQ048651
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 28.41176 05 23 11.18 +64 48 29.4          18.0 T EQ048673
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 28.41817 05 23 11.23 +64 48 33.7                 EQ048673
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 28.44166 05 23 11.41 +64 48 48.6                 EQ048673
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 28.45325 05 23 11.48 +64 48 56.1                 EQ048673
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 29.45787 05 23 19.02 +64 59 35.7          18.0 T EQ048673
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 29.49109 05 23 19.28 +64 59 56.7                 EQ048673
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 29.49769 05 23 19.30 +65 00 01.2                 EQ048673
    CK05Q010  C2005 08 29.50729 05 23 19.33 +65 00 07.2                 EQ048673

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, L. Manguso,
    D. Torres, R. Kracke, A. Milner.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
J87 La Canada.  Observer J. Lacruz.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR)
T 2006 Mar. 19.437 TT                                   MPC
q   6.18426              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   63.404       +0.261637       +0.110055
                   Node    88.927       +0.065206       -0.993223
e   1.0            Incl.  106.456       +0.962961       +0.037353
From 19 observations 2005 Aug. 27-29.

Ephemeris:
    C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 08 28    05 23.12   +64 44.1    6.526    6.342    75.1     8.9  18.1
2005 09 07    05 23.46   +66 32.8    6.383    6.327    82.3     9.1  18.0
2005 09 17    05 20.98   +68 27.1    6.242    6.313    89.4     9.2  18.0
2005 09 27    05 14.68   +70 24.5    6.108    6.299    96.4     9.1  17.9
2005 10 07    05 03.14   +72 21.4    5.984    6.287   103.1     8.9  17.9
2005 10 17    04 44.60   +74 11.6    5.876    6.274   109.2     8.6  17.8
2005 10 27    04 17.37   +75 46.4    5.786    6.263   114.5     8.3  17.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Q48

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