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MPEC 2005-R16 : COMET C/2005 N5 (CATALINA)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-R16                                Issued 2005 Sept. 3, 14:37 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 26.96396 02 56 11.21 -02 27 26.7                 ER016048
    CK05N050  C2005 08 26.96924 02 56 11.85 -02 27 33.9                 ER016048
    CK05N050  C2005 08 26.97301 02 56 12.55 -02 27 37.2                 ER016048
    CK05N050  C2005 08 26.97603 02 56 12.89 -02 27 42.0                 ER016048
    CK05N050  C2005 08 26.97678 02 56 13.00 -02 27 41.7                 ER016048
    CK05N050  C2005 08 29.97561 03 03 13.08 -03 19 39.3          17.9 N ER016215
    CK05N050  C2005 08 31.09728 03 05 45.43 -03 39 35.4                 ER016048
    CK05N050  C2005 08 31.09804 03 05 45.51 -03 39 35.9                 ER016048
    CK05N050  C2005 08 31.09955 03 05 45.65 -03 39 38.0                 ER016048
    CK05N050  C2005 08 31.10182 03 05 45.98 -03 39 39.9                 ER016048
    CK05N050  C2005 08 31.10332 03 05 46.22 -03 39 41.8                 ER016048
    CK05N050  C2005 09 03.11166 03 12 23.02 -04 34 17.9          17.1 N ER016939
    CK05N050  C2005 09 03.11630 03 12 23.61 -04 34 23.2          17.1 N ER016939
    CK05N050  C2005 09 03.12093 03 12 24.21 -04 34 28.7          17.1 N ER016939

Observer details:
048 Hradec Kralove.  Observer M. Lehky.  0.40-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
939 Observatorio Rodeno.  Observer J. Castellano.  0.20-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 N5 (Catalina)
T 2005 Aug. 22.6824 TT                                  MPC
q   1.627445             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0063910      Peri.  207.7651      +0.9845146      -0.0972278
a  28.757762       Node   156.4133      +0.1074473      +0.9921564
e   0.943408       Incl.   21.3798      -0.1385138      +0.0785646
P 154
From 105 observations 2005 July 12-Sept. 3.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-R16

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