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MPEC 2005-T01 : COMET C/2005 R4 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-T01                                Issued 2005 Oct. 1, 03:27 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 R4 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK05R040  C2005 09 16.41954 05 47 58.11 +19 49 22.5          18.3 T ET001704
    CK05R040  C2005 09 16.43220 05 47 57.76 +19 49 21.8          18.5 T ET001704
    CK05R040  C2005 09 16.44488 05 47 57.49 +19 49 22.4          19.0 T ET001704
    CK05R040  C2005 09 16.45766 05 47 57.14 +19 49 23.3          18.8 T ET001704
    CK05R040  C2005 09 16.47034 05 47 56.80 +19 49 23.9          18.6 T ET001704
    CK05R040  C2005 09 28.38033 05 41 57.23 +20 00 10.9          18.6 T ET001291
    CK05R040  C2005 09 28.38433 05 41 57.08 +20 00 11.2          18.6 T ET001291
    CK05R040  C2005 09 28.38844 05 41 56.92 +20 00 11.5          18.6 T ET001291
    CK05R040  C2005 10 01.06029 05 40 14.75 +20 02 31.9          18.3 N ET001213
    CK05R040  C2005 10 01.06723 05 40 14.47 +20 02 32.2          18.3 N ET001213
    CK05R040  C2005 10 01.07189 05 40 14.28 +20 02 32.7          18.3 N ET001213

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer T. H. Bressi.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, L. Manguso,
    D. Torres, R. Kracke, A. Milner, H. Love.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer,
    J. Evans, J. Kommers.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 R4 (LINEAR)
T 2006 Mar. 10.412 TT                                   MPC
q   5.18237              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    7.195       +0.546566       +0.800162
                   Node    63.766       +0.753943       -0.598563
e   1.0            Incl.  164.017       +0.364465       +0.038253
From 42 observations 2005 Sept. 13-Oct. 1.

Ephemeris:
    C/2005 R4 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 09 27    05 42.78   +19 59.0    5.097    5.329    97.9    10.7  17.8
2005 10 07    05 35.96   +20 07.6    4.896    5.312   109.4    10.2  17.7
2005 10 17    05 27.12   +20 15.1    4.709    5.296   121.3     9.3  17.6
2005 10 27    05 16.24   +20 20.6    4.544    5.281   133.8     7.8  17.5
2005 11 06    05 03.41   +20 22.8    4.409    5.267   146.8     5.9  17.4
2005 11 16    04 48.97   +20 20.6    4.313    5.254   160.2     3.7  17.4
2005 11 26    04 33.46   +20 13.3    4.260    5.242   173.8     1.2  17.3

                       (Last issue was M.P.E.C. 2005-S83)

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-T01

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