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MPEC 2005-U63 : COMET C/2005 R4 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-U63                                Issued 2005 Oct. 26, 22:57 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
                  Supported in part by the TABASGO 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   2005 10 01.69722 05 39 49.20 +20 03 04.9          18.8 T EU063372
    CK05R040  C2005 10 04.96860 05 37 30.32 +20 05 51.1          17.6 N EU063A32
    CK05R040  C2005 10 04.98436 05 37 29.55 +20 05 52.2          18.0 N EU063A32
    CK05R040  C2005 10 07.00708 05 35 57.29 +20 07 33.1          16.9 N EU063A32
    CK05R040  C2005 10 07.01944 05 35 56.65 +20 07 33.9          17.5 N EU063A32
    CK05R040  C2005 10 07.03180 05 35 56.08 +20 07 34.4          17.4 N EU063A32
    CK05R040  C2005 10 12.07148 05 31 44.22 +20 11 33.3          17.9 N EU063A32
    CK05R040  C2005 10 20.50503 05 23 32.69 +20 17 17.3          18.4 T EU063673
    CK05R040  C2005 10 20.51892 05 23 31.81 +20 17 17.7                 EU063673
    CK05R040  C2005 10 20.53628 05 23 30.68 +20 17 18.3                 EU063673
    CK05R040  C2005 10 24.69455 05 18 56.21 +20 19 31.2                 EU063349
    CK05R040  C2005 10 24.69747 05 18 56.00 +20 19 31.3                 EU063349
    CK05R040  C2005 10 24.70038 05 18 55.78 +20 19 31.3          17.7 T EU063349
    CK05R040  C2005 10 24.93607 05 18 39.69 +20 19 38.5          18.3 N EU063A79
    CK05R040  C2005 10 24.94176 05 18 39.27 +20 19 38.3          18.3 N EU063A79
    CK05R040  C2005 10 24.94908 05 18 38.75 +20 19 38.7          18.3 N EU063A79

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Mayes.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A79 Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory, Plana.  Observers F. Fratev, L. Vrigazov,
    E. Mihaylova.  Measurer F. Fratev.  0.25-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 R4 (LINEAR)
T 2006 Mar. 8.8735 TT                                   MPC
q   5.187504             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    6.9960      +0.5437172      +0.8020953
                   Node    63.7701      +0.7560573      -0.5958850
e   1.0            Incl.  164.0161      +0.3643473      +0.0395507
From 88 observations 2005 Sept. 13-Oct. 24.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-U63

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