MPEC 2005-U65 : COMET P/2005 T2 (CHRISTENSEN)
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M.P.E.C. 2005-U65 Issued 2005 Oct. 26, 23:06 UT
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minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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COMET P/2005 T2 (CHRISTENSEN)
Observations:
PK05T020 C2005 10 20.27141 00 41 14.14 +17 04 07.9 19.8 T EU065673
PK05T020 C2005 10 20.27824 00 41 13.88 +17 04 04.3 EU065673
PK05T020 C2005 10 20.28623 00 41 13.58 +17 04 00.9 EU065673
PK05T020 C2005 10 20.29271 00 41 13.36 +17 03 58.0 EU065673
PK05T020 C2005 10 24.56987 00 38 53.43 +16 32 30.0 20.7 T EU065413
PK05T020 C2005 10 24.57751 00 38 53.17 +16 32 26.3 20.6 T EU065413
Observer details:
413 Siding Spring. Observer R. H. McNaught. 1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood. Observer D. Mayes. Measurer
J. Young. 0.6-m f/16 Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
P/2005 T2 (Christensen)
T 2005 Apr. 9.982 TT MPC
q 2.20998 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.131016 Peri. 58.055 +0.740912 +0.656124
a 3.83932 Node 260.518 -0.654763 +0.658187
e 0.42438 Incl. 8.357 -0.149450 +0.369177
P 7.52
From 49 observations 2005 Oct. 7-24.
Ephemeris:
P/2005 T2 (Christensen)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2005 10 17 00 43.21 +17 28.1 1.626 2.605 166.4 5.2 19.7
2005 10 27 00 37.71 +16 14.6 1.692 2.642 158.5 7.9 19.9
2005 11 06 00 34.12 +15 04.9 1.783 2.679 148.6 11.1 20.0
2005 11 16 00 32.80 +14 05.4 1.896 2.717 138.5 14.0 20.2
2005 11 26 00 33.80 +13 20.0 2.028 2.755 128.7 16.2 20.4
2005 12 06 00 37.00 +12 50.3 2.176 2.794 119.4 17.9 20.7
2005 12 16 00 42.20 +12 36.3 2.336 2.834 110.4 19.0 20.9
2005 12 26 00 49.10 +12 36.7 2.505 2.874 101.9 19.6 21.1
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2005 MPC M.P.E.C. 2005-U65
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