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MPEC 2005-W82 : COMET P/2005 U1 (READ)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-W82                                Issued 2005 Nov. 28, 18:21 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 P/2005 U1 (READ)

Observations:
    PK05U010  C2005 11 22.23125 02 57 58.42 +16 55 13.8                 EW082701
    PK05U010  C2005 11 22.25425 02 57 57.34 +16 55 10.3                 EW082701
    PK05U010  C2005 11 22.27726 02 57 56.23 +16 55 06.5                 EW082701
    PK05U010  C2005 11 25.30628 02 55 43.66 +16 47 36.4          19.5 T EW082G96
    PK05U010  C2005 11 25.31516 02 55 43.28 +16 47 34.7                 EW082G96
    PK05U010  C2005 11 25.32363 02 55 42.89 +16 47 33.7                 EW082G96
    PK05U010  C2005 11 25.33157 02 55 42.55 +16 47 32.6                 EW082G96
    PK05U010  C2005 11 26.29176 02 55 02.56 +16 45 16.2          19.4 T EW082G96
    PK05U010  C2005 11 26.29862 02 55 02.28 +16 45 15.2          19.7 T EW082G96
    PK05U010  C2005 11 26.30563 02 55 01.99 +16 45 13.9          19.6 T EW082G96
    PK05U010  C2005 11 26.31271 02 55 01.63 +16 45 13.2          19.6 T EW082G96

Observer details:
701 Junk Bond Observatory, Sierra Vista.  Observer D. Healy.  0.81-m f/4.4
    Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers E. J. Christensen, A. D. Grauer.  Measurers
    E. C. Beshore, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2005 U1 (Read)
T 2005 July 27.9173 TT                                  MPC
q   2.365251             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1750514      Peri.  325.8006      +0.9538969      -0.2996334
a   3.164892       Node    51.6445      +0.2800747      +0.8678938
e   0.252660       Incl.    1.2668      +0.1078837      +0.3962072
P   5.63
From 103 observations 2005 Oct. 23-Nov. 26.

Ephemeris:
    P/2005 U1 (Read)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 11 26    02 55.25   +16 46.0    1.499    2.459   162.5     6.9  19.3
2005 12 06    02 49.37   +16 26.3    1.566    2.474   151.0    11.1  19.4
2005 12 16    02 45.99   +16 16.5    1.655    2.490   140.0    14.7  19.6
2005 12 26    02 45.35   +16 18.1    1.763    2.507   129.7    17.6  19.7
2006 01 05    02 47.47   +16 31.4    1.885    2.525   120.0    19.7  19.9
2006 01 15    02 52.15   +16 55.1    2.020    2.544   111.0    21.2  20.1
2006 01 25    02 59.10   +17 27.5    2.162    2.564   102.6    22.0  20.3

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-W82

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