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MPEC 2005-X51 : COMET C/2005 X1 (BESHORE)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-X51                                Issued 2005 Dec.  9, 15:09 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 X1 (BESHORE)

Observations:
    CK05X010  C2005 12 07.41028 10 13 15.52 +38 35 32.9          19.6 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 07.41767 10 13 14.88 +38 35 31.3          18.5 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 07.42510 10 13 14.23 +38 35 29.1          18.3 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 07.43249 10 13 13.58 +38 35 28.5          18.6 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 07.47032 10 13 10.74 +38 35 25.1          18.1 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 07.48058 10 13 09.91 +38 35 24.5          18.1 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 07.49082 10 13 09.19 +38 35 25.0          18.8 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 07.50130 10 13 08.32 +38 35 22.7          18.4 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 08.32817 10 12 04.64 +38 34 06.6          19.5 N EX051854
    CK05X010  C2005 12 08.33500 10 12 04.24 +38 34 05.8          19.7 N EX051854
    CK05X010  C2005 12 08.34180 10 12 03.61 +38 34 03.9          19.5 N EX051854
    CK05X010  C2005 12 08.35964 10 12 02.18 +38 34 04.1                 EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 08.37804 10 12 00.72 +38 34 01.0          18.4 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 08.45373 10 11 54.70 +38 33 55.9          18.6 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 08.46326 10 11 53.80 +38 33 54.1          18.8 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 08.47271 10 11 53.05 +38 33 51.6          18.4 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 08.48221 10 11 52.40 +38 33 53.1          19.0 T EX051703
    CK05X010  C2005 12 09.12031 10 11 01.92 +38 32 51.2          18.3 T EX051118
    CK05X010  C2005 12 09.12612 10 11 01.32 +38 32 51.8          18.8 T EX051118
    CK05X010  C2005 12 09.36970 10 10 41.74 +38 32 28.0          19.5 T EX051734
    CK05X010  C2005 12 09.37411 10 10 41.46 +38 32 27.9          19.0 T EX051734
    CK05X010  C2005 12 09.39268 10 10 39.88 +38 32 26.7          19.5 T EX051734

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Vilagi.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer E. C. Beshore.  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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 X1 (Beshore)
T 2005 Sept. 30.861 TT                                  MPC
q   3.27707              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  142.571       -0.472345       -0.240549
                   Node   301.419       +0.348813       +0.832485
e   1.0            Incl.   96.463       +0.809457       -0.499105
From 22 observations 2005 Dec. 7-9.

Ephemeris:
    C/2005 X1 (Beshore)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 12 06    10 15.00   +38 37.7    2.863    3.337   110.4    16.1  18.0
2005 12 16    10 00.90   +38 21.5    2.728    3.356   122.0    14.4  17.9
2005 12 26    09 42.81   +37 58.3    2.616    3.377   134.3    12.0  17.9
2006 01 05    09 21.19   +37 18.7    2.535    3.401   146.9     9.1  17.8
2006 01 15    08 57.23   +36 14.0    2.494    3.428   158.4     6.1  17.8
2006 01 25    08 32.78   +34 40.3    2.498    3.456   164.4     4.4  17.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-X51

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