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MPEC 2005-Y20 : COMET P/2005 W3 (KOWALSKI)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-Y20                                Issued 2005 Dec. 22, 18:29 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

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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                          COMET P/2005 W3 (KOWALSKI)

Observations:
    PK05W030  C2005 12 15.89414 04 50 31.84 +05 14 29.6                 EY020213
    PK05W030  C2005 12 15.89644 04 50 31.77 +05 14 29.0                 EY020213
    PK05W030  C2005 12 15.89759 04 50 31.73 +05 14 28.7                 EY020213
    PK05W030  C2005 12 19.93222 04 48 22.87 +05 02 39.4          18.4 N EY020213
    PK05W030  C2005 12 19.93341 04 48 22.82 +05 02 39.3          18.4 N EY020213
    PK05W030  C2005 12 19.93460 04 48 22.78 +05 02 39.3          18.4 N EY020213

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2005 W3 (Kowalski)
T 2005 Aug. 23.0857 TT                                  MPC
q   3.008485             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0607602      Peri.  199.2430      +0.6392526      -0.7540037
a   6.408011       Node   211.5660      +0.7379639      +0.6567547
e   0.530512       Incl.   16.7781      +0.2162530      -0.0123117
P  16.2
From 86 observations 2005 Sept. 30-Dec. 19.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Y20

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