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MPEC 2003-W50 : COMET C/2003 R1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2003-W50                                Issued 2003 Nov. 25, 16:07 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 Steven and Michele Kirsch 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/2003 R1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03R010  C2003 10 06.31476 01 00 51.73 -09 25 01.1          17.1 T      785
    CK03R010  C2003 10 06.31753 01 00 51.03 -09 25 00.9          17.1 T      785
    CK03R010  C2003 10 06.32031 01 00 50.00 -09 25 02.3          17.0 T      785
    CK03R010  C2003 10 13.26007 00 26 45.13 -10 27 55.8          17.0 T      785
    CK03R010  C2003 10 13.26528 00 26 43.76 -10 27 57.9          17.3 T      785
    CK03R010  C2003 10 13.27297 00 26 41.48 -10 28 01.5          17.1 T      785
    CK03R010  C2003 11 17.50168 22 41 27.12 -10 30 00.6          20.0 T      360
    CK03R010  C2003 11 17.50516 22 41 26.87 -10 29 58.8                      360
    CK03R010  C2003 11 17.50955 22 41 26.45 -10 29 58.5                      360
    CK03R010  C2003 11 17.85234 22 40 56.57 -10 28 36.3          19.1 T      213
    CK03R010  C2003 11 17.85418 22 40 56.37 -10 28 36.8          19.4 T      213
    CK03R010  C2003 11 23.46226 22 33 45.38 -10 05 15.1          20.2 N      360
    CK03R010  C2003 11 23.46670 22 33 45.05 -10 05 13.3                      360
    CK03R010  C2003 11 23.47068 22 33 44.79 -10 05 13.3                      360

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
785 Fitz-Randolph Observatory, Princeton.  Observer J. Maffei.  0.91-m f/13.6
    Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 R1 (LINEAR)
T 2003 June 29.5921 TT                                  MPC
q   2.101765             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0113266      Peri.  302.6820      +0.5808137      +0.8134993
a  19.636771       Node   356.6902      +0.8050241      -0.5793943
e   0.892968       Incl.  149.1943      -0.1207955      +0.0502102
P  87.0
From 158 observations 2003 Sept. 2-Nov. 23.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-W50

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