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MPEC 2004-N13 : COMET C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-N13                                Issued 2004 July 2, 16:37 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/2004 L1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04L010  C2004 06 21.95203 17 37 25.74 -13 18 01.2          18   N EN013461
    CK04L010  C2004 06 21.95354 17 37 25.57 -13 18 01.5                 EN013461
    CK04L010  C2004 06 21.95505 17 37 25.33 -13 18 01.9                 EN013461
    CK04L010  C2004 06 25.92429 17 28 34.05 -13 27 59.2          17.1 N EN013213
    CK04L010  C2004 06 25.92794 17 28 33.65 -13 27 59.3          17.2 N EN013213
    CK04L010  C2004 06 26.93122 17 26 18.39 -13 30 30.6                 EN013118
    CK04L010  C2004 06 26.93684 17 26 17.67 -13 30 30.9                 EN013118

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Vilagi.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/6.6 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
461 Szeged University, Piszkesteto Stn. (Konkoly).  Observer K. Sarneczky.
    0.60-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)
T 2005 Mar. 29.898 TT                                   MPC
q   2.05735              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  243.210       -0.946487       -0.024518
                   Node    66.127       +0.057072       +0.968681
e   1.0            Incl.  159.395       -0.317654       +0.247094
From 81 observations 2004 June 12-26.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 06 24    17 32.87   -13 23.1    2.742    3.737   166.3     3.7  17.9
2004 07 04    17 10.49   -13 48.0    2.712    3.653   154.0     7.0  17.8
2004 07 14    16 48.90   -14 11.9    2.730    3.569   140.1    10.5  17.7
2004 07 24    16 29.28   -14 35.1    2.788    3.486   126.2    13.6  17.6
2004 08 03    16 12.42   -14 58.5    2.877    3.402   112.9    16.0  17.6
2004 08 13    15 58.62   -15 23.2    2.988    3.320   100.2    17.5  17.6
2004 08 23    15 47.86   -15 50.3    3.109    3.238    88.1    18.2  17.6

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-N13

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