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MPEC 2005-K15 : COMET C/2005 K1 (SKIFF)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-K15                                Issued 2005 May 17, 22:49 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.

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                            COMET C/2005 K1 (SKIFF)

Observations:
    CK05K010  C2005 05 16.33803 17 54 16.68 +65 15 46.2          16.9 T EK015699
    CK05K010  C2005 05 16.35553 17 54 15.11 +65 15 46.3                 EK015699
    CK05K010  C2005 05 16.37304 17 54 13.65 +65 15 44.5                 EK015699
    CK05K010  C2005 05 16.39056 17 54 12.35 +65 15 43.5                 EK015699
    CK05K010  C2005 05 17.25616 17 53 00.62 +65 15 12.5          16.9 T EK015649
    CK05K010  C2005 05 17.25912 17 53 00.41 +65 15 12.3          16.9 T EK015649
    CK05K010  C2005 05 17.26209 17 53 00.12 +65 15 12.3          16.9 T EK015649
    CK05K010  C2005 05 17.26505 17 52 59.86 +65 15 12.2          16.9 T EK015649
    CK05K010  C2005 05 17.90709 17 52 05.86 +65 14 42.5                 EK015J95
    CK05K010  C2005 05 17.91179 17 52 05.48 +65 14 41.0          17.4 N EK015J95

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian
    reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 K1 (Skiff)
T 2005 Nov. 15.678 TT                                   MPC
q   4.22424              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  128.255       -0.008926       +0.274279
                   Node   102.114       -0.889973       -0.440635
e   1.0            Incl.   79.580       +0.455925       -0.854758
From 10 observations 2005 May 16-17.

Ephemeris:
    C/2005 K1 (Skiff)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 05 10    18 02.50   +65 14.2    4.380    4.510    90.8    12.9  16.7
2005 05 20    17 49.11   +65 12.4    4.335    4.481    91.7    13.0  16.7
2005 05 30    17 34.00   +64 45.2    4.293    4.455    92.6    13.1  16.7
2005 06 09    17 18.43   +63 49.5    4.254    4.429    93.2    13.2  16.6
2005 06 19    17 03.73   +62 23.7    4.221    4.405    93.7    13.3  16.6
2005 06 29    16 50.97   +60 29.0    4.196    4.382    93.8    13.4  16.5

     The 012 Uccle observations of P/2005 JQ5 on MPEC 2005-K14 were made by
E. W. Elst and H. Debehogne and measured by T. Pauwels.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-K15

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