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    M.P.E.C. 2005-L03                                Issued 2005 June 1, 21:08 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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                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                              COMET P/2005 K3 (McNAUGHT)
    
    Observations:
        PK05K030  C2005 05 20.79323 23 42 17.23 -11 03 31.6          17.3 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 20.79961 23 42 18.13 -11 03 23.9          17.2 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 20.80601 23 42 19.09 -11 03 16.3          16.8 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 20.81237 23 42 19.94 -11 03 08.5          17.0 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 20.82733 23 42 22.05 -11 02 50.4                 EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 21.80738 23 44 41.22 -10 42 50.1          17.4 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 21.81225 23 44 41.88 -10 42 44.2          17.5 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 21.81715 23 44 42.55 -10 42 38.3          16.9 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 21.82205 23 44 43.24 -10 42 32.2                 EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 26.82582 23 56 33.91 -08 58 12.3          17.6 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 26.82802 23 56 34.23 -08 58 09.9          16.9 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 26.82957 23 56 34.45 -08 58 07.9          17.4 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 29.73573 00 03 27.93 -07 55 51.6          17.6 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 29.74559 00 03 29.31 -07 55 39.2          17.8 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 05 30.27509 00 04 44.68 -07 44 11.6          16.9 N EL003I77
        PK05K030  C2005 05 30.28031 00 04 45.42 -07 44 05.3          17.0 N EL003I77
        PK05K030  C2005 05 30.28761 00 04 46.38 -07 43 55.3          17.7 N EL003I77
        PK05K030  C2005 06 01.78245 00 10 41.70 -06 49 18.5          16.1 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 06 01.78954 00 10 42.69 -06 49 08.4          16.9 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 06 01.79667 00 10 43.68 -06 48 59.3          16.6 T EL003E12
        PK05K030  C2005 06 01.80382 00 10 44.74 -06 48 49.9          16.7 T EL003E12
    
    Observer details:
    E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
        C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
        S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.
    I77 CEAMIG-REA Observatory, Belo Horizonte.  Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel.
        Measurer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        P/2005 K3 (McNaught)
    T 2005 Aug. 22.985 TT                                   MPC
    q   1.43611              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.232042       Peri.   24.063       +0.966457       -0.252614
    a   2.62276        Node   350.221       +0.168123       +0.758677
    e   0.45244        Incl.   15.835       +0.194156       +0.600496
    P   4.25
    From 21 observations 2005 May 20-June 1.
    
    Ephemeris:
        P/2005 K3 (McNaught)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    2005 05 30    00 04.09   -07 50.2    1.665    1.643    71.0    35.7  16.8
    2005 06 09    00 27.86   -04 06.5    1.559    1.601    73.5    37.4  16.5
    2005 06 19    00 51.81   -00 09.3    1.460    1.563    76.0    39.1  16.3
    2005 06 29    01 16.02   +04 00.5    1.367    1.529    78.3    40.6  16.0
    2005 07 09    01 40.58   +08 21.3    1.283    1.499    80.5    42.0  15.8
    2005 07 19    02 05.53   +12 50.6    1.206    1.475    82.7    43.1  15.6
    2005 07 29    02 30.95   +17 25.4    1.137    1.456    85.0    44.0  15.4
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-L03
    

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