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MPEC 2005-P58 : COMET P/2005 L4 (CHRISTENSEN)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-P58                                Issued 2005 Aug. 15, 16:16 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
             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 L4 (CHRISTENSEN)

Observations:
    PK05L040  C2005 08 03.55992 19 36 54.59 -12 36 15.0          18.6 T EP058D74
    PK05L040  C2005 08 03.56685 19 36 54.28 -12 36 12.4          18.6 T EP058D74
    PK05L040  C2005 08 03.57417 19 36 53.96 -12 36 10.4          18.5 T EP058D74
    PK05L040  C2005 08 11.19688 19 32 16.52 -11 50 17.2          18.0 T EP058673
    PK05L040  C2005 08 11.19907 19 32 16.45 -11 50 16.4                 EP058673
    PK05L040  C2005 08 11.20243 19 32 16.36 -11 50 14.9                 EP058673
    PK05L040  C2005 08 11.21111 19 32 16.08 -11 50 11.5                 EP058673
    PK05L040  C2005 08 12.92411 19 31 24.39 -11 40 39.6          17.7 N EP058147

Observer details:
147 Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno.  Observers D. Crespi, S. Foglia,
    G. Galli, S. Minuto, V. Sacco.  Measurers S. Foglia, G. Galli, S. Minuto.
    0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
D74 Nakagawa.  Observers H. Hori, H. Maeno.  1.13-m f/6.75 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2005 L4 (Christensen)
T 2005 Aug. 24.6427 TT                                  MPC
q   2.366817             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1180849      Peri.   24.7240      +0.6088078      +0.7406223
a   4.114716       Node   284.0777      -0.7678764      +0.4601096
e   0.424792       Incl.   17.0444      -0.1992958      +0.4896711
P   8.35
From 69 observations 2005 June 3-Aug. 11.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-P58

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