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MPEC 2005-V89 : COMET C/2005 R4 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-V89                                Issued 2005 Nov. 14, 20:32 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
                  Supported in part by the TABASGO 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/2005 R4 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK05R040  C2005 11 07.91748 05 00 46.52 +20 22 42.2          17.7 N EV089147
    CK05R040  C2005 11 07.91930 05 00 46.37 +20 22 42.2          18.0 N EV089147
    CK05R040  C2005 11 07.92782 05 00 45.61 +20 22 42.3          18.0 N EV089147
    CK05R040  C2005 11 07.92855 05 00 45.56 +20 22 42.2          17.8 N EV089147
    CK05R040  C2005 11 08.89050 04 59 24.41 +20 22 36.8                 EV089A82
    CK05R040  C2005 11 08.89333 04 59 24.16 +20 22 35.3                 EV089A82
    CK05R040  C2005 11 08.89605 04 59 23.90 +20 22 34.8                 EV089A82
    CK05R040  C2005 11 12.39583 04 54 21.36 +20 21 56.8          17.5 T EV089673
    CK05R040  C2005 11 12.40127 04 54 20.90 +20 21 56.7                 EV089673
    CK05R040  C2005 11 12.40660 04 54 20.42 +20 21 56.5                 EV089673
    CK05R040  C2005 11 12.41065 04 54 20.05 +20 21 56.4                 EV089673

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.
A82 Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste.  Observers C. Cremaschini, P. Di
    Marcantonio.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 R4 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5
T 2006 Mar. 7.70449 TT                                  MPC
q   5.1885320            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0007719      Peri.    6.84739     +0.54159347     +0.80350033
 +/-0.0002456      Node    63.77273     +0.75761952     -0.59391752
e   0.9959949      Incl.  164.00991     +0.36426525     +0.04061045
Residuals in seconds of arc
050913 704  0.3+  1.1+    051002 673  0.4-  0.2+    051029 G96  1.0-  0.2-
050913 704  0.4+  0.8+    051002 673  0.6-  0.2+    051029 G96  0.7-  0.1-
050913 704  0.2-  0.7+    051003 A32  0.3+  0.1+    051029 G96  0.5-  0.3-
050913 704  0.1+  0.2+    051003 A32  0.2-  0.2-    051029 A79  0.1-  0.7+
050913 704  0.1+  0.5+    051004 561 (2.7+  0.1-)   051029 A79  0.6+  0.3+
050914 854  0.3-  0.8-    051004 561  0.0   0.1-    051029 A79  0.9-  0.9-
050914 854  0.4-  1.6-    051004 561  0.9-  1.2+    051031 704  0.2+  0.1+
050914 854  0.7-  1.6-    051004 A32  0.4+  0.7-    051031 704  0.2-  0.0
050914 704  0.4+  0.1+    051004 A32  0.5-  0.5-    051031 704  0.1-  0.6-
050914 704  0.0   1.0-    051005 704  0.3+  0.3+    051101 213  0.3-  0.2+
050914 704  0.3+  0.6-    051005 704  1.0+  0.6-    051101 213  0.3-  0.1+
050914 704  0.4-  0.4-    051005 704  1.5+  1.2+    051101 213  0.2-  0.1+
050915 704  0.3-  0.5-    051005 704  1.4+  1.6+    051101 704  0.0   0.2+
050915 704  0.3-  0.2-    051005 704  0.2+  0.4-    051101 704  0.3+  0.5+
050915 673  0.3-  0.3+    051005 A79  0.4-  0.5-    051101 704  0.5+  0.2-
050915 704  0.0   0.3-    051005 A79  0.7-  0.4-    051101 704  0.1-  0.8-
050915 673  0.2-  0.3+    051005 A79  0.3+  0.0     051103 704  0.6+  0.4+
050915 704  0.5-  0.1-    051007 A79  0.5+  0.6-    051103 704  0.3+  0.3+
050915 673  0.5-  0.5+    051007 A79  0.2-  1.1-    051103 704  0.2+  0.6+
050915 704  0.1-  0.3+    051007 A79  0.0   0.2-    051103 704  0.3+  0.4+
050915 673  0.2-  0.4+    051007 A32  0.5+  0.2-    051103 704  0.5+  0.6+
050916 H06  1.2+  0.8-    051007 A79  0.4+  0.1-    051104 704  0.1+  0.7+
050916 H06  1.0+  0.2-    051007 A32  0.3-  0.1-    051104 704  0.0   0.1+
050916 H06  0.5+  0.1+    051007 A32  0.1-  0.2-    051104 704  0.7+  0.4+
050916 704  0.3+  1.1+    051009 A33  0.3-  0.1-    051104 704  0.3+  0.0
050916 854  0.2+  0.2+    051009 A33  0.3-  0.2-    051104 704  0.8+  0.4+
050916 704  0.3-  0.3-    051012 A32  0.2+  0.2+    051105 213  0.2-  0.0
050916 854  0.3+  0.2+    051013 704  0.6-  0.2-    051105 213  0.3-  0.0
050916 704  0.3+  0.4-    051013 704  0.2-  0.2+    051105 213  0.3-  0.1-
050916 854  1.0+  0.0     051013 704  0.5-  0.2+    051105 232  0.1+  0.3+
050916 704  0.2-  0.2-    051020 673  0.5-  0.2+    051105 232  0.3+  0.0
050916 704  0.6-  0.3-    051020 673  0.4-  0.1+    051105 232  0.4+  0.1-
050916 673  0.3-  0.5+    051020 673  0.6-  0.1+    051107 704  0.3+  0.2+
050916 673  0.3-  0.5+    051024 349  0.3+  0.3-    051107 704  0.6-  0.1+
050916 673  0.3-  0.3+    051024 349  0.2+  0.3-    051107 704  0.2+  0.2+
050916 673  0.4-  0.4+    051024 349  0.1-  0.3-    051107 704  0.9+  0.4+
050928 291  0.3+  0.0     051024 A79  0.8+  0.5+    051107 850  0.9+  0.6-
050928 291  0.3+  0.1+    051024 A79  0.4+  0.1+    051107 850  0.7+  0.1-
050928 291  0.2+  0.1+    051024 A79  0.2+  0.3+    051107 147  0.1-  0.1-
051001 213  0.1-  0.1+    051026 215  0.2-  0.4-    051107 147  0.1-  0.1-
051001 213  0.1-  0.0     051026 215  0.3-  0.0     051107 147  0.7-  0.0
051001 213  0.1-  0.3+    051026 A79  0.2+  0.3+    051107 147  0.5-  0.1-
051001 704  0.1+  0.1-    051026 A79  1.0+  0.4+    051108 A82  0.8+  0.3-
051001 704  0.3+  0.0     051026 A79  0.8+  0.1+    051108 A82  0.6+  1.8-
051001 704  0.1+  0.1+    051028 704  0.6-  0.4+    051108 A82 (0.2+  2.3-)
051001 704  0.1+  0.0     051028 704  0.4+  0.5+    051112 673  1.0-  0.3+
051001 704  0.1-  0.2+    051028 704  0.9+  0.6+    051112 673  0.7-  0.2+
051001 372  0.1+  0.2-    051028 704  0.7-  0.6+    051112 673  0.8-  0.1+
051002 673  0.5-  0.4+    051028 704  0.5+  0.3+    051112 673  0.9-  0.1+
051002 673  0.4-  0.2+    051029 G96  0.3-  0.1-

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.001381
and +0.001431 (+/- 0.000246) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-V89

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