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    M.P.E.C. 2003-K35                                Issued 2003 May 24, 16:00 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/2003 J1 (NEAT)

Observations:
    CK03J010  C2003 05 18.32277 21 00 25.43 -15 46 15.9          19.8 T      859
    CK03J010  C2003 05 18.34288 21 00 25.44 -15 46 25.5          19.7 T      859
    CK03J010  C2003 05 18.35586 21 00 25.23 -15 46 29.9          19.0 T      859
    CK03J010  C2003 05 18.45297 21 00 24.88 -15 47 16.4          17.0 T      926
    CK03J010  C2003 05 18.45926 21 00 24.82 -15 47 19.4          16.9 T      926
    CK03J010  C2003 05 18.46583 21 00 24.90 -15 47 23.8          17.1 T      926
    CK03J010  C2003 05 18.47204 21 00 24.74 -15 47 25.6          16.6 T      926
    CK03J010  C2003 05 19.09063 21 00 20.78 -15 52 16.0          17.9 N      620
    CK03J010  C2003 05 19.10858 21 00 20.59 -15 52 24.6          18.4 N      620
    CK03J010  C2003 05 19.12645 21 00 20.47 -15 52 31.8          17.9 N      620

Observer details:
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
    J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
859 Wykrota Observatory-CEAMIG.  Observer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 J1 (NEAT)
T 2003 Oct. 31.282 TT                                   MPC
q   5.07879              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  198.682       +0.461770       -0.289271
                   Node   122.012       -0.634148       +0.553299
e   1.0            Incl.   98.553       -0.620181       -0.781142
From 24 observations 2003 May 13-19.

Ephemeris:
    C/2003 J1 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2003 05 21    21 00.11   -16 07.4    4.848    5.229   106.7    10.7  17.6
2003 05 31    20 57.98   -17 33.9    4.669    5.211   117.2    10.0  17.5
2003 06 10    20 54.35   -19 12.2    4.507    5.195   128.0     8.9  17.4
2003 06 20    20 49.16   -21 01.2    4.368    5.179   139.2     7.4  17.3
2003 06 30    20 42.46   -22 59.0    4.256    5.165   150.5     5.6  17.3
2003 07 10    20 34.40   -25 02.2    4.177    5.152   161.7     3.6  17.2
2003 07 20    20 25.27   -27 06.6    4.134    5.140   170.7     1.8  17.2
2003 07 30    20 15.47   -29 07.5    4.129    5.128   168.6     2.2  17.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-K35

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