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    • MPEC 2003-L28 : COMET C/2003 K1 (SPACEWATCH)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-L28                                Issued 2003 June 7, 19:52 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 K1 (SPACEWATCH)

Observations:
    CK03K010  C2003 06 01.56175 15 44 35.93 -01 34 32.0          19.1 T      360
    CK03K010  C2003 06 01.56993 15 44 34.61 -01 34 19.9                      360
    CK03K010  C2003 06 01.57436 15 44 33.88 -01 34 14.5                      360
    CK03K010  C2003 06 01.87962 15 43 44.13 -01 27 08.5                      246
    CK03K010  C2003 06 01.88149 15 43 43.86 -01 27 06.8                      246
    CK03K010  C2003 06 01.88257 15 43 43.67 -01 27 04.9                      246
    CK03K010  C2003 06 01.88468 15 43 43.28 -01 27 02.4                      246
    CK03K010  C2003 06 01.88546 15 43 43.16 -01 27 00.6                      246
    CK03K010  C2003 06 01.88781 15 43 42.73 -01 26 58.3                      246
    CK03K010  C2003 06 05.56037 15 34 05.12 -00 05 25.3          19.2 T      360
    CK03K010  C2003 06 05.56461 15 34 04.46 -00 05 19.0                      360
    CK03K010  C2003 06 05.56904 15 34 03.83 -00 05 13.4                      360
    CK03K010  C2003 06 05.57769 15 34 02.50 -00 05 02.4                      360

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, J. Ticha.  1.06-m KLENOT
    Telescope + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 K1 (Spacewatch)
T 2002 Dec. 25.536 TT                                   MPC
q   2.11549              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  316.324       +0.175236       -0.673754
                   Node   250.212       -0.553487       -0.670442
e   1.0            Incl.  130.277       -0.814214       +0.310748
From 45 observations 2003 May 23-June 5.

Ephemeris:
    C/2003 K1 (Spacewatch)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2003 05 31    15 48.92   -02 11.6    1.813    2.779   158.0     7.9  18.2
2003 06 10    15 23.39   +01 23.5    1.965    2.851   144.3    12.0  18.5
2003 06 20    15 03.17   +04 05.2    2.162    2.925   130.4    15.3  18.8
2003 06 30    14 48.11   +05 59.3    2.391    3.001   117.7    17.5  19.2
2003 07 10    14 37.55   +07 15.8    2.639    3.078   106.0    18.5  19.5
2003 07 20    14 30.70   +08 04.7    2.896    3.156    95.2    18.7  19.8
2003 07 30    14 26.82   +08 34.2    3.155    3.235    85.3    18.2  20.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-L28

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