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    • MPEC 2003-M20 : COMET C/2003 L2 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-M20                                Issued 2003 June 19, 14:57 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2003 L2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03L020  C2003 06 16.88741 19 23 52.74 +58 24 44.2          18.0 T      213
    CK03L020  C2003 06 16.89417 19 23 52.07 +58 24 49.0          18.0 T      213
    CK03L020  C2003 06 16.89822 19 23 52.06 +58 24 58.8          18.2 T      213
    CK03L020  C2003 06 16.98666 19 23 43.44 +58 26 37.8                      118
    CK03L020  C2003 06 16.98773 19 23 43.38 +58 26 38.9                      118
    CK03L020  C2003 06 16.99191 19 23 43.14 +58 26 43.9          18.7 N      118
    CK03L020  C2003 06 18.11924 19 21 55.66 +58 48 14.8          18.1 N      620
    CK03L020  C2003 06 18.12648 19 21 54.90 +58 48 22.9          18.3 N      620
    CK03L020  C2003 06 18.13369 19 21 54.19 +58 48 30.8          18.0 N      620

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, A. Galad.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
    J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 L2 (LINEAR)
T 2004 Jan. 18.085 TT                                   MPC
q   2.87183              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  119.623       +0.085639       -0.125121
                   Node   273.809       +0.117197       +0.986461
e   1.0            Incl.   82.149       +0.989409       -0.106018
From 24 observations 2003 June 12-18.

Ephemeris:
    C/2003 L2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2003 06 10    19 33.44   +56 06.2    3.382    3.621    95.4    16.2  18.2
2003 06 20    19 18.82   +59 23.3    3.323    3.563    95.3    16.5  18.1
2003 06 30    18 59.36   +62 10.8    3.279    3.507    94.5    16.8  18.0
2003 07 10    18 35.47   +64 19.9    3.247    3.453    93.0    17.1  17.9
2003 07 20    18 08.63   +65 45.3    3.225    3.400    91.1    17.4  17.9
2003 07 30    17 41.30   +66 26.4    3.210    3.349    88.9    17.6  17.8
2003 08 09    17 16.24   +66 28.2    3.199    3.300    86.7    17.9  17.7
2003 08 19    16 55.54   +66 00.5    3.190    3.252    84.5    18.0  17.6
2003 08 29    16 40.20   +65 14.3    3.178    3.207    82.5    18.2  17.6

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-M20

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