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    M.P.E.C. 2003-P16                                Issued 2003 Aug. 5, 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.
    
                 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/2003 H1 (LINEAR)
    
    Observations:
        CK03H010  C2003 07 26.93333 15 15 32.17 +17 27 41.2                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 07 26.93444 15 15 32.04 +17 27 40.5                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 07 26.93558 15 15 31.93 +17 27 39.6                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 07 26.93670 15 15 31.86 +17 27 38.0                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 07 26.93784 15 15 31.68 +17 27 37.0                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 07 26.93896 15 15 31.64 +17 27 36.2                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 07 29.89106 15 11 34.29 +16 46 58.7          15.4 N      A32
        CK03H010  C2003 07 29.89331 15 11 34.13 +16 46 57.7          15.5 N      A32
        CK03H010  C2003 07 29.89556 15 11 33.92 +16 46 55.2          15.3 N      A32
        CK03H010  C2003 07 29.89779 15 11 33.73 +16 46 52.8          15.4 N      A32
        CK03H010  C2003 07 29.90003 15 11 33.55 +16 46 51.8          15.5 N      A32
        CK03H010  C2003 07 30.52916 15 10 45.08 +16 38 08.1                      340
        CK03H010  C2003 07 30.53162 15 10 44.88 +16 38 06.0                      340
        CK03H010  C2003 07 30.53399 15 10 44.71 +16 38 03.8          14.8 T      340
        CK03H010  C2003 07 30.88694 15 10 17.88 +16 33 11.4          15.4 N      458
        CK03H010  C2003 07 30.89326 15 10 17.37 +16 33 03.6          15.5 N      458
        CK03H010  C2003 07 30.90061 15 10 16.87 +16 32 57.1          15.4 N      458
        CK03H010  C2003 07 31.49677 15 09 32.02 +16 24 41.3          15.5 T      360
        CK03H010  C2003 07 31.49922 15 09 31.84 +16 24 39.2                      360
        CK03H010  C2003 07 31.91374 15 09 01.25 +16 18 51.0          15.6 N      A32
        CK03H010  C2003 07 31.91598 15 09 01.08 +16 18 49.1          15.5 N      A32
        CK03H010  C2003 07 31.91823 15 09 00.95 +16 18 47.4          15.5 N      A32
        CK03H010  C2003 07 31.92046 15 09 00.79 +16 18 45.4          15.4 N      A32
        CK03H010  C2003 07 31.92271 15 09 00.59 +16 18 43.8          15.5 N      A32
        CK03H010  C2003 07 31.92272 15 09 00.46 +16 18 44.2          16.1 N      636
        CK03H010  C2003 07 31.92497 15 09 00.32 +16 18 42.8                      636
        CK03H010  C2003 07 31.92608 15 09 00.28 +16 18 41.1          16.3 N      636
        CK03H010  C2003 07 31.92720 15 09 00.16 +16 18 40.4                      636
        CK03H010  C2003 08 01.88220 15 07 50.79 +16 05 20.2          16.0 N      213
        CK03H010  C2003 08 01.88326 15 07 50.68 +16 05 19.8          16.0 N      213
        CK03H010  C2003 08 01.88513 15 07 50.61 +16 05 17.8          16.0 N      213
        CK03H010  C2003 08 01.89825 15 07 49.62 +16 05 07.9          15.6 N      232
        CK03H010  C2003 08 01.90084 15 07 49.46 +16 05 05.3          15.6 N      232
        CK03H010  C2003 08 01.90858 15 07 48.87 +16 04 58.3          15.6 N      232
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.51751 15 07 05.55 +15 56 27.1          15.5 T      349
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.52095 15 07 05.31 +15 56 23.3                      349
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.52270 15 07 05.12 +15 56 22.7                      349
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.85381 15 06 41.79 +15 51 44.2                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.85494 15 06 41.79 +15 51 42.5                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.85720 15 06 41.60 +15 51 40.8                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.85774 15 06 41.59 +15 51 41.3          16.1 T      215
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.85828 15 06 41.52 +15 51 41.2          16.3 T      215
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.85832 15 06 41.49 +15 51 40.6                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.85880 15 06 41.50 +15 51 40.6          15.7 T      215
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.86058 15 06 41.36 +15 51 39.1                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 08 02.86170 15 06 41.33 +15 51 38.4                      A46
        CK03H010  C2003 08 03.51830 15 05 55.78 +15 42 25.0                      349
        CK03H010  C2003 08 03.52193 15 05 55.53 +15 42 21.9                      349
        CK03H010  C2003 08 03.52529 15 05 55.30 +15 42 18.8                      349
        CK03H010  C2003 08 03.53051 15 05 54.94 +15 42 15.0          15.4 T      349
        CK03H010  C2003 08 03.82830 15 05 34.63 +15 38 02.8                      048
        CK03H010  C2003 08 03.83124 15 05 34.46 +15 38 00.2                      048
        CK03H010  C2003 08 03.83419 15 05 34.24 +15 37 58.7                      048
        CK03H010  C2003 08 03.83712 15 05 34.00 +15 37 56.2                      048
        CK03H010  C2003 08 03.84001 15 05 33.75 +15 37 54.6                      048
        CK03H010  C2003 08 03.84557 15 05 32.81 +15 37 50.7          14.5 N      442
        CK03H010  C2003 08 03.84766 15 05 32.83 +15 37 50.7          14.6 N      442
        CK03H010  C2003 08 04.10563 15 05 15.93 +15 34 10.3          15.4 T      H41
        CK03H010  C2003 08 04.11253 15 05 15.41 +15 34 04.8          15.4 T      H41
        CK03H010  C2003 08 04.82580 15 04 27.55 +15 24 04.9                      048
        CK03H010  C2003 08 04.82814 15 04 27.40 +15 24 02.4                      048
        CK03H010  C2003 08 04.83123 15 04 27.12 +15 23 58.9                      048
        CK03H010  C2003 08 04.83278 15 04 27.03 +15 23 57.4                      048
        CK03H010  C2003 08 04.83583 15 04 26.81 +15 23 55.3                      048
    
    Observer details:
    048 Hradec Kralove.  Observers M. Lehky, D. Hanzl.  0.40-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
    213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
        f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
    232 Masquefa Observatory.  Observer E. Reina.  0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    340 Toyonaka.  Observer Y. Ezaki.  0.30-m f/6 reflector + CCD.
    349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
    360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    442 Gualba Observatory.  Observer A. Sanchez.  0.31-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    458 Guadarrama Observatory.  Observer D. Rodriguez.  0.20-m f/10
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    636 Essen.  Observers A. Kn\"ofel, T. Payer.  0.32-m f/5.7 reflector + CCD.
    A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m Schmidt-Cassegrain f/5.5 + CCD.
    A46 Lelekovice.  Observer K. Hornoch.  0.35-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.
    H41 Petit Jean Mountain.  Observer P. C. Sherrod.  0.41-m f/3.7
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/2003 H1 (LINEAR)
    Epoch 2004 Feb. 5.0 TT = JDT 2453040.5
    T 2004 Feb. 22.60967 TT                                 MPC
    q   2.2396908            (2000.0)            P               Q
    z  +0.0002766      Peri.  196.13441     -0.97621401     +0.02791469
     +/-0.0000079      Node    18.99965     -0.03291052     +0.96110617
    e   0.9993805      Incl.  138.66886     -0.21429678     -0.27476482
    From 1241 observations 2003 Apr. 24-Aug. 4, mean residual 0".59.
    
         The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000745
    and +0.000450 (+/- 0.000008) AU**-1, respectively.
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-P16
    

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