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    M.P.E.C. 2003-P45                                Issued 2003 Aug. 12, 14:27 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 O1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03O010  C2003 07 28.91087 19 23 32.89 +38 35 33.2                      204
    CK03O010  C2003 07 28.91940 19 23 32.36 +38 35 33.2                      204
    CK03O010  C2003 07 28.93575 19 23 31.07 +38 35 33.1          17.9 T      204
    CK03O010  C2003 08 05.90832 19 14 47.69 +38 23 25.5          17.6 N      442
    CK03O010  C2003 08 05.91111 19 14 48.16 +38 23 24.4          17.6 N      442
    CK03O010  C2003 08 05.91704 19 14 47.68 +38 23 23.8          17.6 N      442

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 Newtonian
    + CCD.
442 Gualba Observatory.  Observer A. Sanchez.  0.31-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 O1 (LINEAR)
T 2004 Mar. 14.517 TT                                   MPC
q   6.85068              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   81.443       +0.045912       -0.980844
                   Node   347.622       -0.792333       +0.079655
e   1.0            Incl.  117.974       +0.608359       +0.177765
From 139 observations 2003 July 19-Aug. 5.

Ephemeris:
    C/2003 O1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2003 08 09    19 11.53   +38 16.1    6.457    6.999   118.6     7.3  18.5
2003 08 19    19 01.56   +37 43.3    6.490    6.986   115.5     7.5  18.5
2003 08 29    18 52.70   +36 58.8    6.542    6.973   111.4     7.8  18.5
2003 09 08    18 45.18   +36 05.8    6.611    6.962   106.3     8.0  18.5
2003 09 18    18 39.10   +35 07.6    6.693    6.950   100.7     8.2  18.5
2003 09 28    18 34.46   +34 07.4    6.784    6.939    94.8     8.3  18.6
2003 10 08    18 31.22   +33 08.0    6.881    6.929    88.6     8.3  18.6
2003 10 18    18 29.26   +32 12.1    6.978    6.920    82.5     8.2  18.6
2003 10 28    18 28.47   +31 21.5    7.074    6.911    76.6     8.0  18.6
2003 11 07    18 28.69   +30 38.1    7.163    6.903    70.9     7.8  18.7
2003 11 17    18 29.77   +30 02.9    7.242    6.895    65.7     7.5  18.7
2003 11 27    18 31.56   +29 37.0    7.310    6.888    61.1     7.2  18.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-P45

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