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    M.P.E.C. 2003-R45                                Issued 2003 Sept.  9, 02:05 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 L2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03L020  C2003 09 05.25382 16 32 56.90 +64 33 06.6          17.3 T      785
    CK03L020  C2003 09 05.26575 16 32 56.11 +64 32 59.6          16.8 T      785
    CK03L020  C2003 09 05.28068 16 32 54.92 +64 32 53.1          17.3 T      785
    CK03L020  C2003 09 05.81829 16 32 28.35 +64 29 56.9                      A46
    CK03L020  C2003 09 05.82124 16 32 28.22 +64 29 54.7                      A46
    CK03L020  C2003 09 05.82564 16 32 27.90 +64 29 55.4                      A46
    CK03L020  C2003 09 05.82858 16 32 27.72 +64 29 54.3                      A46
    CK03L020  C2003 09 05.83153 16 32 27.51 +64 29 53.2                      A46
    CK03L020  C2003 09 05.86764 16 32 25.83 +64 29 43.6          17.1 N      442
    CK03L020  C2003 09 05.87045 16 32 25.65 +64 29 40.9          15.9 N      442
    CK03L020  C2003 09 06.07155 16 32 15.80 +64 28 32.0          17.4 N      785

Observer details:
442 Gualba Observatory.  Observer A. Sanchez.  0.31-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
785 Fitz-Randolph Observatory, Princeton.  Observers J. Maffei, H. Ashley.
    0.91-m f/13.6 Cassegrain + CCD.
A46 Lelekovice.  Observer K. Hornoch.  0.35-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 L2 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2004 Feb. 5.0 TT = JDT 2453040.5
T 2004 Jan. 19.23335 TT                                 MPC
q   2.8645951            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0064849      Peri.  119.85494     +0.08881908     -0.12252455
 +/-0.0000114      Node   273.55746     +0.12100310     +0.98638237
e   0.9814234      Incl.   82.05100     +0.98867053     -0.10971583
From 292 observations 2003 June 12-Sept. 6, mean residual 0".67.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.006356
and +0.006809 (+/- 0.000011) AU**-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-R45

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