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    • MPEC 2003-S07 : COMET C/2003 R1 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-S07                                Issued 2003 Sept. 16, 17:21 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 R1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03R010  C2003 09 06.78492 03 13 00.30 -02 25 48.6          19.5 N      413
    CK03R010  C2003 09 06.78666 03 12 59.96 -02 25 49.9          19.2 N      413
    CK03R010  C2003 09 06.78839 03 12 59.62 -02 25 51.1          19.3 N      413
    CK03R010  C2003 09 08.76654 03 06 28.77 -02 51 58.7          19.2 T      360
    CK03R010  C2003 09 08.77049 03 06 27.99 -02 52 01.9                      360
    CK03R010  C2003 09 11.12023 02 58 12.21 -03 24 21.1          17.9 N      620

Observer details:
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
413 Siding Spring.  Observers G. J. Garradd, R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8
    reflector + 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 R1 (LINEAR)
T 2003 July  9.736 TT                                   MPC
q   2.15347              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  306.394       +0.637096       +0.770090
                   Node   356.286       +0.762542       -0.635905
e   1.0            Incl.  149.672       -0.112419       +0.050857
From 59 observations 2003 Sept. 2-11.

Ephemeris:
    C/2003 R1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2003 09 08    03 09.05   -02 41.7    1.599    2.265   118.9    22.9        18.9
2003 09 18    02 30.74   -05 05.9    1.462    2.304   137.4    17.2        18.5
2003 09 28    01 43.31   -07 38.2    1.394    2.347   156.3     9.9        18.2
2003 10 08    00 52.15   -09 43.9    1.417    2.395   164.6     6.3        18.1
2003 10 18    00 05.10   -10 57.3    1.528    2.447   150.8    11.5        18.6
2003 10 28    23 27.40   -11 19.6    1.712    2.503   133.5    16.7        19.1
2003 11 07    22 59.97   -11 07.1    1.946    2.562   117.7    20.0        19.5
2003 11 17    22 41.17   -10 35.3    2.208    2.624   103.7    21.5        19.9
2003 11 27    22 28.91   -09 53.1    2.484    2.689    91.0    21.5        20.2
2003 12 07    22 21.41   -09 05.2    2.761    2.756    79.5    20.6        20.4
2003 12 17    22 17.32   -08 13.8    3.031    2.826    68.7    18.9        20.6
2003 12 27    22 15.67   -07 20.0    3.288    2.897    58.5    16.8        20.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S07

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