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    • MPEC 2003-U07 : COMET C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-U07                                Issued 2003 Oct. 17, 16:27 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.

         Supported in part by the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
             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 T4 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03T040  C2003 10 16.11033 08 20 38.38 +66 03 09.1          18.7 N      J95
    CK03T040  C2003 10 16.11677 08 20 38.43 +66 03 12.2          18.8 N      J95
    CK03T040  C2003 10 16.13267 08 20 39.00 +66 03 19.8          18.1 N      J95
    CK03T040  C2003 10 16.45296 08 20 49.26 +66 05 48.9          19.2 T      704
    CK03T040  C2003 10 16.46462 08 20 49.68 +66 05 54.3          19.5 T      704
    CK03T040  C2003 10 16.47610 08 20 50.04 +66 05 59.8          19.3 T      704
    CK03T040  C2003 10 17.14328 08 21 10.27 +66 11 11.5          18.1 N      J95
    CK03T040  C2003 10 17.14926 08 21 10.30 +66 11 13.8          18.1 N      J95
    CK03T040  C2003 10 17.15543 08 21 10.66 +66 11 17.1          18.6 N      J95

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. McCleary,
    H. Stange.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)
T 2005 Mar. 27.936 TT                                   MPC
q   0.80571              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  182.769       +0.069849       +0.052901
                   Node    93.854       -0.894984       +0.444377
e   1.0            Incl.   86.770       -0.440596       -0.894277
From 31 observations 2003 Oct. 13-17.

Ephemeris:
    C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2003 10 08    08 15.89   +65 03.4    6.543    6.558    86.5     8.7  18.2
2003 10 18    08 21.60   +66 17.9    6.333    6.469    93.4     8.8  18.1
2003 10 28    08 25.56   +67 41.4    6.128    6.379   100.2     8.8  18.0
2003 11 07    08 27.19   +69 13.1    5.932    6.289   106.7     8.7  17.9
2003 11 17    08 25.7    +70 51.0    5.748    6.198   112.8     8.5  17.7
2003 11 27    08 20.1    +72 32.5    5.580    6.107   118.0     8.2  17.6
2003 12 07    08 09.1    +74 12.7    5.432    6.015   122.2     8.0  17.5
2003 12 17    07 51.3    +75 45.1    5.304    5.922   124.9     7.8  17.3
2003 12 27    07 25.6    +77 01.2    5.199    5.829   125.8     7.9  17.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-U07

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