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    • MPEC 2003-U81 : COMET C/2003 R1 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-U81                                Issued 2003 Oct. 28, 16:31 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 R1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03R010   2003 09 22.71285 02 09 19.86 -06 18 22.7          18.5 T      372
    CK03R010  C2003 09 28.63389 01 40 10.30 -07 46 47.5          17.5 T      300
    CK03R010  C2003 09 28.64413 01 40 07.17 -07 46 58.5                      300
    CK03R010  C2003 09 28.66454 01 40 00.92 -07 47 16.0                      300
    CK03R010  C2003 09 29.66408 01 34 55.81 -08 01 19.9          17.5 T      300
    CK03R010  C2003 09 29.67299 01 34 53.08 -08 01 29.1                      300
    CK03R010  C2003 09 29.68193 01 34 50.33 -08 01 35.1                      300
    CK03R010  C2003 09 29.68560 01 34 49.21 -08 01 39.1                      300
    CK03R010  C2003 10 18.19028 00 04 42.08 -10 56 08.8          17.9 T      699
    CK03R010  C2003 10 18.20362 00 04 38.69 -10 56 12.4                      699
    CK03R010  C2003 10 18.21700 00 04 35.24 -10 56 16.5                      699
    CK03R010  C2003 10 18.23035 00 04 31.85 -10 56 19.8                      699
    CK03R010  C2003 10 24.53289 23 39 50.30 -11 14 19.3          18.8 T      360
    CK03R010  C2003 10 24.53779 23 39 49.25 -11 14 19.8                      360

Observer details:
300 Bisei Spaceguard Center--BATTeRS.  Observers A. Asami, D. J. Asher, T.
    Fuse, N. Hashimoto, A. I. Ibrahim, S. Isobe, K. Nishiyama, Y. Oshima, J.
    Terazono, H. Umehara, T. Urata, M. Yoshikawa.  Instrument not specified.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 R1 (LINEAR)
T 2003 June 29.5338 TT                                  MPC
q   2.101463             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0114363      Peri.  302.6614      +0.5804891      +0.8137317
a  19.510961       Node   356.6927      +0.8052504      -0.5790680
e   0.892293       Incl.  149.1913      -0.1208479      +0.0502092
P  86.2
From 140 observations 2003 Sept. 2-Oct. 24.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-U81

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