MPEC 2003-V48 : COMET C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)
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M.P.E.C. 2003-V48 Issued 2003 Nov. 11, 15:56 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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COMET C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)
Observations:
CK03T040 C2003 10 20.26806 08 22 39.93 +66 36 02.3 17.9 T 785
CK03T040 C2003 10 20.27789 08 22 40.36 +66 36 10.9 18.1 T 785
CK03T040 C2003 10 20.29394 08 22 40.79 +66 36 21.0 18.2 T 785
CK03T040 C2003 11 03.31531 08 26 55.48 +68 38 20.4 17.8 T 785
CK03T040 C2003 11 03.33120 08 26 55.93 +68 38 26.2 18.1 T 785
CK03T040 C2003 11 03.34251 08 26 55.92 +68 38 35.2 17.9 T 785
CK03T040 C2003 11 06.40539 08 27 12.39 +69 07 17.0 19.4 T 704
CK03T040 C2003 11 06.41778 08 27 11.97 +69 07 24.6 19.3 T 704
CK03T040 C2003 11 06.43032 08 27 12.36 +69 07 31.8 19.3 T 704
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, A. Milner. Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.
1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
785 Fitz-Randolph Observatory, Princeton. Observer J. Maffei. 0.91-m f/13.6
Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)
T 2005 Apr. 2.6356 TT MPC
q 0.841130 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 181.9219 +0.0687771 +0.0550743
Node 93.8355 -0.9014756 +0.4311225
e 1.0 Incl. 86.7049 -0.4273305 -0.9006110
From 61 observations 2003 Oct. 13-Nov. 6.
Ephemeris:
C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2003 11 07 08 27.22 +69 12.9 5.957 6.314 106.7 8.6 17.9
2003 11 17 08 25.8 +70 50.7 5.774 6.224 112.8 8.4 17.7
2003 11 27 08 20.3 +72 32.0 5.607 6.133 118.0 8.2 17.6
2003 12 07 08 09.4 +74 12.0 5.459 6.041 122.2 7.9 17.5
2003 12 17 07 51.7 +75 44.4 5.332 5.949 124.9 7.8 17.4
2003 12 27 07 26.3 +77 00.6 5.227 5.857 125.7 7.8 17.3
2004 01 06 06 53.7 +77 51.5 5.146 5.763 124.7 8.1 17.2
2004 01 16 06 17.3 +78 10.6 5.087 5.669 121.9 8.5 17.1
2004 01 26 05 42.3 +77 56.8 5.049 5.575 117.6 9.0 17.0
2004 02 05 05 13.4 +77 16.1 5.029 5.479 112.3 9.6 16.9
2004 02 15 04 52.6 +76 17.8 5.023 5.383 106.2 10.1 16.8
2004 02 25 04 39.8 +75 11.1 5.028 5.287 99.8 10.6 16.7
2004 03 06 04 33.7 +74 03.0 5.040 5.189 93.1 11.0 16.7
2004 03 16 04 32.9 +72 58.4 5.054 5.091 86.5 11.2 16.6
2004 03 26 04 36.3 +72 00.1 5.067 4.992 80.0 11.4 16.5
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2003 MPC M.P.E.C. 2003-V48
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