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    • MPEC 2003-W13 : COMET C/2003 U1 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-W13                                Issued 2003 Nov. 18, 18:41 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 U1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03U010  C2003 10 26.05652 04 47 33.55 -07 50 49.2          17.5 T      204
    CK03U010  C2003 10 26.05701 04 47 33.33 -07 50 51.2                      204
    CK03U010  C2003 10 26.05851 04 47 32.74 -07 50 54.4          17.0 T      204
    CK03U010  C2003 10 26.05900 04 47 32.48 -07 50 55.1          17.1 T      204
    CK03U010  C2003 10 26.05950 04 47 32.22 -07 50 56.5          17.2 T      204
    CK03U010  C2003 11 12.48798 02 18 13.96 -18 55 16.0          17.4 T      608
    CK03U010  C2003 11 12.49856 02 18 08.40 -18 55 29.5          17.5 T      608
    CK03U010  C2003 11 12.50925 02 18 02.80 -18 55 43.4          17.4 T      608
    CK03U010  C2003 11 16.54514 01 44 34.81 -20 02 20.4          16.6 T      360
    CK03U010  C2003 11 16.54788 01 44 33.50 -20 02 22.2                      360
    CK03U010  C2003 11 17.53013 01 37 00.19 -20 12 51.9          16.9 T      900
    CK03U010  C2003 11 17.53765 01 36 56.64 -20 12 56.1                      900

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 Newtonian
    + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers S. Pravdo, M. Hicks, K. Lawrence,
    D. MacDonald, P. Kervin, J. Africano.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 U1 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Nov. 3.3952 TT                                   MPC
q   1.795669             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0090769      Peri.  278.3827      +0.6928658      +0.7026416
a  22.760285       Node   322.7634      +0.7206725      -0.6673679
e   0.921105       Incl.  164.4750      +0.0238348      -0.2468095
P 109
From 139 observations 2003 Oct. 19-Nov. 17.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-W13

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