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    • MPEC 2003-X08 : COMET P/2003 S1 (NEAT)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-X08                                Issued 2003 Dec. 2, 16:10 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET P/2003 S1 (NEAT)

Observations:
    PK03S010  C2003 11 28.16452 00 14 34.82 +06 39 47.1          17.8 T      699
    PK03S010  C2003 11 28.18438 00 14 35.07 +06 39 43.4                      699
    PK03S010  C2003 11 28.20422 00 14 35.49 +06 39 43.5                      699
    PK03S010  C2003 11 28.22473 00 14 35.71 +06 39 40.9                      699
    PK03S010  C2003 11 30.13392 00 15 13.35 +06 37 16.5          18.7 T      704
    PK03S010  C2003 11 30.17184 00 15 14.02 +06 37 13.2          19.5 T      704
    PK03S010  C2003 11 30.18597 00 15 14.37 +06 37 12.6          19.3 T      704

Observer details:
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.
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.

Orbital elements:
    P/2003 S1 (NEAT)
T 2004 Mar. 27.5801 TT                                  MPC
q   2.595657             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1012829      Peri.  175.8042      +0.5461304      -0.8327818
a   4.558045       Node   241.0703      +0.7655294      +0.5400865
e   0.430533       Incl.    5.9446      +0.3401565      +0.1215775
P   9.73
From 255 observations 2003 Sept. 4-Nov. 30.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-X08

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