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    M.P.E.C. 2003-X11                                Issued 2003 Dec. 2, 16:28 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 T3 (TABUR)

Observations:
    CK03T030  C2003 11 02.00606 20 11 28.72 -51 23 38.2                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 02.01834 20 11 29.34 -51 23 23.5                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 02.03084 20 11 29.94 -51 23 08.5                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 03.02431 20 12 20.33 -51 03 23.7                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 03.04068 20 12 21.15 -51 03 04.1                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 14.00343 20 22 56.62 -47 23 20.2                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 14.01597 20 22 57.42 -47 23 05.1                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 14.02780 20 22 58.16 -47 22 50.3                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 15.00593 20 24 01.11 -47 03 04.5                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 15.01869 20 24 01.93 -47 02 48.9                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 15.03028 20 24 02.64 -47 02 34.4                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 15.04194 20 24 03.42 -47 02 20.2                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 17.38768 20 26 38.49 -46 14 49.3          13.6 T      372
    CK03T030  C2003 11 22.00899 20 31 57.54 -44 40 38.9                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 22.02163 20 31 58.43 -44 40 23.0                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 22.03704 20 31 59.52 -44 40 03.8                      834
    CK03T030  C2003 11 25.38125 20 36 01.68 -43 31 30.0          13.4 T      372
    CK03T030  C2003 11 25.39688 20 36 02.87 -43 31 10.8                      372
    CK03T030  C2003 11 26.38926 20 37 16.18 -43 10 45.6          13.8 N      428
    CK03T030  C2003 11 26.39030 20 37 16.25 -43 10 44.1          13.8 N      428
    CK03T030  C2003 11 26.39131 20 37 16.33 -43 10 42.8          11.6 T      428

Observer details:
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/7.2 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
834 Buenos Aires-AAAA.  Observers R. Mackintosh, R. Caprio.  Measurer
    R. Mackintosh.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 T3 (Tabur)
T 2004 Apr. 28.9705 TT                                  MPC
q   1.480614             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   43.7811      +0.8023067      -0.5714259
                   Node   347.0661      +0.0336080      +0.3318698
e   1.0            Incl.   50.4386      +0.5959651      +0.7505563
From 121 observations 2003 Oct. 14-Nov. 26.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-X11

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