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    M.P.E.C. 2004-C08                                Issued 2004 Feb. 2, 17:07 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 C/2004 B1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04B010  C2004 01 30.15478 05 12 28.03 +00 59 21.6          19.6 T EC008704
    CK04B010  C2004 01 30.16688 05 12 27.68 +00 59 20.5          19.4 T EC008704
    CK04B010  C2004 01 30.17914 05 12 27.33 +00 59 21.2          19.4 T EC008704
    CK04B010  C2004 01 30.19121 05 12 27.04 +00 59 21.2          19.2 T EC008704
    CK04B010  C2004 01 31.09773 05 12 03.67 +00 59 27.2          19.8 T EC008704
    CK04B010  C2004 01 31.11031 05 12 03.37 +00 59 27.3          19.9 T EC008704
    CK04B010  C2004 01 31.12275 05 12 03.01 +00 59 27.9          19.9 T EC008704

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.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 B1 (LINEAR)
T 2006 Apr. 29.183 TT                                   MPC
q   2.07850              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  323.154       +0.410568       -0.356701
                   Node   276.584       -0.494120       -0.860502
e   1.0            Incl.  122.356       -0.766341       +0.363731
From 34 observations 2004 Jan. 28-31.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 B1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 01 26    05 14.34   +00 59.3    7.448    8.100   128.7     5.4        19.8
2004 02 05    05 10.07   +01 00.6    7.507    8.026   118.6     6.2        19.9
2004 02 15    05 06.64   +01 05.5    7.582    7.952   108.6     6.8        19.9
2004 02 25    05 04.11   +01 13.4    7.668    7.878    98.6     7.1        19.9
2004 03 06    05 02.51   +01 23.1    7.759    7.803    88.9     7.3        19.9
2004 03 16    05 01.82   +01 33.9    7.848    7.729    79.5     7.3        19.9
2004 03 26    05 01.99   +01 45.0    7.932    7.654    70.3     7.0        19.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-C08

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