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    M.P.E.C. 2004-C47                                Issued 2004 Feb. 12, 22:00 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/2004 B1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04B010  C2004 02 09.82852 05 08 19.29 +01 02 40.1          18.5 T EC047204
    CK04B010  C2004 02 09.87299 05 08 18.43 +01 02 41.2                 EC047204
    CK04B010  C2004 02 09.88256 05 08 18.27 +01 02 40.9          19.3 N EC047204
    CK04B010  C2004 02 10.51839 05 08 05.38 +01 03 01.8          18.7 T EC047360
    CK04B010  C2004 02 10.52346 05 08 05.30 +01 03 01.8                 EC047360
    CK04B010  C2004 02 10.52736 05 08 05.18 +01 03 02.1                 EC047360

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.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 B1 (LINEAR)
T 2006 Feb. 10.546 TT                                   MPC
q   1.61209              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  327.850       +0.261144       -0.321195
                   Node   272.876       -0.572805       -0.810608
e   1.0            Incl.  114.294       -0.776980       +0.489641
From 40 observations 2004 Jan. 28-Feb. 10.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 B1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 02 05    05 10.07   +01 00.6    7.163    7.684   118.6     6.5        19.7
2004 02 15    05 06.68   +01 05.8    7.233    7.606   108.6     7.1        19.7
2004 02 25    05 04.24   +01 13.9    7.314    7.527    98.7     7.5        19.7
2004 03 06    05 02.75   +01 24.1    7.400    7.449    89.0     7.7        19.8
2004 03 16    05 02.21   +01 35.4    7.484    7.370    79.6     7.6        19.8
2004 03 26    05 02.57   +01 47.0    7.563    7.290    70.4     7.4        19.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-C47

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