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    M.P.E.C. 2004-D20                                Issued 2004 Feb. 20, 23:29 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 W1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03W010  C2004 02 10.48565 02 24 11.28 +30 34 53.7          19.8 T ED020360
    CK03W010  C2004 02 10.49100 02 24 11.95 +30 34 44.6                 ED020360
    CK03W010  C2004 02 10.49660 02 24 12.69 +30 34 36.1                 ED020360
    CK03W010  C2004 02 13.47020 02 30 38.22 +29 20 12.2          19.1 T ED020360
    CK03W010  C2004 02 13.47525 02 30 38.64 +29 20 03.5                 ED020360
    CK03W010  C2004 02 13.48111 02 30 39.50 +29 19 57.6                 ED020360
    CK03W010  C2004 02 13.48598 02 30 40.16 +29 19 49.2                 ED020360

Observer details:
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 W1 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2003 Nov. 17.0 TT = JDT 2452960.5
T 2003 Nov.  9.46257 TT                                 MPC
q   1.6524247            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00780203     Peri.  113.28835     +0.27538798     +0.13113485
a  25.1766386      Node   256.74249     -0.04434835     +0.99133083
e   0.9343667      Incl.   78.07610     +0.96030968     +0.00817541
P 126.33
From 93 observations 2003 Nov. 16-2004 Feb. 13, mean residual 0".71.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-D20

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