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    M.P.E.C. 2004-D22                                Issued 2004 Feb. 20, 23:44 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

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                          COMET C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 09.85328 03 42 05.06 +31 51 05.2                 ED022213
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 09.85848 03 42 05.06 +31 51 04.8          17.8 N ED022213
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 10.50528 03 42 08.11 +31 51 16.7          17.8 N ED022360
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 10.51067 03 42 08.14 +31 51 16.8                 ED022360
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 15.85747 03 42 43.42 +31 53 25.8          17.2 N ED022213
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 15.86108 03 42 43.42 +31 53 26.0          17.3 N ED022213
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 15.86469 03 42 43.44 +31 53 26.5          17.2 N ED022213
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 15.86830 03 42 43.41 +31 53 26.5          17.2 N ED022213
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 17.12363 03 42 54.32 +31 54 04.1          18.3 T ED022644
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 17.14515 03 42 54.50 +31 54 04.8          18.4 T ED022644
    CK03W42T  C2004 02 17.16741 03 42 54.69 +31 54 05.5          18.5 T ED022644

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, S. Pravdo, M. Hicks,
    K. Lawrence, D. MacDonald, E. Helin, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2006 Apr. 15.0 TT = JDT 2453840.5
T 2006 Apr. 11.30777 TT                                 MPC
q   5.1940428            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0002487      Peri.   92.44948     -0.66649802     -0.63525452
 +/-0.0001269      Node    48.45874     +0.28224114     -0.69941709
e   1.0012917      Incl.   31.41838     +0.69001473     -0.32751707
From 169 observations 2003 Oct. 30-2004 Feb. 17, mean residual 0".47.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000291
and +0.000446 (+/- 0.000127) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-D22

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