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    • MPEC 2004-E07 : COMET C/2004 C1 (LARSEN)

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    M.P.E.C. 2004-E07                                Issued 2004 Mar. 1, 17:26 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
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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2004 C1 (LARSEN)

Observations:
    CK04C010  C2004 01 23.31429 10 23 52.20 +07 36 51.0          19.5 N EE007699
    CK04C010  C2004 01 23.32760 10 23 51.94 +07 36 55.2                 EE007699
    CK04C010  C2004 01 23.34093 10 23 51.80 +07 36 59.7                 EE007699
    CK04C010  C2004 01 23.35423 10 23 51.65 +07 37 05.7                 EE007699
    CK04C010   2004 02 16.62326 10 15 03.59 +10 09 52.1                 EE007372
    CK04C010   2004 02 18.60764 10 14 13.93 +10 23 06.2          19.0 T EE007372
    CK04C010  C2004 02 21.01155 10 13 13.50 +10 39 06.8          19.9 N EE007118
    CK04C010  C2004 02 21.02062 10 13 13.39 +10 39 10.6          19.7 N EE007118

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Vilagi.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 C1 (Larsen)
T 2003 Mar. 20.0285 TT                                  MPC
q   4.353532             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0251277      Peri.  316.1181      -0.3506774      -0.9086068
a  11.544309       Node   151.9552      +0.9355938      -0.3505377
e   0.622885       Incl.   28.8478      +0.0411038      +0.2270616
P  39.2
From 53 observations 2004 Jan. 23-Feb. 21.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 C1 (Larsen)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 02 25    10 11.56   +11 05.6    3.886    4.873   175.2     1.0        20.0
2004 03 06    10 07.59   +12 09.8    3.940    4.901   163.9     3.2        20.2
2004 03 16    10 04.17   +13 08.9    4.024    4.930   152.7     5.3        20.4
2004 03 26    10 01.59   +14 00.8    4.135    4.959   141.9     7.1        20.6
2004 04 05    10 00.08   +14 44.1    4.270    4.989   131.4     8.6        20.7
2004 04 15    09 59.75   +15 18.0    4.423    5.019   121.4     9.8        20.9
2004 04 25    10 00.64   +15 42.6    4.591    5.050   111.6    10.7        21.0
2004 05 05    10 02.71   +15 58.3    4.769    5.081   102.3    11.2        21.1
2004 05 15    10 05.90   +16 05.7    4.953    5.112    93.4    11.4        21.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-E07

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