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    M.P.E.C. 2004-F09                                Issued 2004 Mar. 16, 20:43 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 P/2004 DO29 (SPACEWATCH-LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK04D29O  C2004 03 15.23941 10 35 27.18 +13 12 22.7          19.2 N EF009703
    PK04D29O  C2004 03 15.25428 10 35 26.84 +13 12 27.0          19.4 N EF009703
    PK04D29O  C2004 03 15.26904 10 35 26.37 +13 12 30.4          18.9 N EF009703
    PK04D29O  C2004 03 15.28390 10 35 26.05 +13 12 34.1          19.5 N EF009703
    PK04D29O  C2004 03 16.43454 10 34 58.15 +13 17 59.0          18.7 T EF009568
    PK04D29O  C2004 03 16.48193 10 34 56.96 +13 18 12.0                 EF009568
    PK04D290  C2004 03 16.54622 10 34 55.38 +13 18 29.8                 EF009568

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers S. S. Sheppard, Y. R. Fernandez, D. Jewitt.
    Measurer S. S. Sheppard.  2.2-m University of Hawaii reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observers S. Larson, E. Beshore, E. Christensen,
    R. Hill, S. Kolar, D. McLean.  0.68-m f/1.8 Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2004 DO29 (Spacewatch-LINEAR)
T 2004 Oct. 7.5747 TT                                   MPC
q   4.091407             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0484032      Peri.   41.3922      -0.9759052      +0.1728991
a   7.456814       Node   147.8274      -0.1964405      -0.9617269
e   0.451320       Incl.   14.4752      +0.0949745      -0.2125729
P  20.4
From 32 observations 2004 Feb. 11-Mar. 16.

Ephemeris:
    P/2004 DO29 (Spacewatch-LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 03 16    10 35.14   +13 16.0    3.309    4.254   159.4     4.7        19.6
2004 03 26    10 31.52   +13 58.9    3.357    4.239   148.5     7.1        19.8
2004 04 05    10 28.93   +14 32.8    3.429    4.225   137.9     9.1        19.9
2004 04 15    10 27.63   +14 56.4    3.523    4.211   127.7    10.9        20.0
2004 04 25    10 27.74   +15 09.4    3.633    4.198   117.9    12.2        20.1
2004 05 05    10 29.32   +15 12.0    3.755    4.186   108.6    13.2        20.3
2004 05 15    10 32.31   +15 04.8    3.884    4.174    99.6    13.8        20.3
2004 05 25    10 36.63   +14 48.6    4.019    4.164    91.1    14.1        20.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-F09

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