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    M.P.E.C. 2004-F36                                Issued 2004 Mar. 19, 17:19 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 D1 (NEAT)

Observations:
    CK04D010  C2004 03 01.84474 03 45 14.06 +25 07 50.9                 EF036213
    CK04D010  C2004 03 01.84922 03 45 14.08 +25 07 51.8                 EF036213
    CK04D010  C2004 03 15.88713 03 49 21.27 +25 45 51.1          19.6 T EF036204
    CK04D010  C2004 03 15.90037 03 49 21.57 +25 45 54.4                 EF036204

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 Newtonian
    + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 D1 (NEAT)
T 2006 Feb. 11.0620 TT                                  MPC
q   4.979663             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   75.4792      -0.4833741      -0.6061813
                   Node    62.2496      +0.2184620      -0.7821671
e   1.0            Incl.   45.5337      +0.8477169      -0.1440794
From 46 observations 2003 Dec. 22-2004 Mar. 15.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 D1 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 03 16    03 49.40   +25 46.2    7.542    7.182    65.2     7.2        20.7
2004 03 26    03 53.34   +26 15.8    7.636    7.132    56.3     6.7        20.7
2004 04 05    03 58.01   +26 47.4    7.716    7.082    47.7     6.0        20.7
2004 04 15    04 03.32   +27 20.5    7.780    7.032    39.3     5.2        20.6
2004 04 25    04 09.20   +27 55.1    7.824    6.983    31.2     4.3        20.6

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-F36

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