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    M.P.E.C. 2004-H63                                Issued 2004 Apr. 24, 13:49 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 F2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04F020  C2004 04 15.35360 17 58 29.98 +11 59 39.0          18.9 T EH063704
    CK04F020  C2004 04 15.36475 17 58 28.73 +12 00 12.8          18.9 T EH063704
    CK04F020  C2004 04 15.37525 17 58 27.42 +12 00 43.8          19.0 T EH063704
    CK04F020  C2004 04 15.38664 17 58 26.22 +12 01 18.1          18.7 T EH063704
    CK04F020  C2004 04 15.39708 17 58 25.00 +12 01 48.4          19.0 T EH063704
    CK04F020  C2004 04 23.73872 17 40 48.92 +18 48 41.8          17.5 T EH063360
    CK04F020  C2004 04 23.74632 17 40 47.87 +18 49 04.0                 EH063360
    CK04F020  C2004 04 23.75431 17 40 46.74 +18 49 26.9                 EH063360
    CK04F020  C2004 04 24.10677 17 39 57.24 +19 06 10.2                 EH063170
    CK04F020  C2004 04 24.10755 17 39 57.12 +19 06 12.2                 EH063170

Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Begues.  Observer J. Manteca.  0.36-m f/6.3 Schmidt-
    Cassegrain + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. McCleary,
    H. Stange, A. Milner.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.
    1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 F2 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Dec. 26.6636 TT                                  MPC
q   1.430690             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.006378       Peri.  317.1613      -0.1083105      -0.4275450
                   Node   248.2767      -0.4233088      -0.7970219
e   0.990875       Incl.  104.9632      -0.8994879      +0.4265694
From 70 observations 2004 Mar. 25-Apr. 24.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 F2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 04 15    17 59.16   +11 42.2    1.509    2.086   110.7    26.7        19.7
2004 04 25    17 37.83   +19 48.3    1.504    2.181   119.4    23.7        19.7
2004 05 05    17 11.63   +27 05.3    1.549    2.278   124.6    21.4        19.8
2004 05 15    16 42.32   +32 51.5    1.644    2.377   125.3    20.3        20.0
2004 05 25    16 12.70   +36 48.7    1.783    2.476   122.2    20.2        20.2
2004 06 04    15 45.69   +39 04.9    1.955    2.576   116.7    20.6        20.5
2004 06 14    15 23.25   +40 03.1    2.152    2.677   110.1    20.9        20.8
2004 06 24    15 06.08   +40 07.9    2.365    2.778   103.1    20.9        21.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-H63

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