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    M.P.E.C. 2004-K38                                Issued 2004 May 22, 18:41 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 05 01.38418 17 21 35.01 +24 35 59.6          18.1 T EK038699
    CK04F020  C2004 05 01.40532 17 21 31.42 +24 36 51.5                 EK038699
    CK04F020  C2004 05 01.42644 17 21 28.04 +24 37 46.9                 EK038699
    CK04F020  C2004 05 01.44762 17 21 24.55 +24 38 41.8                 EK038699
    CK04F020  C2004 05 17.98665 16 33 21.65 +34 13 51.4          18.6 T EK038215
    CK04F020  C2004 05 17.98825 16 33 21.38 +34 13 53.4          18.6 T EK038215
    CK04F020  C2004 05 20.83725 16 24 51.98 +35 23 13.0          18.7 N EK038104
    CK04F020  C2004 05 20.84081 16 24 51.31 +35 23 17.5          19.0 N EK038104
    CK04F020  C2004 05 20.84338 16 24 50.86 +35 23 21.4          19.2 N EK038104

Observer details:
104 San Marcello Pistoiese.  Observers L. Tesi, A. Boattini, M. Tombelli,
    G. Fagioli.  Measurers G. Forti, L. Tesi, A. Boattini, M. Tombelli.
    0.60-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 F2 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Dec. 26.6540 TT                                  MPC
q   1.430565             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.006497       Peri.  317.1521      -0.1082716      -0.4275629
                   Node   248.2753      -0.4231735      -0.7970863
e   0.990705       Incl.  104.9621      -0.8995563      +0.4264310
From 106 observations 2004 Mar. 25-May 20.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-K38

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