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    M.P.E.C. 2004-M21                                Issued 2004 June 18, 20:49 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 L1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04L010  C2004 06 14.27003 17 54 06.72 -12 58 55.8          18.3 N EM021704
    CK04L010  C2004 06 14.27174 17 54 06.51 -12 58 55.7          18.1 N EM021704
    CK04L010  C2004 06 14.28020 17 54 05.42 -12 58 57.5          18.6 N EM021704
    CK04L010  C2004 06 14.28201 17 54 05.20 -12 58 57.7          18.2 N EM021704
    CK04L010  C2004 06 14.29318 17 54 03.75 -12 58 59.1          18.5 N EM021704
    CK04L010  C2004 06 14.30057 17 54 02.84 -12 59 00.3          18.5 N EM021704
    CK04L010  C2004 06 14.30333 17 54 02.46 -12 59 00.4          18.7 N EM021704
    CK04L010  C2004 06 14.31076 17 54 01.53 -12 59 01.9          18.5 N EM021704
    CK04L010  C2004 06 14.31340 17 54 01.18 -12 59 02.2          18.4 N EM021704
    CK04L010  C2004 06 14.94998 17 52 40.24 -13 00 36.3          18.2 T EM021204
    CK04L010  C2004 06 16.28190 17 49 49.57 -13 03 52.1          18.6 T EM021704
    CK04L010  C2004 06 16.29190 17 49 48.24 -13 03 53.4          18.2 T EM021704
    CK04L010  C2004 06 16.30189 17 49 46.87 -13 03 55.6          18.1 T EM021704

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 Newtonian
    + 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 L1 (LINEAR)
T 2005 Mar. 30.156 TT                                   MPC
q   2.07468              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  242.679       -0.946593       -0.032223
                   Node    66.057       +0.048949       +0.969100
e   1.0            Incl.  159.450       -0.318693       +0.244555
From 74 observations 2004 June 12-16.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 06 14    17 54.68   -12 58.2    2.826    3.826   168.2     3.1  18.1
2004 06 24    17 32.88   -13 23.1    2.746    3.741   166.3     3.7  17.9
2004 07 04    17 10.51   -13 47.9    2.717    3.658   154.0     7.0  17.8
2004 07 14    16 48.93   -14 11.8    2.735    3.574   140.1    10.5  17.7
2004 07 24    16 29.33   -14 35.0    2.793    3.491   126.2    13.6  17.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-M21

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