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    M.P.E.C. 2004-M52                                Issued 2004 June 25, 15:17 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 L2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04L020  C2004 06 17.32339 19 07 22.95 -28 15 33.2          18.5 N EM052704
    CK04L020  C2004 06 17.32725 19 07 22.89 -28 15 35.0          18.9 N EM052704
    CK04L020  C2004 06 17.33367 19 07 22.60 -28 15 38.1          18.9 N EM052704
    CK04L020  C2004 06 17.33513 19 07 22.59 -28 15 37.3          18.7 N EM052704
    CK04L020  C2004 06 17.34541 19 07 22.20 -28 15 43.0          18.6 N EM052704
    CK04L020  C2004 06 17.34611 19 07 22.22 -28 15 42.0          18.9 N EM052704
    CK04L020  C2004 06 17.35423 19 07 21.87 -28 15 45.3          18.5 N EM052704
    CK04L020  C2004 06 17.35551 19 07 21.83 -28 15 45.8          18.7 N EM052704
    CK04L020  C2004 06 17.35569 19 07 21.83 -28 15 46.1          18.6 N EM052704
    CK04L020  C2004 06 23.33073 19 03 40.88 -28 55 15.6          17.7 N EM052I05
    CK04L020  C2004 06 23.33831 19 03 40.50 -28 55 18.4          17.6 N EM052I05

Observer details:
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.
I05 Las Campanas Observatory-TIE.  Observers G. Masi, F. Mallia.  0.36-m SoTIE
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 L2 (LINEAR)
T 2005 Nov. 16.359 TT                                   MPC
q   3.81657              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  256.771       +0.471755       -0.054390
                   Node    99.259       +0.203108       +0.977958
e   1.0            Incl.   63.084       -0.858018       +0.201596
From 37 observations 2004 June 11-23.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 L2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 06 24    19 03.25   -28 59.7    4.757    5.753   167.2     2.2  18.0
2004 07 04    18 56.52   -30 05.2    4.684    5.694   172.8     1.3  17.9
2004 07 14    18 49.46   -31 08.4    4.643    5.635   166.2     2.5  17.8
2004 07 24    18 42.45   -32 07.5    4.634    5.577   156.0     4.2  17.8
2004 08 03    18 35.95   -33 01.5    4.654    5.520   145.4     6.0  17.8
2004 08 13    18 30.30   -33 50.0    4.700    5.462   134.9     7.6  17.7
2004 08 23    18 25.84   -34 33.0    4.768    5.405   124.5     8.9  17.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-M52

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