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    M.P.E.C. 2004-P28                                Issued 2004 Aug.  9, 15:23 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.

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             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 K1 (CATALINA)

Observations:
    CK04K010  C2004 08 04.92238 19 03 10.48 -03 03 15.4                 EP028048
    CK04K010  C2004 08 04.92568 19 03 10.19 -03 03 16.5                 EP028048
    CK04K010  C2004 08 04.92787 19 03 10.01 -03 03 16.7                 EP028048
    CK04K010  C2004 08 04.93118 19 03 09.76 -03 03 17.5                 EP028048
    CK04K010  C2004 08 04.93339 19 03 09.50 -03 03 18.2                 EP028048
    CK04K010  C2004 08 05.47060 19 02 19.25 -03 04 09.1          18.3 N EP028415

Observer details:
048 Hradec Kralove.  Observer M. Lehky.  0.40-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 K1 (Catalina)
T 2005 July 4.6877 TT                                   MPC
q   3.401025             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   97.6811      -0.5970117      -0.7650722
                   Node   326.9299      -0.7908149      +0.6118271
e   1.0            Incl.  153.7510      +0.1348658      +0.2008286
From 192 observations 2004 May 21-Aug. 5.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-P28

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