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    • MPEC 2004-P29 : COMET C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2004-P29                                Issued 2004 Aug.  9, 15:32 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04L010  C2004 07 16.65240 16 43 26.83 -14 18 09.1          19.0 T EP029D74
    CK04L010  C2004 07 16.67660 16 43 23.94 -14 18 11.6          19.0 T EP029D74
    CK04L010  C2004 07 30.92956 16 17 15.63 -14 51 17.6          17.3 N EP029859
    CK04L010  C2004 07 30.93494 16 17 15.02 -14 51 10.5          17.5 N EP029859
    CK04L010  C2004 07 30.94140 16 17 14.64 -14 51 19.9          17.2 N EP029859
    CK04L010  C2004 07 31.90136 16 15 41.06 -14 53 26.5          15.7 N EP029442
    CK04L010  C2004 08 03.84183 16 11 07.12 -15 00 35.5                 EP029048

Observer details:
048 Hradec Kralove.  Observer M. Lehky.  0.40-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
442 Gualba Observatory.  Observer A. Sanchez.  0.36-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
859 Wykrota Observatory-CEAMIG.  Observer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
D74 Nakagawa.  Observers H. Hori, H. Maeno.  1.13-m f/6.75 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)
T 2005 Mar. 29.8431 TT                                  MPC
q   2.053753             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  243.3246      -0.9464344      -0.0229187
                   Node    66.1459      +0.0587737      +0.9685873
e   1.0            Incl.  159.3802      -0.3175022      +0.2476155
From 133 observations 2004 June 12-Aug. 3.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-P29

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