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    • MPEC 2004-R19 : COMET C/2004 P1 (NEAT)

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    M.P.E.C. 2004-R19                                Issued 2004 Sept. 6, 00:03 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 Brinson 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 P1 (NEAT)

Observations:
    CK04P010  C2004 08 15.04652 21 38 55.78 +12 52 01.4          19.3 N ER019204
    CK04P010   2004 08 19.55069 21 37 13.68 +12 52 57.4          19.8 T ER019372
    CK04P010   2004 08 19.57535 21 37 13.05 +12 52 58.2          19.9 T ER019372
    CK04P010  C2004 09 01.30891 21 32 36.74 +12 47 25.6          19.8 T ER019673
    CK04P010  C2004 09 01.31829 21 32 36.56 +12 47 25.0                 ER019673
    CK04P010  C2004 09 01.33148 21 32 36.28 +12 47 24.3                 ER019673
    CK04P010  C2004 09 01.34086 21 32 36.09 +12 47 23.9                 ER019673
    CK04P010  C2004 09 02.89669 21 32 04.81 +12 46 00.2          19.1 N ER019213
    CK04P010  C2004 09 04.90255 21 31 25.20 +12 43 57.7          19.4 N ER019213
    CK04P010  C2004 09 04.90430 21 31 24.90 +12 43 57.7                 ER019213
    CK04P010  C2004 09 04.90713 21 31 24.82 +12 43 57.2                 ER019213
    CK04P010  C2004 09 04.91203 21 31 24.69 +12 43 56.9                 ER019213

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/3.34 Newtonian
    reflector + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/6.6 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 P1 (NEAT)
T 2003 Aug.  9.7713 TT                                  MPC
q   6.011626             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   16.6851      +0.4779538      +0.7439005
                   Node   284.1374      -0.8508619      +0.2600232
e   1.0            Incl.   28.7950      -0.2181608      +0.6156297
From 60 observations 2004 Aug. 5-Sept. 4.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 P1 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 09 02    21 32.38   +12 46.8    5.682    6.594   152.5     4.1  19.0
2004 09 12    21 29.26   +12 35.1    5.751    6.622   147.5     4.7  19.0
2004 09 22    21 26.77   +12 19.1    5.845    6.651   140.6     5.5  19.1
2004 10 02    21 25.09   +12 00.7    5.961    6.681   132.7     6.3  19.1
2004 10 12    21 24.29   +11 41.7    6.097    6.711   124.3     7.1  19.2
2004 10 22    21 24.45   +11 23.8    6.250    6.741   115.7     7.6  19.3

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-R19

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