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  • MPEC 2004-S32 : COMET C/2004 R2 (ASAS)

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    M.P.E.C. 2004-S32                                Issued 2004 Sept. 20, 15:13 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 R2 (ASAS)
    
    Observations:
        CK04R020  C2004 09 14.33546 08 30 53.96 -22 25 16.0          15.0 N ES032I05
        CK04R020  C2004 09 14.33644 08 30 54.55 -22 25 16.1          14.7 N ES032I05
        CK04R020  C2004 09 14.33741 08 30 55.13 -22 25 16.9          14.7 N ES032I05
        CK04R020  C2004 09 14.33838 08 30 55.76 -22 25 16.9          14.9 N ES032I05
        CK04R020  C2004 09 14.33936 08 30 56.43 -22 25 17.1          14.6 N ES032I05
        CK04R020  C2004 09 14.81807 08 36 02.74 -22 27 12.3          11.1 T ES032349
        CK04R020  C2004 09 14.82027 08 36 04.16 -22 27 12.8                 ES032349
        CK04R020  C2004 09 14.83212 08 36 11.92 -22 27 15.0                 ES032D74
        CK04R020  C2004 09 14.83339 08 36 12.67 -22 27 15.3                 ES032D74
        CK04R020  C2004 09 14.83442 08 36 13.28 -22 27 16.3                 ES032D74
        CK04R020  C2004 09 19.39289 09 26 21.72 -22 05 59.7          13.9 N ES032I05
        CK04R020  C2004 09 19.40483 09 26 29.77 -22 05 49.9          13.9 N ES032I05
        CK04R020  C2004 09 20.38797 09 37 28.93 -21 51 35.0          13.6 N ES032I05
        CK04R020  C2004 09 20.38830 09 37 29.18 -21 51 35.1          13.7 N ES032I05
        CK04R020  C2004 09 20.38862 09 37 29.40 -21 51 34.4          13.3 N ES032I05
    
    Observer details:
    349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
    D74 Nakagawa.  Observers H. Hori, H. Maeno.  1.13-m f/6.75 reflector + CCD.
    I05 Las Campanas Observatory-TIE.  Observers G. Masi, F. Mallia.  Measurer
        G. Masi.  0.36-m SoTIE reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/2004 R2 (ASAS)
    T 2004 Oct. 7.896 TT                                    MPC
    q   0.11278              (2000.0)            P               Q
                       Peri.    5.365       -0.992882       +0.112746
                       Node   182.465       -0.111164       -0.761563
    e   1.0            Incl.   63.175       +0.042752       +0.638209
    From 48 observations 2004 Sept. 9-20.
    
    Ephemeris:
        C/2004 R2 (ASAS)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    2004 09 12    08 06.61   -22 07.7    0.866    0.865    54.4    71.1  10.6
    2004 09 17    08 59.76   -22 26.0    0.844    0.739    46.1    78.6   9.8
    2004 09 22    09 55.45   -21 20.4    0.855    0.603    36.8    85.1   9.0
    2004 09 27    10 49.90   -18 40.8    0.904    0.455    27.0    88.7   7.9
    
    2004 10 02    11 41.74   -14 18.8    0.991    0.288    16.6    83.5   6.1
    2004 10 03    11 52.11   -13 10.3    1.014    0.253    14.4    79.8   5.6
    2004 10 04    12 02.73   -11 53.9    1.037    0.217    12.0    74.2   4.9
    2004 10 05    12 13.81   -10 27.4    1.062    0.181     9.5    65.3   4.2
    2004 10 06    12 25.71   -08 47.9    1.085    0.147     6.6    51.3   3.4
    2004 10 07    12 38.87   -06 53.4    1.104    0.122     3.4    29.5   2.6
    2004 10 08    12 53.32   -04 49.8    1.110    0.113     1.2    10.4   2.3
    2004 10 09    13 08.09   -02 55.7    1.100    0.126     4.1    34.3   2.7
    2004 10 10    13 22.10   -01 23.6    1.080    0.154     7.2    54.4   3.5
    2004 10 11    13 35.24   -00 11.4    1.056    0.188    10.0    67.0   4.4
    2004 10 12    13 47.74   +00 46.4    1.033    0.224    12.5    74.9   5.1
    
    2004 10 17    14 46.82   +03 41.9    0.940    0.397    23.4    86.3   7.4
    2004 10 22    15 44.76   +05 02.1    0.898    0.551    33.4    83.0   8.7
    2004 10 27    16 40.48   +05 27.5    0.903    0.691    42.4    75.9   9.7
    2004 11 01    17 31.00   +05 18.1    0.947    0.820    50.0    67.9  10.5
    2004 11 06    18 14.56   +04 51.0    1.022    0.941    55.7    60.5  11.3
    2004 11 11    18 51.08   +04 18.5    1.119    1.056    59.7    54.1  12.0
    2004 11 16    19 21.45   +03 47.9    1.233    1.165    62.1    48.6  12.6
    2004 11 21    19 46.85   +03 22.3    1.358    1.270    63.3    44.0  13.2
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-S32
    

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