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    M.P.E.C. 2004-U14                                Issued 2004 Oct. 18, 16:23 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                         COMET P/2004 R3 (LINEAR-NEAT)

Observations:
    PK04R030  C2004 10 05.52234 00 18 40.09 +13 51 48.0          18.5 T EU014D74
    PK04R030  C2004 10 05.64964 00 18 34.20 +13 51 24.1                 EU014D74
    PK04R030  C2004 10 05.66344 00 18 33.54 +13 51 22.4          18.6 T EU014D74
    PK04R030  C2004 10 10.20329 00 15 20.90 +13 37 14.2          19.0 T EU014704
    PK04R030  C2004 10 10.21419 00 15 20.49 +13 37 12.8          19.7 T EU014704
    PK04R030  C2004 10 10.22513 00 15 19.98 +13 37 09.8          20.1 T EU014704
    PK04R030  C2004 10 10.23604 00 15 19.48 +13 37 06.8          19.5 T EU014704
    PK04R030  C2004 10 10.24697 00 15 19.02 +13 37 05.6          19.3 T EU014704
    PK04R030  C2004 10 11.87247 00 14 14.30 +13 31 38.0          19.3 N EU014170
    PK04R030  C2004 10 11.87429 00 14 14.21 +13 31 37.9          19.2 N EU014170
    PK04R030  C2004 10 11.88153 00 14 13.94 +13 31 37.0          19.3 N EU014170
    PK04R030  C2004 10 15.27182 00 12 07.14 +13 19 56.9          19.7 T EU014704
    PK04R030  C2004 10 15.28277 00 12 06.69 +13 19 56.3          19.8 T EU014704
    PK04R030  C2004 10 15.29373 00 12 06.13 +13 19 54.0          20.1 T EU014704

Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Begues.  Observer J. Manteca.  0.36-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
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.
D74 Nakagawa.  Observers H. Hori, H. Maeno.  1.13-m f/6.75 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2004 R3 (LINEAR-NEAT)
T 2004 May 24.4134 TT                                   MPC
q   2.141296             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1310647      Peri.    5.2541      +0.8091537      +0.5804536
a   3.838358       Node   318.8161      -0.5440368      +0.6813222
e   0.442132       Incl.    7.9739      -0.2220232      +0.4459525
P   7.52
From 119 observations 2004 Sept. 10-Oct. 15.

Ephemeris:
    P/2004 R3 (LINEAR-NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 10 12    00 14.15   +13 31.3    1.417    2.395   165.0     6.2  19.1
2004 10 22    00 08.61   +12 56.5    1.487    2.429   155.8     9.7  19.2
2004 11 01    00 05.36   +12 24.3    1.579    2.464   145.8    13.1  19.4
2004 11 11    00 04.66   +12 00.1    1.691    2.500   136.0    16.0  19.6
2004 11 21    00 06.53   +11 47.2    1.821    2.537   126.6    18.2  19.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-U14

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