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    M.P.E.C. 2004-U39                                Issued 2004 Oct. 24, 19:12 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 T3

Observations:
    CK04T030  C2004 10 23.71404 03 07 44.65 -59 40 29.2          18.4 T EU039E12
    CK04T030  C2004 10 23.71567 03 07 44.56 -59 40 29.2          18.5 T EU039E12
    CK04T030  C2004 10 23.71729 03 07 44.47 -59 40 28.8          18.4 T EU039E12
    CK04T030  C2004 10 23.71892 03 07 44.45 -59 40 28.5          18.1 T EU039E12
    CK04T030  C2004 10 24.61088 03 07 02.59 -59 39 54.2          18.9 N EU039415
    CK04T030  C2004 10 24.61994 03 07 01.89 -59 39 51.2          19.3 N EU039415
    CK04T030  C2004 10 24.62230 03 07 01.89 -59 39 51.8          19.0 N EU039415

Observer details:
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m
    f/3.9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, R. E. Hill, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.
    0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 T3
T 2004 Oct. 29.670 TT                                   MPC
q   9.54814              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  288.812       +0.424943       +0.560543
                   Node    48.116       +0.407250       +0.582872
e   1.0            Incl.   72.693       -0.808437       +0.588262
From 34 observations 2004 Oct. 12-24.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 T3
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 10 22    03 09.08   -59 41.4    9.204    9.548   107.4     5.7  17.1
2004 11 01    03 01.15   -59 31.2    9.232    9.548   105.7     5.7  17.1
2004 11 11    02 53.19   -59 08.8    9.271    9.548   103.4     5.8  17.1
2004 11 21    02 45.58   -58 34.0    9.320    9.549   100.5     5.8  17.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-U39

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