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    M.P.E.C. 2004-V32                                Issued 2004 Nov. 6, 14:18 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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                          COMET P/2004 R1 (McNAUGHT)

Observations:
    PK04R010  C2004 10 17.79713 19 43 24.68 -13 46 45.9                 EV032587
    PK04R010  C2004 10 17.79963 19 43 25.55 -13 46 43.7                 EV032587
    PK04R010  C2004 11 06.51386 21 22 03.46 -07 24 38.7          19   T EV032413

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, A. Testa.  Measurer F. Manca.  0.5-m f/6
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2004 R1 (McNaught)
T 2004 Aug. 30.2129 TT                                  MPC
q   0.988501             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1794828      Peri.    0.6070      +0.4478820      +0.8908032
a   3.112582       Node   296.0031      -0.8206728      +0.3755805
e   0.682418       Incl.    4.8907      -0.3548208      +0.2557516
P   5.49
From 42 observations 2004 Sept. 2-Nov. 6.

Ephemeris:
    P/2004 R1 (McNaught)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 11 01    20 57.67   -09 10.7    0.769    1.311    95.3    48.9  19.1
2004 11 11    21 40.28   -06 01.6    0.881    1.396    96.4    44.8  19.7
2004 11 21    22 16.42   -03 08.1    1.013    1.485    95.8    41.4  20.2
2004 12 01    22 47.57   -00 31.1    1.162    1.575    94.0    38.6  20.8
2004 12 11    23 15.02   +01 51.5    1.324    1.666    91.2    36.2  21.3
2004 12 21    23 39.79   +04 02.5    1.498    1.757    87.6    34.0  21.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-V32

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