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    • MPEC 2004-V42 : COMET C/2004 T3 (SIDING SPRING)

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    M.P.E.C. 2004-V42                                Issued 2004 Nov. 8, 19:06 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 T3 (SIDING SPRING)

Observations:
    CK04T030  C2004 11 03.45644 02 59 12.90 -59 26 44.0          20.1 N EV042415
    CK04T030  C2004 11 03.46281 02 59 12.62 -59 26 43.8          19.4 N EV042415
    CK04T030  C2004 11 06.58594 02 56 43.79 -59 20 04.5          19.4 N EV042415
    CK04T030  C2004 11 06.59265 02 56 43.40 -59 20 02.6          19.1 N EV042415
    CK04T030  C2004 11 08.61829 02 55 07.47 -59 15 04.9          19.2 N EV042413
    CK04T030  C2004 11 08.62084 02 55 07.36 -59 15 04.6          19.2 N EV042413
    CK04T030  C2004 11 08.62339 02 55 07.24 -59 15 04.2          19.1 N EV042413

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m
    f/3.9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 T3 (Siding Spring)
T 2003 Apr. 15.088 TT                                   MPC
q   8.86892              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  259.704       +0.119907       +0.671115
                   Node    50.292       +0.067664       +0.729671
e   1.0            Incl.   71.984       -0.990477       +0.131093
From 43 observations 2004 Oct. 12-Nov. 8.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-V42

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