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    M.P.E.C. 2004-W42                                Issued 2004 Nov. 25, 15:45 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET P/2004 V4 (NEAT)

Observations:
    PK04V040  C2004 11 20.76603 04 13 13.26 +04 09 06.6                 EW042349
    PK04V040  C2004 11 20.77046 04 13 13.07 +04 09 07.6                 EW042349
    PK04V040  C2004 11 20.77490 04 13 12.85 +04 09 08.7          17.6 T EW042349
    PK04V040  C2004 11 21.05162 04 13 00.78 +04 10 10.1          17.1 N EW042A32
    PK04V040  C2004 11 21.05722 04 13 00.46 +04 10 11.4          17.1 N EW042A32
    PK04V040  C2004 11 21.06284 04 13 00.21 +04 10 12.4          17.0 N EW042A32
    PK04V040  C2004 11 21.06844 04 12 59.94 +04 10 14.2          17.1 N EW042A32
    PK04V040  C2004 11 23.98326 04 10 46.59 +04 22 34.1          17.2 N EW042A16
    PK04V040  C2004 11 23.98841 04 10 46.34 +04 22 35.9          17.5 N EW042A16
    PK04V040  C2004 11 23.99349 04 10 46.08 +04 22 36.9          17.3 N EW042A16
    PK04V040  C2004 11 23.99857 04 10 45.82 +04 22 38.3          17.3 N EW042A16
    PK04V040  C2004 11 24.00366 04 10 45.62 +04 22 39.8          17.4 N EW042A16

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
A16 Tentlingen.  Observer P. Kocher.  0.3-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2004 V4 (NEAT)
T 2005 Jan. 31.1641 TT                                  MPC
q   1.920242             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1406413      Peri.  347.0973      -0.0200823      -0.9775849
a   3.662077       Node   103.7607      +0.9353969      -0.0923895
e   0.475641       Incl.   12.4610      +0.3530288      +0.1891878
P   7.01
From 84 observations 2004 Oct. 9-Nov. 24.

Ephemeris:
    P/2004 V4 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 11 21    04 13.05   +04 10.1    1.048    2.013   163.0     8.2  17.6
2004 12 01    04 05.27   +05 01.6    1.028    1.990   162.2     8.7  17.5
2004 12 11    03 57.91   +06 19.1    1.031    1.969   155.4    12.0  17.5
2004 12 21    03 52.43   +07 59.8    1.056    1.952   146.3    16.2  17.5
2004 12 31    03 49.94   +09 57.6    1.100    1.939   137.0    20.2  17.6
2005 01 10    03 50.98   +12 05.9    1.161    1.929   128.0    23.7  17.7
2005 01 20    03 55.72   +14 18.5    1.235    1.923   119.7    26.4  17.8
2005 01 30    04 03.98   +16 30.3    1.320    1.920   112.0    28.4  17.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-W42

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