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    M.P.E.C. 2004-X16                                Issued 2004 Dec. 5, 23:17 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                            COMET P/2004 V1 (SKIFF)

Observations:
    PK04V010  C2004 11 17.78801 21 42 29.60 -00 18 11.6          16.6 N EX016J97
    PK04V010  C2004 11 30.06678 22 17 55.47 +00 30 27.0          18.5 T EX016673
    PK04V010  C2004 11 30.07639 22 17 57.13 +00 30 29.9                 EX016673
    PK04V010  C2004 11 30.08310 22 17 58.33 +00 30 32.1                 EX016673
    PK04V010  C2004 11 30.09421 22 18 00.30 +00 30 35.7                 EX016673
    PK04V010  C2004 11 30.40938 22 18 57.68 +00 32 15.5          17.2 T EX016360
    PK04V010  C2004 11 30.41465 22 18 58.61 +00 32 17.2                 EX016360
    PK04V010  C2004 12 02.45196 22 25 12.17 +00 43 32.1          17.3 T EX016360
    PK04V010  C2004 12 02.45606 22 25 12.89 +00 43 33.3                 EX016360

Observer details:
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
J97 Alginet.  Observer T. Climent G.  0.25-m f/7 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2004 V1 (Skiff)
T 2004 Dec. 8.8593 TT                                   MPC
q   1.418570             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0986326      Peri.  144.7596      +0.8808857      -0.4394201
a   4.639335       Node   242.2313      +0.3756875      +0.8751730
e   0.694230       Incl.   11.4683      +0.2879224      +0.2024409
P   9.99
From 66 observations 2004 Oct. 7-Dec. 2.

Ephemeris:
    P/2004 V1 (Skiff)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 12 01    22 20.76   +00 35.5    1.056    1.422    88.2    43.9  17.6
2004 12 11    22 52.14   +01 39.5    1.096    1.419    85.8    43.8  17.7
2004 12 21    23 24.88   +03 00.6    1.145    1.426    83.8    43.3  17.8
2004 12 31    23 58.31   +04 34.5    1.205    1.443    81.9    42.4  18.0
2005 01 10    00 31.84   +06 15.8    1.276    1.470    80.0    41.2  18.2
2005 01 20    01 05.04   +07 59.6    1.360    1.505    78.1    39.8  18.4
2005 01 30    01 37.54   +09 41.0    1.456    1.548    76.0    38.1  18.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-X16

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