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    • MPEC 2004-Y10 : COMET C/2004 RG113 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2004-Y10                                Issued 2004 Dec. 18, 16:12 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.

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                          COMET C/2004 RG113 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 04.47241 07 46 45.17 +56 19 21.7          16.8 T EY010699
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 04.49077 07 46 46.01 +56 19 33.8                 EY010699
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 04.50888 07 46 46.95 +56 19 46.0                 EY010699
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 04.52705 07 46 47.78 +56 19 57.3                 EY010699
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 05.60455 07 47 40.59 +56 31 44.2                 EY010349
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 05.61500 07 47 41.06 +56 31 51.2                 EY010349
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 05.62838 07 47 41.65 +56 32 00.4          16.8 T EY010349
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 10.96563 07 51 22.12 +57 28 33.6          18.0 T EY010561
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 10.97170 07 51 22.30 +57 28 37.5          17.9 T EY010561
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 10.97593 07 51 22.48 +57 28 40.1          17.8 T EY010561
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 10.98333 07 51 22.75 +57 28 45.3          18.5 T EY010561
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 11.60584 07 51 44.56 +57 35 06.0          16.5 T EY010360
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 11.61271 07 51 44.75 +57 35 10.3                 EY010360
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 16.73619 07 54 08.01 +58 24 57.4          16.4 T EY010360
    CK04RB3G  C2004 12 16.74111 07 54 08.08 +58 25 00.0                 EY010360

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
561 Piszkesteto.  Observer J. Kelemen.  0.6-m Schmidt + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 RG113 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2005 Mar. 11.0 TT = JDT 2453440.5
T 2005 Mar. 3.72331 TT                                  MPC
q   1.9422806            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0014306      Peri.  125.31045     -0.68693893     -0.72454000
 +/-0.0000166      Node     8.77197     +0.48742927     -0.51671425
e   0.9972214      Incl.   21.61803     +0.53900614     -0.45612297
From 91 observations 2004 Aug. 19-Dec. 16, mean residual 0".57.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.001764
and +0.002993 (+/- 0.000017) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-Y10

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