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    M.P.E.C. 2004-Y79                                Issued 2004 Dec. 31, 15:21 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 X3 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04X030   2004 12 23.85139 11 46 15.42 +05 26 52.3          18.8 T EY079372
    CK04X030  C2004 12 25.05582 11 45 58.91 +05 18 29.6          18.7 N EY079213

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/6.6 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 X3 (LINEAR)
T 2005 June 14.907 TT                                   MPC
q   4.40716              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  201.739       -0.905313       +0.312106
                   Node   343.043       +0.343485       +0.138974
e   1.0            Incl.   81.044       -0.249852       -0.939828
From 81 observations 2004 Dec. 15-25.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 X3 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2004 12 31    11 44.26   +04 37.9    4.257    4.611   105.0    11.9  18.3
2005 01 10    11 39.96   +03 32.1    4.074    4.587   115.8    11.1  18.2
2005 01 20    11 33.81   +02 29.5    3.906    4.566   127.0     9.9  18.1
2005 01 30    11 25.80   +01 30.4    3.760    4.545   138.5     8.3  18.0
2005 02 09    11 16.09   +00 34.9    3.642    4.526   150.4     6.2  17.9
2005 02 19    11 05.00   -00 16.7    3.557    4.508   162.0     3.9  17.8
2005 03 01    10 53.04   -01 04.4    3.510    4.492   171.2     1.9  17.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-Y79

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