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    • MPEC 2005-A53 : COMET C/2004 X3 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2005-A53                                Issued 2005 Jan. 14, 15:55 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2004 X3 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04X030  C2005 01 08.12341 11 40 54.63 +03 44 09.3          18.1 N EA053213
    CK04X030  C2005 01 08.12703 11 40 54.50 +03 44 07.4          18.1 N EA053213
    CK04X030  C2005 01 08.12884 11 40 54.45 +03 44 06.5          18.1 N EA053213
    CK04X030  C2005 01 08.75507 11 40 35.93 +03 40 03.8                 EA053349
    CK04X030  C2005 01 08.76437 11 40 35.69 +03 40 00.6                 EA053349
    CK04X030  C2005 01 08.77367 11 40 35.40 +03 39 57.2          18.7 T EA053349
    CK04X030   2005 01 09.80417 11 40 03.86 +03 33 18.1          18.5 T EA053372
    CK04X030  C2005 01 10.96348 11 39 27.18 +03 25 50.5          18.8 T EA053561
    CK04X030  C2005 01 10.96806 11 39 27.15 +03 25 48.6          19.0 T EA053561
    CK04X030  C2005 01 10.97187 11 39 27.00 +03 25 48.3          18.9 T EA053561
    CK04X030  C2005 01 11.10345 11 39 22.62 +03 24 57.3          18.2 N EA053118
    CK04X030  C2005 01 11.10697 11 39 22.48 +03 24 56.0          18.5 N EA053118
    CK04X030  C2005 01 11.11559 11 39 22.20 +03 24 53.2          18.1 N EA053118

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observer S. Gajdos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/6.6 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
561 Piszkesteto.  Observer J. Kelemen.  0.6-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 X3 (LINEAR)
T 2005 June 14.3181 TT                                  MPC
q   4.408716             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  201.6459      -0.9058731      +0.3105208
                   Node   343.0449      +0.3430817      +0.1391551
e   1.0            Incl.   81.0186      -0.2483723      -0.9403259
From 104 observations 2004 Dec. 15-2005 Jan. 11.

Ephemeris:
    C/2004 X3 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 01 10    11 39.96   +03 32.1    4.074    4.588   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 25.81   +01 30.3    3.760    4.545   138.5     8.3  18.0
2005 02 09    11 16.10   +00 34.8    3.642    4.526   150.4     6.2  17.9
2005 02 19    11 05.01   -00 16.8    3.558    4.508   162.0     3.9  17.8
2005 03 01    10 53.06   -01 04.5    3.510    4.492   171.2     1.9  17.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-A53

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