• Processing (Info)

    • MPEC 2005-C36 : COMET C/2005 A1 (LINEAR)

    The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

    A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page.

    Read MPEC 2005-C35 Read MPEC 2005-C37 

    M.P.E.C. 2005-C36                                Issued 2005 Feb.  9, 16:14 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.

                  Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2005 A1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK05A010  C2005 01 26.79440 14 08 00.59 -28 18 51.5                 EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 01 26.79771 14 08 00.85 -28 19 03.7                 EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 01 26.80102 14 08 01.11 -28 19 15.5          12.7 T EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 01 31.75838 14 15 35.71 -33 42 40.4                 EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 01 31.76209 14 15 36.05 -33 42 55.8                 EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 01 31.76582 14 15 36.43 -33 43 12.2          12.4 T EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 02 04.81215 14 22 49.09 -38 48 58.9                 EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 02 04.81464 14 22 49.37 -38 49 11.0                 EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 02 04.81714 14 22 49.62 -38 49 23.1                 EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 02 04.81963 14 22 49.89 -38 49 35.0          12.0 T EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 02 05.84146 14 24 51.62 -40 13 21.3                 EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 02 05.84339 14 24 51.84 -40 13 31.0                 EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 02 05.84714 14 24 52.32 -40 13 50.0                 EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 02 05.84963 14 24 52.60 -40 14 01.9          11.9 T EC036349
    CK05A010  C2005 02 08.32468 14 30 15.94 -43 48 22.2          13.4 N EC036I77
    CK05A010  C2005 02 08.32568 14 30 16.08 -43 48 27.6          13.4 N EC036I77
    CK05A010  C2005 02 08.32619 14 30 16.16 -43 48 30.4          13.6 N EC036I77
    CK05A010  C2005 02 08.32670 14 30 16.27 -43 48 33.3          13.6 N EC036I77
    CK05A010  C2005 02 08.32771 14 30 16.37 -43 48 38.8          13.5 N EC036I77

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
I77 CEAMIG-REA Observatory, Belo Horizonte.  Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel.
    Measurer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 A1 (LINEAR)
T 2005 Apr. 10.2423 TT                                  MPC
q   0.906658             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  271.8889      +0.0140391      +0.9974641
                   Node   355.8554      +0.1431402      -0.0710665
e   1.0            Incl.   74.8852      -0.9896028      +0.0038713
From 128 observations 2004 Dec. 9-2005 Feb. 8.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-C36

    Read MPEC 2005-C35 Read MPEC 2005-C37

    MPEC number:

    Enter an MPEC number in one of the following forms:

    • 1997-B01 (the full form)
    • J97B01 (the packed version of the full form)
    • B01 (the abbreviated form)