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    • MPEC 2005-G30 : COMET C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2005-G30                                Issued 2005 Apr. 5, 20:02 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/2004 L1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK04L010  C2005 03 06.73608 13 46 09.84 -38 14 41.4                 EG030349
    CK04L010  C2005 03 06.74160 13 46 07.90 -38 14 43.6          15.0 T EG030349
    CK04L010   2005 03 30.51563 10 52 01.32 -30 09 05.2          14.8 T EG030372
    CK04L010   2005 03 30.52257 10 51 58.43 -30 08 45.7          15.0 T EG030372
    CK04L010  C2005 03 30.56757 10 51 39.61 -30 06 31.7          16.1 N EG030415
    CK04L010  C2005 03 30.56848 10 51 39.21 -30 06 29.1          16.4 N EG030415
    CK04L010  C2005 03 30.58929 10 51 30.78 -30 05 38.1          14.3 T EG030360
    CK04L010  C2005 03 30.59233 10 51 29.54 -30 05 29.7                 EG030360
    CK04L010  C2005 03 30.91757 10 49 16.91 -29 50 14.8          15.3 N EG030213
    CK04L010  C2005 03 30.91884 10 49 16.39 -29 50 10.6          15.1 N EG030J76
    CK04L010  C2005 03 30.91928 10 49 16.19 -29 50 09.2          15.3 N EG030213
    CK04L010  C2005 03 30.91957 10 49 16.10 -29 50 08.4          15.2 N EG030J76
    CK04L010  C2005 03 30.92097 10 49 15.52 -29 50 04.6          15.2 N EG030213
    CK04L010  C2005 03 30.92249 10 49 14.94 -29 50 00.3          15.1 N EG030J76
    CK04L010  C2005 03 31.23739 10 47 07.74 -29 35 06.2          16.0 T EG030333
    CK04L010  C2005 03 31.23874 10 47 07.22 -29 35 01.1          16.1 T EG030333
    CK04L010  C2005 03 31.24079 10 47 06.31 -29 34 55.5          16.3 T EG030333
    CK04L010  C2005 03 31.24396 10 47 05.05 -29 34 48.7          17.7 T EG030333
    CK04L010  C2005 03 31.24629 10 47 04.16 -29 34 40.8          16.6 T EG030333
    CK04L010  C2005 03 31.24814 10 47 03.29 -29 34 34.6          17.0 T EG030333
    CK04L010  C2005 03 31.25092 10 47 02.14 -29 34 27.7          17.3 T EG030333
    CK04L010   2005 03 31.57083 10 44 54.07 -29 19 13.0          15.2 T EG030372
    CK04L010   2005 03 31.57882 10 44 50.76 -29 18 49.7          15.1 T EG030372
    CK04L010  C2005 04 01.39856 10 39 28.90 -28 39 12.6          15.8 N EG030423
    CK04L010  C2005 04 01.42078 10 39 20.15 -28 38 08.2          15.8 N EG030423
    CK04L010  C2005 04 01.43606 10 39 14.19 -28 37 24.3          16.0 N EG030423
    CK04L010  C2005 04 01.46661 10 39 02.33 -28 35 54.4          15.9 N EG030423
    CK04L010  C2005 04 01.86291 10 36 29.86 -28 16 41.9          15.4 N EG030213
    CK04L010  C2005 04 01.86367 10 36 29.61 -28 16 39.7          15.4 N EG030213
    CK04L010  C2005 04 01.86443 10 36 29.30 -28 16 37.5          15.4 N EG030213
    CK04L010  C2005 04 04.18595 10 22 16.30 -26 21 25.5          15.4 T EG030844
    CK04L010  C2005 04 04.19066 10 22 14.64 -26 21 11.2          15.4 T EG030844
    CK04L010  C2005 04 04.20328 10 22 10.20 -26 20 33.4          15.4 T EG030844
    CK04L010  C2005 04 04.22166 10 22 03.69 -26 19 37.9          15.4 T EG030844
    CK04L010  C2005 04 04.23277 10 21 59.78 -26 19 04.5          15.3 T EG030844
    CK04L010  C2005 04 05.46533 10 14 56.90 -25 17 18.7          15.8 N EG030423
    CK04L010  C2005 04 05.46698 10 14 56.38 -25 17 13.1          16.8 N EG030415
    CK04L010  C2005 04 05.46795 10 14 55.99 -25 17 10.3          16.6 N EG030415
    CK04L010  C2005 04 05.46946 10 14 55.51 -25 17 05.8          16.7 N EG030415
    CK04L010  C2005 04 05.46950 10 14 55.48 -25 17 05.7          15.7 N EG030423
    CK04L010  C2005 04 05.47644 10 14 53.17 -25 16 45.1          15.9 N EG030423
    CK04L010  C2005 04 05.48339 10 14 50.82 -25 16 23.5          15.7 N EG030423

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/5.9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
333 Desert Eagle Observatory.  Observer W. K. Y. Yeung.  0.45-m f/3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
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.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m
    f/3.9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
844 Los Molinos.  Observer S. Roland.  0.46-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD.
J76 La Murta.  Observers S. Pastor, J. A. Reyes.  0.40-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2005 Mar. 11.0 TT = JDT 2453440.5
T 2005 Mar. 30.09902 TT                                 MPC
q   2.0474450            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0011305      Peri.  243.57736     -0.94639640     -0.01922795
 +/-0.0000018      Node    66.17674     +0.06264898     +0.96834387
e   0.9976853      Incl.  159.36176     -0.31687372     +0.24887836
From 264 observations 2004 June 12-2005 Apr. 5, mean residual 0".64.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.001393
and +0.001366 (+/- 0.000002) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-G30

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