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    • MPEC 2005-K06 : COMET C/2005 G1 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2005-K06                                Issued 2005 May 16, 15:30 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2005 G1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK05G010  C2005 05 10.32552 17 35 44.23 +55 43 13.5          18.2 T EK006699
    CK05G010  C2005 05 10.34325 17 35 42.66 +55 43 25.8                 EK006699
    CK05G010  C2005 05 10.36100 17 35 41.05 +55 43 38.3                 EK006699
    CK05G010  C2005 05 10.37872 17 35 39.31 +55 43 52.0                 EK006699
    CK05G010   2005 05 12.61736 17 32 07.68 +56 10 24.0          18.5 T EK006372
    CK05G010  C2005 05 13.35719 17 30 55.80 +56 18 54.3          18.0 T EK006673
    CK05G010  C2005 05 13.35972 17 30 55.56 +56 18 56.1                 EK006673
    CK05G010  C2005 05 13.36343 17 30 55.17 +56 18 58.6                 EK006673
    CK05G010  C2005 05 13.36852 17 30 54.67 +56 19 01.8                 EK006673
    CK05G010  C2005 05 14.98866 17 28 13.68 +56 37 13.5          18.0 N EK006213
    CK05G010  C2005 05 14.99096 17 28 13.45 +56 37 15.0          18.0 N EK006213
    CK05G010  C2005 05 14.99323 17 28 13.21 +56 37 16.0          18.0 N EK006213
    CK05G010   2005 05 15.70104 17 27 01.12 +56 45 03.2          18.6 T EK006372

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/5.9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 G1 (LINEAR)
T 2006 Feb. 27.2980 TT                                  MPC
q   4.960429             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  113.8207      -0.4507444      -0.3408556
                   Node   299.5949      -0.1539942      +0.9400615
e   1.0            Incl.  108.4149      +0.8792697      -0.0100933
From 128 observations 2005 Mar. 22-May 15.

Ephemeris:
    C/2005 G1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 05 10    17 36.24   +55 39.3    5.173    5.446   100.3    10.5  18.9
2005 05 20    17 19.45   +57 29.5    5.143    5.415   100.2    10.6  18.9
2005 05 30    17 00.06   +58 53.3    5.131    5.385    99.1    10.7  18.9
2005 06 09    16 38.98   +59 46.6    5.135    5.356    97.1    10.8  18.8
2005 06 19    16 17.51   +60 08.0    5.154    5.328    94.3    11.0  18.8
2005 06 29    15 57.02   +59 59.2    5.185    5.301    91.0    11.1  18.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-K06

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