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    M.P.E.C. 2005-N29                                Issued 2005 July 5, 19:57 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 N3 (LARSON)
    
    Observations:
        CK05N030  C2005 07 03.40425 21 23 53.37 -14 13 19.9          19.9 N EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 03.41226 21 23 53.26 -14 13 18.6          19.8 N EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 03.42027 21 23 53.19 -14 13 17.4          19.7 N EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 03.42827 21 23 53.08 -14 13 16.6          20.1 N EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 05.38079 21 23 26.08 -14 08 44.7          20.2 T EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 05.38882 21 23 25.94 -14 08 44.0          20.1 T EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 05.39685 21 23 25.80 -14 08 42.1          19.6 T EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 05.40490 21 23 25.65 -14 08 41.2          19.5 T EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 05.45170 21 23 24.83 -14 08 34.9          20.2 T EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 05.45259 21 23 24.87 -14 08 34.6          20.2 T EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 05.45347 21 23 24.81 -14 08 34.6          20.2 T EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 05.45435 21 23 24.77 -14 08 34.8          19.9 T EN029G96
        CK05N030  C2005 07 05.59428 21 23 22.94 -14 08 10.3          20.5 T EN029413
        CK05N030  C2005 07 05.60104 21 23 22.83 -14 08 09.2          20.7 T EN029413
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer S. M. Larson.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
        C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
        S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/2005 N3 (Larson)
    T 2005 Dec. 18.860 TT                                   MPC
    q   1.25088              (2000.0)            P               Q
                       Peri.   98.198       +0.767736       -0.628834
                       Node   300.859       +0.516842       +0.721264
    e   1.0            Incl.    8.243       +0.378754       +0.290423
    From 14 observations 2005 July 3-5.
    
    Ephemeris:
        C/2005 N3 (Larson)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    2005 06 29    21 24.56   -14 24.3    1.869    2.714   138.3    14.4  19.7
    2005 07 09    21 22.34   -14 00.8    1.685    2.605   148.2    11.9  19.3
    2005 07 19    21 17.57   -13 42.8    1.522    2.496   158.7     8.5  18.9
    2005 07 29    21 10.25   -13 29.4    1.382    2.388   169.6     4.4  18.5
    2005 08 08    21 00.70   -13 19.0    1.267    2.279   176.1     1.7  18.1
    2005 08 18    20 49.75   -13 09.0    1.177    2.171   165.5     6.7  17.7
    2005 08 28    20 38.66   -12 56.3    1.111    2.064   153.4    12.6  17.4
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-N29
    

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