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    M.P.E.C. 2005-R47                                Issued 2005 Sept. 10, 13:50 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 N5 (CATALINA)
    
    Observations:
        CK05N050  C2005 08 20.74599 02 40 51.09 -00 46 59.2                 ER047349
        CK05N050  C2005 08 20.74751 02 40 51.31 -00 47 00.5          16.6 T ER047349
        CK05N050  C2005 09 01.75692 03 09 26.61 -04 09 29.7                 ER047349
        CK05N050  C2005 09 01.75997 03 09 27.02 -04 09 33.0          16.7 T ER047349
        CK05N050  C2005 09 04.02064 03 14 19.23 -04 51 06.9          17.2 N ER047213
        CK05N050  C2005 09 04.02285 03 14 19.55 -04 51 09.8          17.2 N ER047213
        CK05N050  C2005 09 04.02479 03 14 19.78 -04 51 12.0          17.2 N ER047213
        CK05N050  C2005 09 04.06855 03 14 25.27 -04 51 59.2          16.8 N ER047A01
        CK05N050  C2005 09 04.07646 03 14 26.20 -04 52 09.5          16.8 N ER047A01
        CK05N050  C2005 09 04.11238 03 14 30.48 -04 52 50.0          17.2 N ER047A79
        CK05N050  C2005 09 04.11781 03 14 31.17 -04 52 55.9          17.4 N ER047A79
        CK05N050  C2005 09 04.12286 03 14 31.74 -04 53 01.4          17.0 N ER047A79
        CK05N050  C2005 09 04.12521 03 14 32.31 -04 53 04.8                 ER047232
        CK05N050  C2005 09 06.08025 03 18 35.24 -05 29 41.9                 ER047048
        CK05N050  C2005 09 06.08251 03 18 35.54 -05 29 44.4                 ER047048
        CK05N050  C2005 09 06.08326 03 18 35.64 -05 29 45.0                 ER047048
        CK05N050  C2005 09 06.08552 03 18 35.92 -05 29 47.2                 ER047048
        CK05N050  C2005 09 06.08778 03 18 36.18 -05 29 50.4                 ER047048
        CK05N050  C2005 09 08.47199 03 23 20.46 -06 15 02.7          16.2 T ER047673
        CK05N050  C2005 09 08.47616 03 23 20.92 -06 15 07.9                 ER047673
        CK05N050  C2005 09 08.48113 03 23 21.50 -06 15 13.6                 ER047673
        CK05N050  C2005 09 08.48623 03 23 22.05 -06 15 19.1                 ER047673
        CK05N050  C2005 09 10.04157 03 26 20.57 -06 45 09.8                 ER047232
    
    Observer details:
    048 Hradec Kralove.  Observer M. Lehky.  0.40-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
    213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
        f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    232 Masquefa Observatory.  Observer E. Reina.  0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
        Cassegrain + CCD.
    A01 Masia Cal Maciarol Modul 1.  Observer F. Baldris.  0.20-m f/5.0 Newtonian
        reflector + CCD.
    A79 Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory, Plana.  Observers F. Fratev, E. Mihaylova.
        Measurer F. Fratev.  0.25-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/2005 N5 (Catalina)
    T 2005 Aug. 22.6834 TT                                  MPC
    q   1.627406             (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.0064152      Peri.  207.7658      +0.9845150      -0.0972197
    a  28.685417       Node   156.4122      +0.1074410      +0.9921563
    e   0.943267       Incl.   21.3792      -0.1385159      +0.0785757
    P 154
    From 128 observations 2005 July 12-Sept. 10.
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-R47
    

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