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    M.P.E.C. 2005-S58                                Issued 2005 Sept. 26, 22:37 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 P3 (SWAN)

Observations:
    CK05P030  C2005 08 26.45971 11 33 33.42 +38 55 43.0           9.0 T ES058864
    CK05P030  C2005 08 26.46740 11 33 33.18 +38 56 02.4                 ES058864
    CK05P030  C2005 09 13.14168 11 23 27.27 +49 45 16.3                 ES058204
    CK05P030  C2005 09 13.14469 11 23 27.23 +49 45 21.4          16.8 N ES058204
    CK05P030  C2005 09 20.83308 11 17 08.78 +53 42 42.7          17.4 N ES058A32
    CK05P030  C2005 09 20.83869 11 17 08.61 +53 42 53.1          17.6 N ES058A32

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 Newtonian
    reflector + CCD.
864 Kumamoto.  Observer J. Kobayashi.  0.30-m f/6.4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 P3 (SWAN)
T 2005 Aug.  9.7440 TT                                  MPC
q   0.525780             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.025391       Peri.   32.1502      -0.3850352      +0.2476502
                   Node   242.7562      -0.9034923      +0.0953801
e   0.986650       Incl.   89.6918      +0.1882804      +0.9641431
From 54 observations 2005 Aug. 26-Sept. 20.

Ephemeris:
    C/2005 P3 (SWAN)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 09 17    11 20.43   +51 44.9    1.276    0.987    49.6    50.8  15.5
2005 09 22    11 16.09   +54 18.9    1.272    1.070    54.6    49.8  15.8
2005 09 27    11 11.05   +56 56.5    1.263    1.153    59.9    48.8  16.1
2005 10 02    11 04.87   +59 41.6    1.250    1.235    65.5    47.5  16.4
2005 10 07    10 56.83   +62 37.5    1.233    1.317    71.4    46.0  16.7
2005 10 12    10 45.75   +65 45.6    1.215    1.398    77.6    44.2  16.9
2005 10 17    10 29.56   +69 05.3    1.198    1.477    84.1    42.1  17.1
2005 10 22    10 04.47   +72 32.2    1.182    1.556    90.8    39.7  17.3
2005 10 27    09 23.19   +75 53.2    1.170    1.634    97.7    37.1  17.5
2005 11 01    08 13.49   +78 36.9    1.165    1.711   104.6    34.1  17.7
2005 11 06    06 29.65   +79 42.3    1.168    1.787   111.4    31.1  17.9
2005 11 11    04 44.40   +78 20.9    1.180    1.861   117.8    28.1  18.1
2005 11 16    03 32.96   +75 05.2    1.204    1.935   123.6    25.2  18.3
2005 11 21    02 51.28   +70 55.2    1.240    2.008   128.3    22.7  18.5
2005 11 26    02 26.93   +66 28.1    1.289    2.080   131.7    20.7  18.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-S58

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