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    M.P.E.C. 2005-T70                                Issued 2005 Oct. 11, 20:37 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.

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                            COMET C/2005 P3 (SWAN)

Observations:
    CK05P030  C2005 09 22.81629 11 15 19.44 +54 44 12.5          18.1 N ET070A32
    CK05P030  C2005 09 24.79184 11 13 23.04 +55 46 03.2          17.5 N ET070A32
    CK05P030  C2005 09 24.80192 11 13 22.78 +55 46 25.0          17.7 N ET070A32

Observer details:
A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 P3 (SWAN)
T 2005 Aug.  9.7453 TT                                  MPC
q   0.525791             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.023832       Peri.   32.1488      -0.3849363      +0.2473365
                   Node   242.7724      -0.9035435      +0.0955034
e   0.987469       Incl.   89.7049      +0.1882370      +0.9642115
From 54 observations 2005 Aug. 26-Sept. 24.

Ephemeris:
    C/2005 P3 (SWAN)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 10 07    10 56.85   +62 37.4    1.234    1.317    71.4    46.0  16.7
2005 10 12    10 45.78   +65 45.4    1.216    1.398    77.6    44.2  16.9
2005 10 17    10 29.61   +69 05.1    1.198    1.478    84.1    42.1  17.1
2005 10 22    10 04.55   +72 31.9    1.183    1.557    90.8    39.7  17.3
2005 10 27    09 23.34   +75 52.9    1.172    1.635    97.7    37.0  17.5
2005 11 01    08 13.77   +78 36.6    1.166    1.712   104.6    34.1  17.7
2005 11 06    06 30.09   +79 42.4    1.169    1.787   111.4    31.1  17.9
2005 11 11    04 44.82   +78 21.7    1.182    1.862   117.8    28.0  18.1
2005 11 16    03 33.28   +75 06.6    1.206    1.936   123.6    25.2  18.3
2005 11 21    02 51.52   +70 57.1    1.242    2.009   128.3    22.7  18.5
2005 11 26    02 27.11   +66 30.2    1.290    2.082   131.7    20.7  18.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-T70

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