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    M.P.E.C. 2005-T73                                Issued 2005 Oct. 11, 20:45 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 P/2005 R1 (NEAT)

Observations:
    PK05R010  C2005 09 23.06712 00 36 02.56 +32 47 37.2          17.0 N ET073A32
    PK05R010  C2005 09 23.07722 00 36 02.40 +32 47 36.7          17.0 N ET073A32
    PK05R010  C2005 09 23.08732 00 36 02.23 +32 47 35.6          17.2 N ET073A32
    PK05R010  C2005 09 24.04568 00 35 49.13 +32 46 25.3          17.1 N ET073A32
    PK05R010  C2005 09 24.05494 00 35 48.96 +32 46 23.7          17.0 N ET073A32
    PK05R010  C2005 09 24.06531 00 35 48.82 +32 46 23.5          17.2 N ET073A32
    PK05R010  C2005 09 24.99817 00 35 35.59 +32 44 52.0          17.0 N ET073A32
    PK05R010  C2005 09 25.00938 00 35 35.42 +32 44 50.9          17.3 N ET073A32
    PK05R010  C2005 10 01.60765 00 33 49.88 +32 23 23.5                 ET073349
    PK05R010  C2005 10 01.61209 00 33 49.80 +32 23 22.7                 ET073349
    PK05R010  C2005 10 01.61654 00 33 49.70 +32 23 21.4          17.1 T ET073349
    PK05R010  C2005 10 01.89024 00 33 45.44 +32 22 01.9          17.1 N ET073J97
    PK05R010  C2005 10 02.90461 00 33 28.20 +32 16 59.4          17.1 N ET073J97
    PK05R010  C2005 10 04.78362 00 32 56.64 +32 06 30.6          17.7 N ET073118
    PK05R010  C2005 10 04.78828 00 32 56.57 +32 06 28.6          17.5 N ET073118
    PK05R010  C2005 10 04.79061 00 32 56.49 +32 06 28.1          17.6 N ET073118
    PK05R010  C2005 10 04.79530 00 32 56.42 +32 06 26.5          17.7 N ET073118
    PK05R010  C2005 10 04.94942 00 32 53.44 +32 05 32.5          17.3 T ET073561
    PK05R010  C2005 10 04.95359 00 32 53.43 +32 05 30.9          17.8 T ET073561
    PK05R010  C2005 10 04.95735 00 32 53.31 +32 05 29.8          17.4 T ET073561
    PK05R010  C2005 10 05.14700 00 32 50.43 +32 04 21.6          17.8 N ET073850
    PK05R010  C2005 10 05.16488 00 32 50.06 +32 04 15.4          17.8 N ET073850
    PK05R010  C2005 10 05.18278 00 32 49.71 +32 04 08.9          17.7 N ET073850
    PK05R010  C2005 10 07.96399 00 32 04.12 +31 45 40.9          16.7 N ET073232
    PK05R010  C2005 10 07.97146 00 32 04.00 +31 45 37.7          16.7 N ET073232
    PK05R010  C2005 10 07.97396 00 32 03.97 +31 45 36.5          16.8 N ET073232
    PK05R010  C2005 10 08.98306 00 31 48.05 +31 38 09.7          17.3 N ET073A33
    PK05R010  C2005 10 08.99914 00 31 47.77 +31 38 02.4          17.3 N ET073A33

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observer S. Gajdos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + 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.
561 Piszkesteto.  Observer J. Kelemen.  0.6-m Schmidt + CCD.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observers D. T. Durig, K. L. Ross.
    0.30-m f/5.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A33 Volkssternwarte Kirchheim.  Observer B. Brinkmann.  0.50-m f/5.0 reflector
    + CCD.
J97 Alginet.  Observer T. Climent G.  0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2005 R1 (NEAT)
T 2005 Oct. 8.2523 TT                                   MPC
q   2.047051             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0763240      Peri.  117.8644      +0.9254244      -0.2750625
a   5.504216       Node   259.0848      +0.1796356      +0.9240652
e   0.628094       Incl.   15.3929      +0.3336477      +0.2654132
P  12.9
From 145 observations 2005 Sept. 2-Oct. 8.

Ephemeris:
    P/2005 R1 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 10 07    00 32.33   +31 52.4    1.105    2.047   153.2    12.7  17.3
2005 10 17    00 30.09   +30 27.1    1.102    2.049   154.9    11.9  17.3
2005 10 27    00 29.45   +28 35.1    1.121    2.055   152.6    12.9  17.4
2005 11 06    00 31.18   +26 30.2    1.161    2.065   147.3    15.0  17.5
2005 11 16    00 35.64   +24 26.8    1.221    2.080   140.3    17.7  17.6
2005 11 26    00 42.78   +22 35.9    1.299    2.099   132.8    20.2  17.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-T73

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