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    • MPEC 2005-U60 : COMET C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2005-U60                                Issued 2005 Oct. 26, 22:42 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
                  Supported in part by the TABASGO 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 Q1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK05Q010  C2005 10 08.00790 05 02 12.93 +72 27 42.3          18.6 N EU060A32
    CK05Q010  C2005 10 08.01296 05 02 12.53 +72 27 45.4          18.6 N EU060A32
    CK05Q010  C2005 10 08.02028 05 02 11.94 +72 27 50.2          18.6 N EU060A32
    CK05Q010  C2005 10 08.03321 05 02 10.82 +72 27 59.4          18.6 N EU060A32
    CK05Q010  C2005 10 20.45104 04 37 53.91 +74 38 22.4          19.5 T EU060673
    CK05Q010  C2005 10 20.46146 04 37 52.38 +74 38 28.6                 EU060673
    CK05Q010  C2005 10 20.47188 04 37 50.85 +74 38 34.8                 EU060673
    CK05Q010  C2005 10 21.45208 04 35 23.72 +74 47 53.4          20.0 T EU060673
    CK05Q010  C2005 10 21.46858 04 35 21.30 +74 48 03.2                 EU060673
    CK05Q010  C2005 10 21.47552 04 35 20.28 +74 48 07.2                 EU060673
    CK05Q010  C2005 10 21.48247 04 35 19.19 +74 48 11.1                 EU060673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Mayes.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR)
T 2005 Aug. 25.8475 TT                                  MPC
q   6.405916             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   44.7210      +0.2124350      +0.1581956
                   Node    87.7289      +0.3745777      -0.9246121
e   1.0            Incl.  105.1942      +0.9025314      +0.3465063
From 72 observations 2005 Aug. 27-Oct. 21.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-U60

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