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    M.P.E.C. 2005-U64                                Issued 2005 Oct. 26, 23:02 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 P/2005 S3 (READ)

Observations:
    PK05S030  C2005 10 06.93921 02 25 07.62 +19 09 25.3          18.7 N EU064A32
    PK05S030  C2005 10 06.95827 02 25 07.11 +19 09 23.1          18.8 N EU064A32
    PK05S030  C2005 10 08.92831 02 24 15.39 +19 05 39.9                 EU064A32
    PK05S030  C2005 10 08.94737 02 24 14.84 +19 05 36.7          18.4 N EU064A32
    PK05S030  C2005 10 08.96588 02 24 14.31 +19 05 33.7          18.4 N EU064A32
    PK05S030  C2005 10 10.97864 02 23 17.66 +19 01 17.0          18.8 N EU064A32
    PK05S030  C2005 10 10.99546 02 23 17.13 +19 01 14.4          18.9 N EU064A32
    PK05S030  C2005 10 12.30509 02 22 38.60 +18 58 14.9          18.8 T EU064704
    PK05S030  C2005 10 12.31598 02 22 38.18 +18 58 11.4          19.6 T EU064704
    PK05S030  C2005 10 12.32692 02 22 37.75 +18 58 10.8          19.4 T EU064704
    PK05S030  C2005 10 12.34871 02 22 37.03 +18 58 07.8          19.4 T EU064704
    PK05S030  C2005 10 20.35579 02 18 13.20 +18 35 33.7          18.5 T EU064673
    PK05S030  C2005 10 20.36458 02 18 12.86 +18 35 31.9                 EU064673
    PK05S030  C2005 10 20.38663 02 18 12.07 +18 35 27.6                 EU064673
    PK05S030  C2005 10 20.39705 02 18 11.68 +18 35 25.6                 EU064673
    PK05S030  C2005 10 21.40486 02 17 35.81 +18 32 08.7          18.5 T EU064673
    PK05S030  C2005 10 21.41146 02 17 35.58 +18 32 07.3                 EU064673
    PK05S030  C2005 10 21.41875 02 17 35.33 +18 32 05.9                 EU064673
    PK05S030  C2005 10 21.42569 02 17 35.01 +18 32 04.5                 EU064673
    PK05S030  C2005 10 23.25202 02 16 29.30 +18 25 53.9          18.3 T EU064644
    PK05S030  C2005 10 23.27285 02 16 28.52 +18 25 49.7          18.2 T EU064644
    PK05S030  C2005 10 23.29417 02 16 27.71 +18 25 45.3          18.3 T EU064644
    PK05S030  C2005 10 23.35382 02 16 25.38 +18 25 33.9          17.5 T EU064703
    PK05S030  C2005 10 23.36238 02 16 25.08 +18 25 31.4          17.7 T EU064703
    PK05S030  C2005 10 23.37095 02 16 24.68 +18 25 28.5          17.5 T EU064703
    PK05S030  C2005 10 23.37954 02 16 24.36 +18 25 27.5          17.4 T EU064703
    PK05S030  C2005 10 24.23460 02 15 53.18 +18 22 27.4          17.7 T EU064699
    PK05S030  C2005 10 24.25653 02 15 52.42 +18 22 21.8                 EU064699
    PK05S030  C2005 10 24.27849 02 15 51.63 +18 22 18.4                 EU064699
    PK05S030  C2005 10 24.30043 02 15 50.77 +18 22 13.1                 EU064699
    PK05S030  C2005 10 25.81664 02 14 54.86 +18 16 45.2          18.2 N EU064A79
    PK05S030  C2005 10 25.82185 02 14 54.69 +18 16 44.4          17.9 N EU064A79
    PK05S030  C2005 10 25.82803 02 14 54.49 +18 16 43.9          18.9 N EU064A79

Observer details:
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, M. Hicks, K. Lawrence,
    E. Helin, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Mayes.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, L. Manguso,
    D. Torres, R. Kracke, A. Milner, H. Love.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer,
    J. Evans, J. Kommers.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A79 Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory, Plana.  Observers F. Fratev, L. Vrigazov,
    E. Mihaylova.  Measurer F. Fratev.  0.25-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2005 S3 (Read)
T 2006 Jan. 10.5533 TT                                  MPC
q   2.841781             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0907230      Peri.  140.9952      +0.5809717      -0.8116626
a   4.905210       Node   273.4042      +0.7307311      +0.5529472
e   0.420661       Incl.    3.4820      +0.3584746      +0.1882902
P  10.9
From 115 observations 2005 Sept. 30-Oct. 25.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-U64

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