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    M.P.E.C. 2005-U65                                Issued 2005 Oct. 26, 23:06 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

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                         COMET P/2005 T2 (CHRISTENSEN)

Observations:
    PK05T020  C2005 10 20.27141 00 41 14.14 +17 04 07.9          19.8 T EU065673
    PK05T020  C2005 10 20.27824 00 41 13.88 +17 04 04.3                 EU065673
    PK05T020  C2005 10 20.28623 00 41 13.58 +17 04 00.9                 EU065673
    PK05T020  C2005 10 20.29271 00 41 13.36 +17 03 58.0                 EU065673
    PK05T020  C2005 10 24.56987 00 38 53.43 +16 32 30.0          20.7 T EU065413
    PK05T020  C2005 10 24.57751 00 38 53.17 +16 32 26.3          20.6 T EU065413

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Mayes.  Measurer
    J. Young.  0.6-m f/16 Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2005 T2 (Christensen)
T 2005 Apr.  9.982 TT                                   MPC
q   2.20998              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.131016       Peri.   58.055       +0.740912       +0.656124
a   3.83932        Node   260.518       -0.654763       +0.658187
e   0.42438        Incl.    8.357       -0.149450       +0.369177
P   7.52
From 49 observations 2005 Oct. 7-24.

Ephemeris:
    P/2005 T2 (Christensen)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 10 17    00 43.21   +17 28.1    1.626    2.605   166.4     5.2  19.7
2005 10 27    00 37.71   +16 14.6    1.692    2.642   158.5     7.9  19.9
2005 11 06    00 34.12   +15 04.9    1.783    2.679   148.6    11.1  20.0
2005 11 16    00 32.80   +14 05.4    1.896    2.717   138.5    14.0  20.2
2005 11 26    00 33.80   +13 20.0    2.028    2.755   128.7    16.2  20.4
2005 12 06    00 37.00   +12 50.3    2.176    2.794   119.4    17.9  20.7
2005 12 16    00 42.20   +12 36.3    2.336    2.834   110.4    19.0  20.9
2005 12 26    00 49.10   +12 36.7    2.505    2.874   101.9    19.6  21.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-U65

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