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    M.P.E.C. 2005-V24                                Issued 2005 Nov. 3, 00:31 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET P/2005 U1 (READ)

Observations:
    PK05U010  C2005 10 28.17073 03 18 26.42 +18 01 12.9          19.5 T EV024G96
    PK05U010  C2005 10 28.17368 03 18 26.28 +18 01 12.7          19.5 T EV024G96
    PK05U010  C2005 10 28.17661 03 18 26.02 +18 01 11.8          19.2 T EV024G96
    PK05U010  C2005 10 28.17957 03 18 25.88 +18 01 11.6          19.4 T EV024G96
    PK05U010  C2005 10 28.25444 03 18 22.49 +18 01 02.9          20.2 T EV024691
    PK05U010  C2005 10 28.27189 03 18 21.55 +18 01 00.7          19.7 T EV024691
    PK05U010  C2005 10 28.28919 03 18 20.84 +18 00 57.9          20.0 T EV024691
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.25954 03 17 36.65 +17 58 46.0          20.2 T EV024691
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.27795 03 17 35.77 +17 58 43.4          20.2 T EV024691
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.29524 03 17 34.90 +17 58 41.0          20.1 T EV024691
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.34861 03 17 32.39 +17 58 33.9          19.4 T EV024673
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.35278 03 17 32.17 +17 58 33.4                 EV024673
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.35787 03 17 31.98 +17 58 32.7                 EV024673
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.36655 03 17 31.53 +17 58 31.1                 EV024673
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.92949 03 17 05.65 +17 57 11.7                 EV024213
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.93029 03 17 05.61 +17 57 11.7                 EV024213
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.93188 03 17 05.53 +17 57 11.6                 EV024213
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.93212 03 17 05.52 +17 57 11.5                 EV024213
    PK05U010  C2005 10 29.93313 03 17 05.47 +17 57 11.3                 EV024213
    PK05U010  C2005 10 30.82487 03 16 23.66 +17 55 03.8          19.6 N EV024A79
    PK05U010  C2005 10 30.83227 03 16 23.36 +17 55 02.9          19.6 N EV024A79
    PK05U010  C2005 11 01.29718 03 15 13.07 +17 51 29.7          20.2 T EV024691
    PK05U010  C2005 11 01.31450 03 15 12.18 +17 51 27.4          19.9 T EV024691
    PK05U010  C2005 11 01.33181 03 15 11.24 +17 51 25.2          19.4 T EV024691
    PK05U010  C2005 11 02.01861 03 14 37.93 +17 49 40.7          20.1 N EV024213
    PK05U010  C2005 11 02.05009 03 14 36.35 +17 49 35.9          20.1 N EV024213

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers R. S. McMillan, A. S. Descour.
    0.9-m f/3 reflector + CCD.
A79 Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory, Plana.  Observers F. Fratev, L. Vrigazov,
    E. Mihaylova.  Measurer F. Fratev.  0.25-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon 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.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2005 U1 (Read)
T 2005 Aug. 12.565 TT                                   MPC
q   2.42968              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.177485       Peri.  331.696       +0.918782       -0.394349
a   3.13590        Node    51.541       +0.366412       +0.834822
e   0.22520        Incl.    1.325       +0.146905       +0.384137
P   5.55
From 67 observations 2005 Oct. 23-Nov. 2.

Ephemeris:
    P/2005 U1 (Read)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 10 27    03 19.30   +18 03.8    1.499    2.461   161.4     7.4  19.3
2005 11 06    03 11.33   +17 39.4    1.483    2.470   173.4     2.7  19.3
2005 11 16    03 02.88   +17 11.8    1.494    2.480   174.5     2.2  19.3
2005 11 26    02 55.13   +16 45.6    1.531    2.490   162.5     6.8  19.4
2005 12 06    02 49.13   +16 25.5    1.595    2.502   150.9    11.0  19.5
2005 12 16    02 45.57   +16 15.0    1.681    2.515   139.9    14.6  19.6
2005 12 26    02 44.75   +16 15.9    1.786    2.528   129.5    17.5  19.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-V24

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