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    • MPEC 2005-V62 : COMET P/2005 Q4 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2005-V62                                Issued 2005 Nov. 8, 22:36 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 Q4 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK05Q040  C2005 11 05.38153 08 11 14.39 +45 08 28.2          17.5 T EV062699
    PK05Q040  C2005 11 05.41123 08 11 18.04 +45 08 42.8                 EV062699
    PK05Q040  C2005 11 05.43028 08 11 20.09 +45 08 52.8                 EV062699
    PK05Q040  C2005 11 05.44908 08 11 22.36 +45 09 01.5                 EV062699
    PK05Q040  C2005 11 05.96791 08 12 25.63 +45 13 02.3          17.7 N EV062213
    PK05Q040  C2005 11 05.97035 08 12 26.09 +45 13 04.1          17.7 N EV062213
    PK05Q040  C2005 11 05.97178 08 12 26.28 +45 13 04.8          17.7 N EV062213
    PK05Q040  C2005 11 06.47859 08 13 26.80 +45 17 10.4          18.4 T EV062673
    PK05Q040  C2005 11 06.48380 08 13 27.38 +45 17 12.9                 EV062673
    PK05Q040  C2005 11 06.48796 08 13 27.86 +45 17 14.8                 EV062673
    PK05Q040  C2005 11 06.49271 08 13 28.42 +45 17 17.5                 EV062673

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.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2005 Q4 (LINEAR)
T 2005 Sept. 28.2423 TT                                 MPC
q   1.754422             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1045847      Peri.   50.8989      +0.4718289      -0.8796449
a   4.461600       Node    11.4169      +0.6859980      +0.3234904
e   0.606773       Incl.   17.6505      +0.5538811      +0.3486815
P   9.42
From 79 observations 2005 Aug. 31-Nov. 6.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-V62

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