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    • MPEC 2005-V68 : COMET P/2005 T5 (BROUGHTON)

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    M.P.E.C. 2005-V68                                Issued 2005 Nov. 8, 22:58 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 T5 (BROUGHTON)

Observations:
    PK05T050  C2005 11 04.50593 23 56 14.60 -24 33 52.2          19.3 N EV068415
    PK05T050  C2005 11 05.14958 23 56 08.29 -24 28 14.7          17.6 T EV068699
    PK05T050  C2005 11 05.17230 23 56 08.07 -24 28 02.1                 EV068699
    PK05T050  C2005 11 05.19505 23 56 07.84 -24 27 49.3                 EV068699
    PK05T050  C2005 11 05.21781 23 56 07.52 -24 27 37.5                 EV068699
    PK05T050  C2005 11 05.89351 23 56 01.47 -24 21 37.0          18.5 N EV068213
    PK05T050  C2005 11 05.89580 23 56 01.45 -24 21 35.2          18.5 N EV068213
    PK05T050  C2005 11 05.89695 23 56 01.38 -24 21 34.1          18.5 N EV068213
    PK05T050  C2005 11 05.89810 23 56 01.37 -24 21 33.4          18.5 N EV068213
    PK05T050  C2005 11 06.12211 23 55 59.62 -24 19 34.1          19.2 T EV068673
    PK05T050  C2005 11 06.12778 23 55 59.57 -24 19 31.2                 EV068673
    PK05T050  C2005 11 06.13333 23 55 59.52 -24 19 28.1                 EV068673
    PK05T050  C2005 11 06.13900 23 55 59.46 -24 19 25.0                 EV068673
    PK05T050  C2005 11 08.52501 23 55 42.73 -23 57 27.7          19.4 N EV068415
    PK05T050  C2005 11 08.52712 23 55 42.68 -23 57 26.8          19.2 N EV068415
    PK05T050  C2005 11 08.52924 23 55 42.69 -23 57 25.4          18.8 N EV068415

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    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 T5 (Broughton)
T 2005 Nov. 3.5044 TT                                   MPC
q   3.246971             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0504418      Peri.  304.5122      +0.9520554      +0.0051233
a   7.254523       Node    57.0683      +0.1730244      +0.8155623
e   0.552421       Incl.   21.3732      -0.2522955      +0.5786466
P  19.5
From 68 observations 2005 Aug. 26-Nov. 8.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-V68

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