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    M.P.E.C. 2005-Y51                                Issued 2005 Dec. 30, 06:00 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 C/2005 W2 (CHRISTENSEN)

Observations:
    CK05W020   2005 12 04.53542 03 39 15.04 +35 30 47.3          18.2 T EY051372
    CK05W020   2005 12 04.64792 03 39 11.24 +35 30 31.0          18.1 T EY051372
    CK05W020   2005 12 08.63368 03 37 10.08 +35 20 39.0          18.3 T EY051372
    CK05W020   2005 12 19.44653 03 32 47.17 +34 48 20.8          17.9 T EY051372
    CK05W020  C2005 12 20.90313 03 32 20.33 +34 43 34.1          18.1 N EY051442
    CK05W020  C2005 12 21.89406 03 32 03.62 +34 40 17.5          18.5 N EY051J97
    CK05W020  C2005 12 23.87671 03 31 33.70 +34 33 39.7          18.6 N EY051J76
    CK05W020  C2005 12 23.87784 03 31 33.70 +34 33 38.6          18.4 N EY051J76
    CK05W020  C2005 12 23.87934 03 31 33.51 +34 33 39.7          18.8 N EY051J76
    CK05W020  C2005 12 24.20244 03 31 29.13 +34 32 34.2          19.4 T EY051704
    CK05W020  C2005 12 24.22898 03 31 28.82 +34 32 27.8          20.2 T EY051704
    CK05W020  C2005 12 24.24207 03 31 28.57 +34 32 23.9          20.0 T EY051704
    CK05W020  C2005 12 24.25515 03 31 28.27 +34 32 22.1          19.6 T EY051704

Observer details:
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
442 Gualba Observatory.  Observer A. Sanchez C.  0.31-m f/3.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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.
J76 La Murta.  Observers S. Pastor, J. A. Reyes.  0.40-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J97 Alginet.  Observer T. Climent.  0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 W2 (Christensen)
T 2006 Mar. 27.4898 TT                                  MPC
q   3.330922             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0118944      Peri.  111.7053      +0.0223256      -0.9967388
a  19.006704       Node   336.6082      +0.8298296      +0.0617341
e   0.824750       Incl.   11.2635      +0.5575700      -0.0519683
P  82.9
From 148 observations 2005 Nov. 3-Dec. 24.

Daniel W. E. Green           (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Y51

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