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    • MPEC 2003-V07 : COMET C/2003 R1 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-V07                                Issued 2003 Nov. 3, 16:56 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 Steven and Michele Kirsch 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/2003 R1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK03R010  C2003 10 29.50253 23 23 19.27 -11 16 51.8          18.9 T      360
    CK03R010  C2003 10 29.50766 23 23 18.34 -11 16 51.6                      360
    CK03R010  C2003 11 01.24712 23 15 17.66 -11 14 44.6          20.6 T      608
    CK03R010  C2003 11 01.25767 23 15 15.94 -11 14 44.6          20.1 T      608
    CK03R010  C2003 11 01.26848 23 15 14.08 -11 14 43.4          19.9 T      608

Observer details:
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers S. Pravdo, M. Hicks, K. Lawrence,
    D. MacDonald, P. Kervin, J. Africano.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 R1 (LINEAR)
T 2003 June 29.5604 TT                                  MPC
q   2.101601             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0113871      Peri.  302.6709      +0.5806382      +0.8136250
a  19.567142       Node   356.6916      +0.8051464      -0.5792178
e   0.892595       Incl.  149.1926      -0.1208243      +0.0502104
P  86.6
From 144 observations 2003 Sept. 2-Nov. 1.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-V07

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