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    • MPEC 2004-W15 : COMET C/2004 T3 (SIDING SPRING)

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    M.P.E.C. 2004-W15                                Issued 2004 Nov. 20, 17:27 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 C/2004 T3 (SIDING SPRING)

Observations:
    CK04T030  C2004 11 12.52425 02 52 04.90 -59 04 03.3          20.2 N EW015415
    CK04T030  C2004 11 15.64441 02 49 41.86 -58 53 53.5          19.6 N EW015413
    CK04T030  C2004 11 15.65829 02 49 41.25 -58 53 51.0          19.1 N EW015413
    CK04T030  C2004 11 17.22593 02 48 30.73 -58 48 18.1          18.4 N EW015I05
    CK04T030  C2004 11 17.23006 02 48 30.50 -58 48 17.0          17.6 N EW015I05
    CK04T030  C2004 11 17.23500 02 48 30.29 -58 48 16.2          18.2 N EW015I05

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m
    f/3.9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
I05 Las Campanas Observatory-TIE.  Observers F. Mallia, G. Masi.
    0.36-m SoTIE reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2004 T3 (Siding Spring)
T 2003 Apr. 13.442 TT                                   MPC
q   8.86325              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  259.595       +0.118888       +0.671036
                   Node    50.318       +0.066230       +0.730057
e   1.0            Incl.   71.976       -0.990696       +0.129333
From 49 observations 2004 Oct. 12-Nov. 17.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-W15

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