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    M.P.E.C. 2005-T75                                Issued 2005 Oct. 11, 20:57 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
                 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 R4 (LINEAR)
    
    Observations:
        CK05R040  C2005 10 01.36850 05 40 02.45 +20 02 48.0          18.4 T ET075704
        CK05R040  C2005 10 01.37949 05 40 02.02 +20 02 48.7          18.6 T ET075704
        CK05R040  C2005 10 01.39019 05 40 01.57 +20 02 49.3          18.9 T ET075704
        CK05R040  C2005 10 01.40090 05 40 01.14 +20 02 49.8          18.8 T ET075704
        CK05R040  C2005 10 01.41159 05 40 00.69 +20 02 50.6          18.6 T ET075704
        CK05R040  C2005 10 02.43426 05 39 18.95 +20 03 43.7          17.8 T ET075673
        CK05R040  C2005 10 02.44190 05 39 18.64 +20 03 44.0                 ET075673
        CK05R040  C2005 10 02.44641 05 39 18.45 +20 03 44.2                 ET075673
        CK05R040  C2005 10 02.45289 05 39 18.16 +20 03 44.5                 ET075673
        CK05R040  C2005 10 04.92865 05 37 32.27 +20 05 49.8          18.8 T ET075561
        CK05R040  C2005 10 04.93310 05 37 31.88 +20 05 50.1          18.1 T ET075561
        CK05R040  C2005 10 04.93819 05 37 31.59 +20 05 51.6          18.1 T ET075561
        CK05R040  C2005 10 05.36435 05 37 12.65 +20 06 12.7          18.7 T ET075704
        CK05R040  C2005 10 05.37541 05 37 12.20 +20 06 12.4          18.8 T ET075704
        CK05R040  C2005 10 05.38646 05 37 11.73 +20 06 14.7          19.1 T ET075704
        CK05R040  C2005 10 05.39751 05 37 11.22 +20 06 15.7          19.7 T ET075704
        CK05R040  C2005 10 05.40861 05 37 10.63 +20 06 14.3          18.9 T ET075704
        CK05R040  C2005 10 09.07183 05 34 17.85 +20 09 13.5          18.7 N ET075A33
        CK05R040  C2005 10 09.07643 05 34 17.62 +20 09 13.6          18.5 N ET075A33
    
    Observer details:
    561 Piszkesteto.  Observer J. Kelemen.  0.6-m Schmidt + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
        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.
    A33 Volkssternwarte Kirchheim.  Observer B. Brinkmann.  0.50-m f/5.0 reflector
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/2005 R4 (LINEAR)
    T 2006 Mar.  9.0317 TT                                  MPC
    q   5.187026             (2000.0)            P               Q
                       Peri.    7.0177      +0.5440022      +0.8018928
                       Node    63.7713      +0.7558411      -0.5961642
    e   1.0            Incl.  164.0143      +0.3643704      +0.0394487
    From 60 observations 2005 Sept. 13-Oct. 9.
    
    Ephemeris:
        C/2005 R4 (LINEAR)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    2005 10 07    05 35.96   +20 07.6    4.898    5.314   109.4    10.2  17.7
    2005 10 17    05 27.13   +20 15.1    4.711    5.298   121.3     9.2  17.6
    2005 10 27    05 16.25   +20 20.6    4.546    5.283   133.8     7.8  17.5
    2005 11 06    05 03.43   +20 22.8    4.412    5.269   146.8     5.9  17.4
    2005 11 16    04 49.00   +20 20.6    4.316    5.257   160.2     3.7  17.4
    2005 11 26    04 33.50   +20 13.4    4.263    5.245   173.8     1.2  17.3
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-T75
    

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