[IAUC] CBET 3123: 20120525 : COMET C/2012 K4 = P/2005 N3 (LARSON)

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 3123
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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COMET C/2012 K4 = P/2005 N3 (LARSON)
     N. Howes, G. Sostero, and E. Guido report their recovery of comet
P/2005 N3 (cf. IAUCs 8560, 8564) on stacked R-band CCD exposures (astrometry
tabulated below) taken remotely with the 2.0-m "Faulkes Telescope North" at
Haleakala.  The comet has an ill-defined central condensation of magnitude
about 20.3 surrounded by a weak coma 5" in diameter, with a faint and broad
tail nearly 8" long toward the southwest.

     2012 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.   Observer
     May  22.57490   22 37 10.12   - 6 53 47.4   20.4   Howes
          22.57682   22 37 10.28   - 6 53 45.4   20.3     "
          22.57937   22 37 10.52   - 6 53 43.9   20.3     "
          25.56902   22 41 04.98   - 6 21 55.1   20.1     "
          25.57275   22 41 05.30   - 6 21 53.0   20.3     "
          25.57647   22 41 05.54   - 6 21 50.6   20.3     "

The indicated correction to the prediction on MPC 75290 is Delta(T) = -0.26
day.  The following linked orbital elements and an ephemeris by G. V. Williams
appear on MPEC 2012-K54.

                    Epoch = 2012 Sept.30.0 TT
     T = 2012 Sept.29.11609 TT        Peri. =  58.81485
     e = 0.3895814                    Node  = 298.48060 2000.0
     q = 2.1869358 AU                 Incl. =   6.32545
       a =  3.5826819 AU   n = 0.14534219   P =   6.781 years


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2012 May 25                      (CBET 3123)              Daniel W. E. Green