Electronic Telegram No. 3538
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
CBAT Director:  Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
 20 Oxford St.; Cambridge, MA  02138; U.S.A.
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Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network


COMET P/2013 K3 = P/2005 L4 (CHRISTENSEN)
     H. Sato, Tokyo, Japan, reports the recovery of comet P/2005 L4 (cf.
IAUC 8543) on V-band images obtained remotely with a 0.51-m f/6.8 astrograph
of iTelescope.net located near Siding Spring, N.S.W.; the object appeared
stellar on stacked 60-s images on all three dates.

     2013 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.   Observer
     May  19.69887   16 14 19.66   -38 06 44.5          Sato
          19.70052   16 14 19.53   -38 06 43.3            "
          19.70216   16 14 19.42   -38 06 43.0            "
          19.70380   16 14 19.36   -38 06 42.7   19.5     "
          29.47164   16 05 55.54   -37 13 01.3            "
          29.47343   16 05 55.44   -37 13 00.3            "
          29.47514   16 05 55.34   -37 13 00.0            "
          29.47696   16 05 55.24   -37 12 59.4            "
          29.47872   16 05 55.13   -37 12 57.9   19.7     "
          30.40933   16 05 06.89   -37 06 53.3            "
          30.41104   16 05 06.81   -37 06 52.8            "
          30.41275   16 05 06.70   -37 06 51.6   19.3     "

The indicated correction to the prediction on MPC 75730 is Delta(T) = -0.18
day.  The following linked orbital elements by G. V. Williams (from 113
observations spanning 2005 June 3-2013 May 30; mean residual 0".5) and
an ephemeris appear on MPEC 2013-K47.

                    Epoch = 2014 Jan. 23.0 TT
     T = 2014 Jan.  6.12608 TT        Peri. =  24.86380
     e = 0.4236996                    Node  = 283.95281 2000.0
     q = 2.3760242 AU                 Incl. =  17.02178
       a =  4.1228922 AU   n = 0.11773378   P =   8.37 years


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2013 May 31                      (CBET 3538)              Daniel W. E. Green