December 14, 2003 06:10:38 UT

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 W1 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Nov. 9.43565 TT                                  Sato
q   1.6522079            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00793412     Peri.  113.27407     +0.27540815     +0.13105047
a  24.8964161      Node   256.74953     -0.04457655     +0.99133982
e   0.9336367      Incl.   78.06989     +0.96029333     +0.00843298
P 124.2
From 54 observations 2003 Nov. 16-Dec. 11, mean residual 0".64.
Residuals in seconds of arc
031116 704  0.2+  0.3-   031117 938  0.6-  0.1+   031120 H41 (1.9-  2.6+) 
031116 704  0.7+  0.6+   031117 938  1.5-  1.0-   031120 704  0.7+  0.9+  
031116 704  0.5+  0.2+   031117 938  0.4-  1.2+   031121 704  0.3+  0.7+  
031116 704  0.8+  0.2-   031117 213 (2.2+  1.4+)  031121 704  1.3+  0.6+  
031117 673  0.6-  1.1-   031117 213  1.2+  1.5+   031121 704  1.2+  0.1+  
031117 673  1.0-  1.6-   031118 938  0.2+  0.1-   031121 704  0.1+  1.1+  
031117 649  0.1-  0.3-   031118 938  0.2-  0.5-   031121 704  0.0   0.4+  
031117 649  0.4-  0.0    031118 938  0.2-  0.2-   031123 360  0.4-  0.5-  
031117 673  0.4-  0.8-   031118 938  0.2-  0.1-   031123 360  0.5-  0.4-  
031117 649  0.5-  0.4-   031119 704  0.4+  0.2+   031123 360  0.2-  0.4-  
031117 670  0.2-  0.2-   031119 704  0.9-  1.6+   031129 104  0.6-  0.3-  
031117 673  0.6+  0.5-   031119 704  0.6+  1.0+   031129 104  0.0   0.5-  
031117 673  0.2+  0.8-   031119 704  0.3+  0.9+   031129 104  0.3-  0.3-  
031117 673  0.4-  0.8-   031119 704  0.5+  1.0+   031129 104  0.2+  0.1-  
031117 670  0.4-  0.5-   031120 704  0.2+  0.2+   031211 704  0.5-  0.5+  
031117 938 (1.4-  2.1+)  031120 704  0.2+  0.2+   031211 704  0.2-  0.3+  
031117 J87  0.0   0.3+   031120 H41 (0.4+  2.4+)  031211 704  0.1-  1.1-  
031117 J87  0.2+  1.2-   031120 H41 (2.0-  4.2+)  031211 704  0.0   0.4+  
031117 938  0.4-  0.7-   031120 704  0.1-  0.5+   031211 704  0.9+  0.4-  
031117 J87  0.1-  0.6-   031120 H41  0.2+  1.4+   


November 26, 2003 12:09:15 UT

Orbital elements:
    C/2003 W1 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Nov. 11.2743 TT                                  Sato
q   1.672412             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  114.1598      +0.2727611      +0.1409039
                   Node   256.1018      -0.0309143      +0.9899898
e   1.0            Incl.   78.6404      +0.9615850      -0.0081410
From 47 observations 2003 Nov. 16-23, mean residual 0".68.


November 20, 2003 12:59:10 UT

Orbit-1
Orbital elements:
    C/2003 W1 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Nov. 11.8872 TT                                  Sato
q   1.669322             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  114.6122      +0.2745619      +0.1374655
                   Node   256.1533      -0.0230174      +0.9903845
e   1.0            Incl.   78.5727      +0.9612939      -0.0155486
From 21 observations 2003 Nov. 16-20, mean residual 0".63.


Orbit-2
Orbital elements:
    C/2003 W1 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Oct. 29.232 TT                                   Sato
q   1.548832             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1056427      Peri.  107.359       +0.296021       +0.087834
a   4.431761       Node   260.087       -0.136166       +0.989474
e   0.650515       Incl.   74.917       +0.945426       +0.115008
P   9.3
From 22 observations 2003 Nov. 16-20, mean residual 0".62.

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