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MPEC 2008-O15 : COMETS C/2008 K6, 2008 K7, 2008 K8, 2008 K9 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-O15                                Issued 2008 July 22, 18:16 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

              COMETS C/2008 K6, 2008 K7, 2008 K8, 2008 K9 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.51255 04 10 14.7  +18 08 27                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.51255 2 +0.00246052 +0.00731277 +0.00390116   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.52922 04 10 11.3  +18 12 35                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.52922 2 +0.00245600 +0.00731464 +0.00390182   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.57089 04 10 05.2  +18 21 03                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.57089 2 +0.00244468 +0.00731931 +0.00390345   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.59589 04 10 00.7  +18 26 26                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.59589 2 +0.00243788 +0.00732210 +0.00390442   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.61255 04 09 57.3  +18 29 02                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.61255 2 +0.00243335 +0.00732397 +0.00390507   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.63755 04 09 58.2  +18 31 31                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.63755 2 +0.00242656 +0.00732676 +0.00390604   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.65422 04 09 51.5  +18 36 00                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.65422 2 +0.00242203 +0.00732862 +0.00390669   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.67922 04 09 44.3  +18 41 20                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.67922 2 +0.00241523 +0.00733140 +0.00390766   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.69588 04 09 42.7  +18 44 28                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.69588 2 +0.00241070 +0.00733326 +0.00390830   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.72088 04 09 40.0  +18 50 04                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.72088 2 +0.00240390 +0.00733604 +0.00390927   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.73756 04 09 36.1  +18 53 39                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.73756 2 +0.00239936 +0.00733789 +0.00390991   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.76255 04 09 33.6  +18 58 40                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.76255 2 +0.00239256 +0.00734067 +0.00391087   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.77922 04 09 29.7  +19 02 14                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.77922 2 +0.00238803 +0.00734252 +0.00391151   EO015249
    CK08K060 3S2008 05 25.80422 04 09 26.6  +19 09 03                   EO015249
    CK08K060 3s2008 05 25.80422 2 +0.00238122 +0.00734529 +0.00391247   EO015249
    CK08K060 2S2008 05 25.81255 04 09 25.6  +19 10 33                   EO015249
    CK08K060 2s2008 05 25.81255 2 +0.00237895 +0.00734621 +0.00391279   EO015249
    CK08K060 2S2008 05 25.82922 04 09 22.8  +19 14 39                   EO015249
    CK08K060 2s2008 05 25.82922 2 +0.00237441 +0.00734806 +0.00391342   EO015249
    CK08K060 2S2008 05 25.83755 04 09 22.1  +19 16 24                   EO015249
    CK08K060 2s2008 05 25.83755 2 +0.00237214 +0.00734898 +0.00391374   EO015249
    CK08K060 2S2008 05 25.85422 04 09 18.7  +19 20 42                   EO015249
    CK08K060 2s2008 05 25.85422 2 +0.00236761 +0.00735082 +0.00391438   EO015249
    CK08K060 2S2008 05 25.89592 04 09 14.6  +19 31 11                   EO015249
    CK08K060 2s2008 05 25.89592 2 +0.00235625 +0.00735543 +0.00391596   EO015249
    CK08K060 2S2008 05 25.91255 04 09 12.7  +19 35 06                   EO015249
    CK08K060 2s2008 05 25.91255 2 +0.00235172 +0.00735726 +0.00391659   EO015249
    CK08K060 2S2008 05 25.92089 04 09 12.9  +19 36 18                   EO015249
    CK08K060 2s2008 05 25.92089 2 +0.00234945 +0.00735818 +0.00391691   EO015249
    CK08K070 2S2008 05 25.91255 04 13 16.0  +22 22 44                   EO015249
    CK08K070 2s2008 05 25.91255 2 +0.00235172 +0.00735726 +0.00391659   EO015249
    CK08K070 2S2008 05 25.92089 04 13 18.6  +22 25 05                   EO015249
    CK08K070 2s2008 05 25.92089 2 +0.00234945 +0.00735818 +0.00391691   EO015249
    CK08K070 2S2008 05 25.93755 04 13 23.2  +22 29 43                   EO015249
    CK08K070 2s2008 05 25.93755 2 +0.00234491 +0.00736001 +0.00391754   EO015249
    CK08K070 2S2008 05 25.96305 04 13 29.1  +22 36 35                   EO015249
    CK08K070 2s2008 05 25.96305 2 +0.00233797 +0.00736282 +0.00391850   EO015249
    CK08K070 2S2008 05 25.97922 04 13 33.1  +22 40 51                   EO015249
    CK08K070 2s2008 05 25.97922 2 +0.00233356 +0.00736460 +0.00391911   EO015249
    CK08K070 2S2008 05 25.99589 04 13 36.5  +22 45 16                   EO015249
    CK08K070 2s2008 05 25.99589 2 +0.00232900 +0.00736644 +0.00391974   EO015249
    CK08K070 2S2008 05 26.00422 04 13 38.5  +22 47 11                   EO015249
    CK08K070 2s2008 05 26.00422 2 +0.00232675 +0.00736734 +0.00392005   EO015249
    CK08K070 2S2008 05 26.02089 04 13 42.0  +22 51 09                   EO015249
    CK08K070 2s2008 05 26.02089 2 +0.00232221 +0.00736917 +0.00392068   EO015249
    CK08K070 2S2008 05 26.03756 04 13 45.9  +22 55 02                   EO015249
    CK08K070 2s2008 05 26.03756 2 +0.00231767 +0.00737100 +0.00392131   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.07922 04 20 54.2  +19 42 36                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.07922 2 +0.00175773 +0.00758386 +0.00399066   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.08755 04 20 52.5  +19 44 14                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.08755 2 +0.00175543 +0.00758468 +0.00399091   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.10423 04 20 50.2  +19 46 38                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.10423 2 +0.00175083 +0.00758632 +0.00399142   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.12089 04 20 44.8  +19 49 58                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.12089 2 +0.00174624 +0.00758797 +0.00399192   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.12923 04 20 43.4  +19 51 18                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.12923 2 +0.00174393 +0.00758879 +0.00399218   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.14589 04 20 39.4  +19 54 48                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.14589 2 +0.00173934 +0.00759043 +0.00399268   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.16255 04 20 36.6  +19 57 24                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.16255 2 +0.00173474 +0.00759207 +0.00399318   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.17088 04 20 35.9  +19 58 47                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.17088 2 +0.00173244 +0.00759289 +0.00399343   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.18755 04 20 31.2  +20 01 53                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.18755 2 +0.00172784 +0.00759453 +0.00399393   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.20422 04 20 28.4  +20 04 56                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.20422 2 +0.00172324 +0.00759616 +0.00399443   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.21255 04 20 27.8  +20 06 17                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.21255 2 +0.00172094 +0.00759698 +0.00399468   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.22924 04 20 23.2  +20 09 44                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.22924 2 +0.00171633 +0.00759861 +0.00399518   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.24589 04 20 19.6  +20 13 01                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.24589 2 +0.00171174 +0.00760025 +0.00399568   EO015249
    CK08K080 2S2008 05 28.25422 04 20 18.6  +20 14 39                   EO015249
    CK08K080 2s2008 05 28.25422 2 +0.00170944 +0.00760106 +0.00399592   EO015249
    CK08K090 2S2008 05 28.70422 04 23 04.5  +19 47 14                   EO015249
    CK08K090 2s2008 05 28.70422 2 +0.00158505 +0.00764452 +0.00400895   EO015249
    CK08K090 2S2008 05 28.71255 04 23 03.5  +19 48 38                   EO015249
    CK08K090 2s2008 05 28.71255 2 +0.00158274 +0.00764531 +0.00400919   EO015249
    CK08K090 2S2008 05 28.72922 04 22 59.4  +19 52 01                   EO015249
    CK08K090 2s2008 05 28.72922 2 +0.00157813 +0.00764690 +0.00400965   EO015249
    CK08K090 2S2008 05 28.74588 04 22 55.5  +19 55 22                   EO015249
    CK08K090 2s2008 05 28.74588 2 +0.00157352 +0.00764849 +0.00401012   EO015249
    CK08K090 2S2008 05 28.75422 04 22 54.6  +19 56 39                   EO015249
    CK08K090 2s2008 05 28.75422 2 +0.00157121 +0.00764928 +0.00401035   EO015249
    CK08K090 2S2008 05 28.77089 04 22 52.8  +19 59 32                   EO015249
    CK08K090 2s2008 05 28.77089 2 +0.00156659 +0.00765086 +0.00401082   EO015249
    CK08K090 2S2008 05 28.82922 04 22 40.2  +20 11 52                   EO015249
    CK08K090 2s2008 05 28.82922 2 +0.00155045 +0.00765639 +0.00401244   EO015249
    CK08K090 2S2008 05 28.83755 04 22 40.0  +20 13 28                   EO015249
    CK08K090 2s2008 05 28.83755 2 +0.00154814 +0.00765718 +0.00401267   EO015249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2.  Comet detections by H. Su,
    J. Ruan and G. Pappa, measurements by K. Battams, reductions by
    B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK08K060   2008 May   26.21   0.0080   1.0      73.17   353.42   135.67     X
CK08K070   2008 May   26.01   0.0371   1.0      57.70    71.74    71.21     X
CK08K080   2008 May   28.65   0.0080   1.0      99.02    32.42   135.31     X
CK08K090   2008 May   29.12   0.0046   1.0      80.23     0.12   143.46     X

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-O15

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