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MPEC 2007-F67 : COMET C/2007 E1 (GARRADD)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-F67                                Issued 2007 Mar. 23, 16:19 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.

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

                           COMET C/2007 E1 (GARRADD)

Observations:
    CK07E010  C2007 03 20.18656 14 47 35.52 -25 04 16.8                 EF067834
    CK07E010  C2007 03 20.20211 14 47 28.46 -25 03 57.9                 EF067834
    CK07E010  C2007 03 20.20547 14 47 26.87 -25 03 54.1                 EF067834
    CK07E010  C2007 03 20.40626 14 45 55.35 -24 59 57.9          16.7 T EF067704
    CK07E010  C2007 03 20.41703 14 45 50.14 -24 59 42.9          16.7 T EF067704
    CK07E010  C2007 03 20.42757 14 45 45.41 -24 59 30.5          16.7 T EF067704
    CK07E010  C2007 03 20.43860 14 45 40.29 -24 59 15.9          17.1 T EF067704
    CK07E010  C2007 03 22.60407 14 27 40.75 -24 04 31.7          16.5 N EF067467
    CK07E010  C2007 03 22.60522 14 27 40.14 -24 04 29.7          16.1 N EF067467
    CK07E010  C2007 03 22.60637 14 27 39.51 -24 04 27.7          15.8 N EF067467
    CK07E010  C2007 03 22.61292 14 27 36.31 -24 04 15.7          17.4 N EF067415
    CK07E010  C2007 03 22.61512 14 27 35.10 -24 04 11.6          17.1 N EF067415
    CK07E010  C2007 03 22.66081 14 27 09.84 -24 02 48.6          16.7 N EF067467
    CK07E010  C2007 03 22.66161 14 27 09.38 -24 02 48.6          16.2 N EF067467
    CK07E010  C2007 03 22.66240 14 27 08.94 -24 02 47.0          16.1 N EF067467
    CK07E010  C2007 03 23.06303 14 23 28.71 -23 50 40.2          15.7 N EF067B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 23.06468 14 23 27.91 -23 50 38.4          16.2 N EF067B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 23.06632 14 23 26.94 -23 50 34.5          15.8 N EF067B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 23.06797 14 23 25.72 -23 50 29.2          16.1 N EF067B30

Observer details:
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
467 Auckland Observatory.  Observers G. W. Christie, T. Natusch.  Measurer
    G. W. Christie.  0.40-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
834 Buenos Aires-AAAA.  Observers R. Mackintosh, M. Konishi.  Measurer
    R. Mackintosh.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
B30 Szamotuly-Galowo.  Observer M. Reszelski.  0.20-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 E1 (Garradd)
T 2007 May 23.098 TT                                    MPC
q   1.28984              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    6.409       -0.841427       +0.538636
                   Node   153.675       +0.491349       +0.729325
e   1.0            Incl.  174.402       +0.224892       +0.421849
From 106 observations 2007 Mar. 13-23.

Ephemeris:
    C/2007 E1 (Garradd)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 03 21    14 41.29   -24 46.7    0.734    1.594   133.7    26.8  13.9
2007 03 23    14 24.07   -23 52.5    0.681    1.578   139.5    24.2  13.6
2007 03 25    14 04.18   -22 38.9    0.632    1.561   146.0    20.9  13.4
2007 03 27    13 41.45   -21 00.8    0.588    1.545   153.0    17.0  13.2
2007 03 29    13 15.93   -18 53.2    0.552    1.529   160.5    12.6  13.1
2007 03 31    12 47.97   -16 13.2    0.524    1.514   167.3     8.3  12.9
2007 04 02    12 18.27   -13 01.9    0.505    1.499   169.6     6.9  12.8
2007 04 04    11 47.88   -09 26.4    0.497    1.484   163.9    10.7  12.7
2007 04 06    11 17.98   -05 39.0    0.501    1.470   155.1    16.6  12.7
2007 04 08    10 49.63   -01 54.2    0.515    1.456   145.8    22.7  12.7
2007 04 10    10 23.60   +01 35.8    0.539    1.443   136.9    28.3  12.7
2007 04 12    10 00.30   +04 43.2    0.571    1.430   128.5    33.3  12.8
2007 04 14    09 39.80   +07 25.4    0.611    1.417   121.0    37.4  12.9
2007 04 16    09 21.96   +09 42.9    0.656    1.405   114.2    40.7  13.1
2007 04 18    09 06.53   +11 38.4    0.705    1.394   108.0    43.2  13.2
2007 04 20    08 53.22   +13 15.1    0.757    1.383   102.5    45.2  13.3
2007 04 22    08 41.73   +14 36.1    0.812    1.372    97.5    46.6  13.4
2007 04 24    08 31.78   +15 44.3    0.868    1.362    93.0    47.5  13.5
2007 04 26    08 23.15   +16 42.1    0.926    1.353    88.8    48.0  13.6
2007 04 28    08 15.63   +17 31.4    0.985    1.344    84.9    48.2  13.8
2007 04 30    08 09.06   +18 13.8    1.044    1.336    81.3    48.2  13.9

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-F67

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