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MPEC 2007-F87 : COMET C/2007 E1 (GARRADD)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-F87                                Issued 2007 Mar. 30, 16:32 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 22.74338 14 26 25.05 -24 00 33.5          15.6 T EF087300
    CK07E010  C2007 03 22.74740 14 26 22.82 -24 00 26.4          15.5 T EF087300
    CK07E010  C2007 03 22.74821 14 26 22.42 -24 00 25.3          15.6 T EF087300
    CK07E010  C2007 03 22.74900 14 26 21.98 -24 00 24.0          15.6 T EF087300
    CK07E010  C2007 03 23.65166 14 17 53.35 -23 30 47.7          16.8 N EF087415
    CK07E010  C2007 03 23.65333 14 17 52.36 -23 30 44.2          16.7 N EF087415
    CK07E010  C2007 03 24.20862 14 12 22.70 -23 10 34.2                 EF087834
    CK07E010  C2007 03 24.22016 14 12 15.72 -23 10 08.0                 EF087834
    CK07E010  C2007 03 24.23937 14 12 03.94 -23 09 24.2                 EF087834
    CK07E010  C2007 03 24.43801 14 10 03.15 -23 01 41.6          15.3 N EF087E94
    CK07E010  C2007 03 24.43902 14 10 02.54 -23 01 39.3          16.1 N EF087E94
    CK07E010  C2007 03 24.44206 14 10 00.53 -23 01 31.5          16.1 N EF087E94
    CK07E010  C2007 03 25.05699 14 03 33.44 -22 36 38.9          16.2 N EF087585
    CK07E010  C2007 03 25.06062 14 03 31.59 -22 36 30.0          14.3 T EF087585
    CK07E010  C2007 03 25.06351 14 03 29.42 -22 36 22.5          14.2 T EF087585
    CK07E010  C2007 03 25.06522 14 03 28.20 -22 36 16.9          15.2 N EF087585
    CK07E010  C2007 03 25.06694 14 03 27.11 -22 36 11.8          15.4 N EF087585
    CK07E010  C2007 03 25.07061 14 03 24.87 -22 36 03.7          15.3 N EF087585
    CK07E010  C2007 03 25.66266 13 56 57.54 -22 09 30.9                 EF087349
    CK07E010  C2007 03 25.66719 13 56 54.49 -22 09 18.2          13.5 T EF087349
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.56505 13 34 30.85 -20 27 45.7          15.3 N EF087415
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.56588 13 34 30.23 -20 27 43.0          15.4 N EF087415
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.57782 13 34 21.18 -20 26 59.6          14.7 T EF087423
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.59391 13 34 09.07 -20 26 00.9          15.0 T EF087423
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.61254 13 33 54.98 -20 24 53.5          15.1 T EF087423
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.96990 13 29 24.35 -20 03 01.5          15.5 N EF087B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.97106 13 29 23.32 -20 02 56.2          15.6 N EF087B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.97225 13 29 22.38 -20 02 49.7          16.0 N EF087B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.97341 13 29 21.77 -20 02 47.9          15.8 N EF087B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.97461 13 29 20.63 -20 02 41.8          15.5 N EF087B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.97580 13 29 19.67 -20 02 36.7          15.6 N EF087B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.97700 13 29 18.78 -20 02 34.1          15.8 N EF087B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.97821 13 29 18.08 -20 02 29.2          15.7 N EF087B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.97939 13 29 16.93 -20 02 23.8          15.7 N EF087B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 27.98057 13 29 16.11 -20 02 18.7          15.8 N EF087B30
    CK07E010  C2007 03 28.59267 13 21 20.55 -19 21 53.3                 EF087D88
    CK07E010  C2007 03 28.59377 13 21 19.64 -19 21 48.6                 EF087D88
    CK07E010  C2007 03 28.59488 13 21 18.73 -19 21 43.6          14.2 T EF087D88
    CK07E010  C2007 03 28.69450 13 19 59.44 -19 14 53.3          13.6 T EF087361
    CK07E010  C2007 03 28.69521 13 19 58.90 -19 14 51.2          16.0 N EF087361
    CK07E010  C2007 03 28.69598 13 19 58.28 -19 14 47.7          13.6 T EF087361
    CK07E010  C2007 03 28.69672 13 19 57.74 -19 14 43.9          13.6 T EF087361
    CK07E010  C2007 03 28.76035 13 19 06.71 -19 10 17.0          13.6 T EF087361

Observer details:
300 Bisei Spaceguard Center--BATTeRS.  Observers A. Asami, S. Urakawa.
    1.0-m f/3.0 reflector + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
361 Sumoto.  Observer S. Nakano.  0.25-m f/4.8 reflector + CCD.
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observers A. Baransky, S. Borysenko.  Measurer
    A. Baransky.  0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
834 Buenos Aires-AAAA.  Observers R. Mackintosh, M. Konishi, R. Caprio.
    Measurer R. Mackintosh.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
B30 Szamotuly-Galowo.  Observer M. Reszelski.  0.20-m reflector + CCD.
D88 Hiratsuka.  Observer Y. Sugiyama.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
E94 Gisborne.  Observer J. Drummond.  0.41-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 E1 (Garradd)
T 2007 May 23.096 TT                                    MPC
q   1.28989              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    6.408       -0.841463       +0.538581
                   Node   153.678       +0.491298       +0.729354
e   1.0            Incl.  174.402       +0.224870       +0.421868
From 143 observations 2007 Mar. 13-28.

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 18.28   -13 01.9    0.505    1.499   169.6     6.9  12.8
2007 04 04    11 47.89   -09 26.4    0.497    1.484   163.9    10.7  12.7
2007 04 06    11 17.99   -05 39.1    0.501    1.470   155.1    16.6  12.7
2007 04 08    10 49.64   -01 54.2    0.515    1.456   145.8    22.7  12.7
2007 04 10    10 23.61   +01 35.8    0.539    1.443   136.9    28.3  12.7
2007 04 12    10 00.31   +04 43.2    0.571    1.430   128.5    33.3  12.8
2007 04 14    09 39.81   +07 25.3    0.611    1.417   121.0    37.4  12.9
2007 04 16    09 21.97   +09 42.9    0.656    1.405   114.2    40.7  13.1
2007 04 18    09 06.54   +11 38.4    0.705    1.394   108.0    43.2  13.2
2007 04 20    08 53.23   +13 15.0    0.757    1.383   102.5    45.2  13.3
2007 04 22    08 41.74   +14 36.1    0.812    1.372    97.5    46.6  13.4
2007 04 24    08 31.79   +15 44.3    0.868    1.362    93.0    47.5  13.5
2007 04 26    08 23.16   +16 42.1    0.926    1.353    88.8    48.0  13.6
2007 04 28    08 15.64   +17 31.4    0.985    1.344    84.9    48.2  13.8
2007 04 30    08 09.07   +18 13.8    1.044    1.336    81.3    48.2  13.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-F87

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