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MPEC 2007-J18 : COMET C/2007 G1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-J18                                Issued 2007 May 4, 15:15 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

                           COMET C/2007 G1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK07G010   2007 04 18.77396 18 02 38.70 +34 30 22.5          17.6 T EJ018372
    CK07G010  C2007 04 19.00212 18 02 33.76 +34 31 18.3          17.7 N EJ018A32
    CK07G010  C2007 04 19.01211 18 02 33.52 +34 31 21.0          17.9 N EJ018A32
    CK07G010  C2007 04 19.02210 18 02 33.28 +34 31 23.8          17.9 N EJ018A32
    CK07G010   2007 04 25.65104 17 59 47.13 +34 57 48.3          17.8 T EJ018372
    CK07G010   2007 04 25.66389 17 59 46.71 +34 57 52.3                 EJ018372
    CK07G010   2007 04 25.68056 17 59 46.30 +34 57 56.0                 EJ018372
    CK07G010   2007 04 25.74772 17 59 44.28 +34 58 10.9          17.9 T EJ018372
    CK07G010  C2007 04 28.95466 17 58 09.24 +35 09 49.5          17.6 N EJ018A33
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.07242 17 58 05.53 +35 10 14.5          17.4 N EJ018118
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.08097 17 58 05.31 +35 10 16.0          17.5 N EJ018118
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.08295 17 58 05.24 +35 10 16.8          17.3 N EJ018118
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.08492 17 58 05.17 +35 10 16.7          17.3 N EJ018118
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.62086 17 57 48.41 +35 12 08.2                 EJ018D88
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.62402 17 57 48.34 +35 12 08.9          17.8 T EJ018D88
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.71046 17 57 45.51 +35 12 28.0                 EJ018349
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.71771 17 57 45.26 +35 12 29.3                 EJ018349
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.72497 17 57 45.02 +35 12 30.8          17.7 T EJ018349
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.94748 17 57 38.03 +35 13 15.9          17.4 N EJ018213
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.95338 17 57 37.85 +35 13 17.1          17.4 N EJ018213
    CK07G010  C2007 04 29.95633 17 57 37.74 +35 13 18.0          17.4 N EJ018213
    CK07G010  C2007 04 30.08042 17 57 33.67 +35 13 42.6                 EJ018118
    CK07G010  C2007 04 30.08819 17 57 33.45 +35 13 44.7                 EJ018118
    CK07G010  C2007 05 01.01201 17 57 03.49 +35 16 50.6          16.7 N EJ018A33
    CK07G010  C2007 05 01.08575 17 57 01.01 +35 17 06.2          17.5 N EJ018118
    CK07G010  C2007 05 01.09068 17 57 00.88 +35 17 07.6          17.6 N EJ018118
    CK07G010  C2007 05 03.02986 17 55 55.39 +35 23 23.1          18   N EJ018461
    CK07G010  C2007 05 03.03588 17 55 55.17 +35 23 24.2                 EJ018461
    CK07G010  C2007 05 03.04189 17 55 54.98 +35 23 25.4                 EJ018461
    CK07G010  C2007 05 03.06615 17 55 54.22 +35 23 29.7          17.8 N EJ018510
    CK07G010  C2007 05 03.07199 17 55 54.01 +35 23 28.5          18.4 N EJ018510
    CK07G010  C2007 05 03.07781 17 55 53.80 +35 23 30.6          18.1 N EJ018510

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observer S. Gajdos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
461 University of Szeged, Piszkesteto Stn. (Konkoly).  Observer K. Sarneczky.
    0.60-m Schmidt + CCD.
510 Siegen.  Observer H. Bill.  0.30-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A33 Volkssternwarte Kirchheim.  Observer B. Brinkmann.  0.5-m f/5.0 reflector
    + CCD.
D88 Hiratsuka.  Observer Y. Sugiyama.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 G1 (LINEAR)
T 2008 Nov. 17.118 TT                                   MPC
q   2.64613              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  224.084       -0.117919       +0.153016
                   Node    78.980       -0.373738       +0.908568
e   1.0            Incl.   88.372       -0.920008       -0.388703
From 174 observations 2007 Apr. 10-May 3.

Ephemeris:
    C/2007 G1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 04 30    17 57.60   +35 13.5    5.590    6.003   109.6     9.1  17.0
2007 05 10    17 51.56   +35 42.7    5.447    5.929   113.9     9.0  16.9
2007 05 20    17 44.16   +35 59.7    5.318    5.855   117.5     8.8  16.8
2007 05 30    17 35.66   +36 01.1    5.206    5.780   120.0     8.7  16.7
2007 06 09    17 26.42   +35 44.4    5.113    5.705   121.2     8.8  16.6
2007 06 19    17 16.84   +35 07.7    5.040    5.631   121.0     8.9  16.5
2007 06 29    17 07.40   +34 10.7    4.987    5.556   119.3     9.2  16.4
2007 07 09    16 58.56   +32 54.2    4.955    5.481   116.3     9.6  16.4
2007 07 19    16 50.69   +31 20.2    4.942    5.407   112.1    10.0  16.3
2007 07 29    16 44.09   +29 31.7    4.947    5.332   106.9    10.5  16.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-J18

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