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MPEC 2007-K74 : COMET C/2007 E1 (GARRADD)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-K74                                Issued 2007 May 31, 14:59 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 E1 (GARRADD)

Observations:
    CK07E010  C2007 05 18.10730 07 35 08.80 +21 46 24.6          15.7 N EK074762
    CK07E010  C2007 05 18.11023 07 35 08.58 +21 46 25.9          15.5 N EK074762
    CK07E010  C2007 05 18.11286 07 35 08.43 +21 46 26.8          15.8 N EK074762
    CK07E010  C2007 05 18.11990 07 35 07.96 +21 46 29.8          15.7 N EK074762
    CK07E010  C2007 05 29.84270 07 25 22.39 +22 51 31.6          15.3 T EK074619
    CK07E010  C2007 05 29.84330 07 25 22.44 +22 51 30.9          14.7 T EK074619
    CK07E010  C2007 05 29.84389 07 25 22.32 +22 51 30.0          15.6 T EK074619

Observer details:
619 Sabadell.  Observer R. Josa.  0.50-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
762 Four Winds Observatory, Lake Leelanau.  Observer R. Elliott.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 E1 (Garradd)
Epoch 2007 May 20.0 TT = JDT 2454240.5
T 2007 May 23.83046 TT                                  MPC
q   1.2858626            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0153790      Peri.    7.10217     -0.83630461     +0.54656928
 +/-0.0000872      Node   153.82685     +0.49809696     +0.72458751
e   0.9802247      Incl.  174.39399     +0.22911573     +0.41980348
From 838 observations 2007 Mar. 13-May 29, mean residual 0".58.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.015359
and +0.016098 (+/- 0.000087) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-K74

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