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MPEC 2007-O10 : COMET C/2007 O1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-O10                                Issued 2007 July 18, 02:55 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 O1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK07O010  C2007 07 15.27869 19 07 22.08 -17 01 27.1          17.5 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 15.28910 19 07 21.76 -17 01 33.9          18.1 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 15.29932 19 07 21.57 -17 01 42.3          17.4 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 15.30959 19 07 21.35 -17 01 48.4          17.5 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 15.31984 19 07 21.08 -17 01 57.1          17.4 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 16.25314 19 06 59.58 -17 12 43.9          17.6 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 16.26349 19 06 59.32 -17 12 50.6          17.5 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 16.27392 19 06 59.00 -17 12 57.2          17.8 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.22423 19 06 37.38 -17 23 55.4          17.0 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.22525 19 06 37.31 -17 23 57.3          17.2 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.23581 19 06 37.04 -17 24 04.5          17.7 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.24319 19 06 36.93 -17 24 11.4          17.6 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.24348 19 06 36.86 -17 24 08.0          17.5 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.24581 19 06 36.92 -17 24 13.4          17.6 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.25263 19 06 36.73 -17 24 19.9          17.9 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.25347 19 06 36.69 -17 24 18.5          17.9 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.26345 19 06 36.43 -17 24 24.3          17.6 N EO010704
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.87614 19 06 22.50 -17 31 29.8          16.9 T EO010473
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.88355 19 06 22.35 -17 31 33.9          16.7 T EO010473
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.88709 19 06 22.30 -17 31 37.7          16.6 T EO010595
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.88774 19 06 22.30 -17 31 37.8          17.0 T EO010473
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.89136 19 06 22.26 -17 31 41.8          16.8 T EO010595
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.89284 19 06 22.21 -17 31 42.2          16.9 T EO010473
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.89563 19 06 22.16 -17 31 43.8          17.2 T EO010595
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.90064 19 06 22.02 -17 31 46.8          16.8 T EO010473
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.90331 19 06 21.98 -17 31 48.5          16.9 T EO010595
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.91004 19 06 21.75 -17 31 53.3          17.0 T EO010473
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.91013 19 06 21.74 -17 31 53.0          17.8 T EO010595
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.92485 19 06 21.55 -17 32 04.2                 EO010J95
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.92549 19 06 21.42 -17 32 05.5          18.5 N EO010B03
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.92846 19 06 21.46 -17 32 06.8          17.6 T EO010J95
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.92922 19 06 21.35 -17 32 07.8          17.3 N EO010B03
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.93333 19 06 21.24 -17 32 10.4          18.0 N EO010B03
    CK07O010  C2007 07 17.93670 19 06 21.15 -17 32 13.2          18.5 N EO010B03
    CK07O010  C2007 07 18.00402 19 06 19.62 -17 33 00.5          17.4 N EO010470
    CK07O010  C2007 07 18.00574 19 06 19.32 -17 32 59.1          17.7 N EO010470
    CK07O010  C2007 07 18.04289 19 06 18.59 -17 33 26.0          17.4 T EO010A55
    CK07O010  C2007 07 18.04549 19 06 18.44 -17 33 27.4          16.2 N EO010A79
    CK07O010  C2007 07 18.05334 19 06 18.35 -17 33 32.7          16.6 N EO010A79
    CK07O010  C2007 07 18.06437 19 06 18.17 -17 33 40.1          17.4 T EO010A55

Observer details:
470 Ceccano.  Observer G. Masi.  0.28-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
473 Remanzacco.  Observers L. Donato, E. Guido, A. Lepardo, G. Sostero.
    0.45-m f/4.4 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
595 Farra d'Isonzo.  Observers E. Pettarin, G. Lombardi, F. Piani.  Measurers
    G. Lombardi, E. Pettarin.  0.40-m f/4.5 reflector + 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.
A55 Osservatorio Astronomico Vallemare di Borbona.  Observer V. S. Casulli.
    0.40-m f/4.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
A79 Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory, Plana.  Observers F. Fratev, E. Mihaylova,
    Y. Shopov.  Measurer F. Fratev.  0.25-m f/3.2 reflector + CCD.
B03 Alter Satzberg, Vienna.  Observer M. Pietschnig.  0.35-m f/7
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 O1 (LINEAR)
T 2007 July 1.763 TT                                    MPC
q   2.90503              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  167.527       +0.255046       +0.893090
                   Node   116.226       -0.918847       +0.343213
e   1.0            Incl.   24.401       -0.301117       -0.290854
From 39 observations 2007 July 15-18.

Ephemeris:
    C/2007 O1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 07 09    19 09.85   -15 49.5    1.894    2.906   173.4     2.3  16.0
2007 07 19    19 05.96   -17 44.4    1.907    2.910   168.8     3.9  16.0
2007 07 29    19 02.73   -19 39.0    1.947    2.918   159.1     7.1  16.1
2007 08 08    19 00.79   -21 27.8    2.012    2.929   149.1    10.2  16.2
2007 08 18    19 00.61   -23 07.1    2.101    2.944   139.3    13.0  16.3
2007 08 28    19 02.50   -24 34.2    2.210    2.962   129.9    15.2  16.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-O10

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