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MPEC 2007-Q24 : COMET C/2007 M1 (McNAUGHT)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-Q24                                Issued 2007 Aug. 26, 14:58 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 M1 (McNAUGHT)

Observations:
    CK07M010  C2007 08 19.88565 19 53 29.48 +00 08 05.4          19.5 N EQ024A79
    CK07M010  C2007 08 19.89299 19 53 29.03 +00 08 04.8          19.2 N EQ024A79
    CK07M010  C2007 08 21.84534 19 52 03.17 +00 05 53.5          18.5 T EQ024585

Observer details:
585 Kiev comet station.  Observer A. Baransky.  0.7-m f/4 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.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 M1 (McNaught)
Epoch 2008 Aug. 2.0 TT = JDT 2454680.5
T 2008 Aug. 12.15808 TT                                 MPC
q   7.4732240            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0002518      Peri.   52.68897     +0.17514324     -0.91879210
 +/-0.0002052      Node   326.81725     -0.97487090     -0.11159955
e   0.9981183      Incl.  139.73233     +0.13766472     +0.37863783
Residuals in seconds of arc
070616 E12  0.3-  0.6-    070622 850  0.4+  0.1-    070714 A77  0.4-  0.8+
070616 E12  0.3+  0.5+    070622 213  0.1+  0.4+    070717 585  1.3-  2.0-
070616 E12  0.1-  0.1+    070622 213  0.1-  0.5+    070804 204  0.1+  0.4+
070616 E12  0.3-  0.1-    070624 673  0.0   0.1+    070804 147  1.1-  1.3+
070616 E12  0.3-  1.0-    070624 673  0.0   0.1-    070805 147  1.2-  0.1-
070617 H55  0.3+  0.3-    070704 850 (2.7-  2.4-)   070805 585  0.4-  1.3+
070617 H55  0.1-  0.2+    070704 850 (2.7-  0.3-)   070805 585  0.8-  0.6+
070617 734  0.8-  0.6+    070705 850  0.4+  0.8-    070805 118  0.3-  0.2-
070617 H55  0.0   0.6+    070705 850  0.1-  1.4-    070805 118  0.3-  0.6+
070617 734  0.1-  0.1-    070705 850  0.4-  0.2-    070807 118  1.2-  0.2-
070617 734  0.7+  1.0-    070706 213  0.0   0.9+    070807 118  0.1+  0.3-
070618 H55  0.3-  0.2+    070706 213  0.1-  0.8+    070812 704  1.2+  1.4+
070618 H55  0.4+  0.3+    070706 213  0.2-  1.1+    070812 704  0.7+  0.9+
070618 H55  0.0   0.6+    070706 147  0.7+  1.6-    070812 704  0.1+  0.2+
070618 H55  0.4-  0.2+    070706 147  0.6+  1.1-    070812 204  0.7+  0.3-
070618 H55  0.1-  0.1-    070709 850  0.2+  0.1+    070813 204  0.1-  0.1+
070618 673  0.9-  0.3-    070709 850  0.2+  0.3-    070813 046  0.3+  0.0
070618 673  0.7-  0.3+    070709 A50  0.5+  0.7-    070813 046  0.5+  0.3-
070618 673  0.6-  0.4+    070709 A50  0.6+  0.8-    070813 046  0.2+  0.4-
070618 673  0.1+  0.1+    070709 A50  0.1+  0.7-    070814 A79 (2.4+  0.0 )
070618 651  0.9-  0.8+    070709 A50  0.8+  0.2-    070814 A79  1.3+  0.6+
070618 651  0.6+  0.3-    070709 A50  0.8+  0.4+    070814 A79  0.8+  0.4-
070619 A77  0.4+  0.0     070709 A50  1.3+  0.2-    070816 585  0.3-  0.5-
070620 A77  0.0   0.2-    070711 474  0.4-  0.0     070816 585  1.2-  1.2-
070620 A77  0.7+  1.0+    070711 474  0.3-  0.2+    070816 585  0.2+  0.4-
070621 850  1.7+  0.7-    070711 474  0.6-  0.2+    070816 585  0.5-  1.2-
070621 850 (1.9+  2.1+)   070714 215  0.8-  0.2-    070819 A79 (2.1+  0.7+)
070621 415  1.1-  0.3+    070714 215  0.4-  0.1+    070819 A79  0.2+  0.6+
070621 415  0.4+  0.1-    070714 215  0.2+  0.4+    070821 585 (6.2-  1.6+)
070622 850  0.4+  0.3+    070714 A77 (3.1+  1.1+)

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000352
and +0.000381 (+/- 0.000205) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-Q24

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