MPEC 2007-R04 : COMET P/2007 N1 = 2000 P3 (McNAUGHT)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-R04                                Issued 2007 Sept. 1, 21:43 UT

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                     COMET P/2007 N1 = 2000 P3 (McNAUGHT)

Observations:
    PK00P030  C2000 08 05.35039 22 29 57.12 -19 04 42.2          17.3 N ER004608
    PK00P030  C2000 08 05.36144 22 29 56.81 -19 04 48.4          17.5 N ER004608
    PK00P030  C2000 08 05.37248 22 29 56.54 -19 04 54.0          17.4 N ER004608
    PK00P030  C2000 08 21.33835 22 21 11.95 -21 18 33.4          17.0 N ER004699
    PK00P030  C2000 08 21.35959 22 21 11.25 -21 18 42.5                 ER004699
    PK00P030  C2000 08 21.38082 22 21 10.19 -21 18 52.6                 ER004699
    PK00P030  C2000 08 21.40208 22 21 09.42 -21 19 03.3                 ER004699
    PK00P030  C2000 11 30.24775 22 45 42.74 -18 03 37.8          19.7 N ER004608
    PK00P030  C2000 11 30.25804 22 45 43.55 -18 03 31.1          19.6 N ER004608
    PK00P030  C2000 11 30.26838 22 45 44.41 -18 03 24.2          19.4 N ER004608
    PK07N010   2007 08 24.77049 02 48 30.38 +03 25 42.5          17.9 T ER004372
    PK07N010  C2007 08 25.04220 02 48 48.44 +03 25 44.6          17.9 N ER004585
    PK07N010  C2007 08 25.05230 02 48 49.13 +03 25 44.7          17.1 T ER004585

Observer details:
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observer A. Baransky.  0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, D. Talent, R. Maeda, P. Tanner, M. Skinner.  1.2-m reflector
    + CCD.  Identification by S. Nakano.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  Measurer B. W. Koehn.
    0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.  Identification by S. Nakano.

Orbital elements:
    P/2007 N1 = 2000 P3 (McNaught)
Epoch 2001 Jan. 11.0 TT = JDT 2451920.5
T 2001 Jan. 12.75938 TT                                 MPC
q   2.0898247            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.14696718     Peri.  274.01845     +0.92265818     -0.35719606
a   3.5562242      Node   106.95737     +0.38561354     +0.85266513
e   0.4123473      Incl.    8.73747     +0.00202122     +0.38127832
P   6.71

Epoch 2007 Sept. 17.0 TT = JDT 2454360.5
T 2007 Sept. 13.08711 TT                                MPC
q   2.0479348            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.14852351     Peri.  274.16160     +0.92434588     -0.35250857
a   3.5313377      Node   106.52894     +0.38155559     +0.85413084
e   0.4200683      Incl.    8.76118     -0.00015313     +0.38235874
P   6.64
Residuals in seconds of arc
000805 608  0.4+  0.3+    070716 204  0.4+  0.1-    070806 585  0.1+  0.4-
000805 608  0.1+  0.3-    070716 204  0.1+  0.3-    070806 585  0.8-  1.0-
000805 608  0.5+  0.4-    070716 673  1.1+  0.0     070806 585  1.0-  1.2+
000821 699  1.4-  0.4-    070716 673  0.9+  0.1+    070808 850  1.0-  0.2+
000821 699  1.1+  0.8+    070716 673  1.0+  0.4+    070808 850  0.8+  1.4-
000821 699  1.5-  1.0+    070716 673  1.2+  0.4+    070810 850 (5.7+  2.3+)
000821 699  0.1+  0.5+    070717 673  0.4+  0.4+    070810 850 (5.3+  2.6+)
001130 608  0.2+  1.2+    070717 673  0.6+  0.2+    070810 423  0.9-  0.2-
001130 608  0.4-  1.2+    070717 673  0.4+  0.7+    070810 423  1.5-  0.0
001130 608  0.3-  1.3+    070717 673  0.7+  0.6+    070810 349  0.2+  1.0-
070710 E12  0.4-  0.9-    070718 673  0.9+  0.4+    070810 349  0.4+  0.9-
070710 E12  1.0-  0.4-    070718 673  0.2+  0.5+    070811 204  0.0   0.2-
070710 E12  0.5-  0.4+    070718 673  0.6+  0.6+    070811 423  0.5+  0.2+
070710 E12  0.8+  0.5-    070718 673  0.7+  0.1+    070811 423  0.1+  0.1+
070710 E12  0.3+  0.5-    070719 673  0.8+  0.2-    070812 215  1.6-  0.4-
070710 E12  0.6+  0.4-    070719 673  0.6+  0.8-    070822 585  1.7-  0.4+
070711 703 (2.5-  0.4-)   070719 673  0.1+  0.1+    070822 585  0.3+  0.5+
070711 703  0.4-  0.9-    070719 673 (2.5+  0.7+)   070822 585  0.1+  0.6+
070711 703  1.0-  0.6-    070720 A79 (1.9-  3.5-)   070822 585  0.8+  0.6+
070711 703  1.0-  1.6-    070720 A79 (1.8-  2.9-)   070822 704  0.2+  0.1-
070711 474  0.1+  0.2-    070720 A79 (0.8-  2.7-)   070822 704  0.5+  0.5+
070711 474  0.7-  0.3-    070722 850  0.1+  0.8-    070822 704  0.4+  0.5+
070711 E12  0.1+  0.2-    070722 850  0.3-  1.0-    070822 704  0.3+  0.1+
070711 474  0.1+  0.4-    070722 850  0.2-  0.4-    070822 704  0.3+  0.3+
070711 474  0.1+  0.1-    070723 349  0.0   0.2-    070824 213  0.7+  0.4+
070711 E12  0.2+  0.6-    070723 349  0.1-  0.4-    070824 213  0.7+  0.4+
070711 E12  0.8+  0.6-    070728 213  1.1-  0.4+    070824 213  0.8+  0.2+
070712 A55  0.5-  0.3-    070728 213  1.1-  0.3+    070824 372  1.3-  1.5-
070712 A55  0.3+  0.3-    070728 213  1.2-  0.4+    070825 585  0.2+  0.6+
070712 A55  0.1-  0.2-    070803 423  0.4+  0.4-    070825 585  0.8+  0.6+
070712 A55  0.4-  0.2+    070803 423  0.5-  0.4+
070715 372  0.0   0.5+    070806 585  0.0   0.2-

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-R04

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