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MPEC 2007-R60 : COMET P/2007 R1 (LARSON)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-R60                                Issued 2007 Sept. 12, 14:45 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.

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                           COMET P/2007 R1 (LARSON)

Observations:
    PK07R010  C2007 09 05.44255 00 10 24.74 +01 45 37.4          18.2 T ER060699
    PK07R010  C2007 09 05.45906 00 10 24.39 +01 45 34.6                 ER060699
    PK07R010  C2007 09 05.47556 00 10 23.96 +01 45 28.2                 ER060699
    PK07R010  C2007 09 05.49207 00 10 23.43 +01 45 24.4                 ER060699
    PK07R010  C2007 09 09.97082 00 08 34.15 +01 27 26.0          18.6 N ER060213
    PK07R010  C2007 09 09.97736 00 08 34.00 +01 27 24.7          18.6 N ER060213
    PK07R010  C2007 09 09.98225 00 08 33.87 +01 27 23.5          18.6 N ER060213
    PK07R010  C2007 09 10.59336 00 08 18.37 +01 24 54.4          20.0 N ER060415
    PK07R010  C2007 09 10.59899 00 08 18.25 +01 24 53.4          19.8 N ER060415
    PK07R010  C2007 09 10.90646 00 08 10.49 +01 23 34.2          18.8 N ER060B42

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.
B42 Vitebsk.  Observer V. Nevski.  0.3-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2007 R1 (Larson)
T 2008 July 2.457 TT                                    MPC
q   4.37720              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.069979       Peri.  212.302       +0.830522       -0.556970
a   5.83206        Node   181.563       +0.537926       +0.804015
e   0.24946        Incl.    8.765       +0.144461       +0.208192
P  14.1
From 43 observations 2007 Sept. 4-10.

Ephemeris:
    P/2007 R1 (Larson)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 09 07    00 09.80   +01 39.5    3.578    4.542   161.0     4.1  17.3
2007 09 17    00 05.49   +00 57.6    3.534    4.532   172.0     1.8  17.3
2007 09 27    00 00.88   +00 13.3    3.521    4.522   176.9     0.7  17.3
2007 10 07    23 56.37   -00 30.5    3.537    4.512   165.7     3.1  17.3
2007 10 17    23 52.36   -01 10.7    3.582    4.503   154.6     5.4  17.3
2007 10 27    23 49.20   -01 44.7    3.653    4.493   143.7     7.5  17.3

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-R60

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