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MPEC 2007-U05 : COMET P/2007 Q2 (GILMORE)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-U05                                Issued 2007 Oct. 16, 20:51 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 P/2007 Q2 (GILMORE)

Observations:
    PK07Q020  C2007 10 13.09828 22 56 39.22 -09 40 30.6          20.9 T EU005691
    PK07Q020  C2007 10 13.11117 22 56 39.71 -09 40 35.7          20.0 T EU005691
    PK07Q020  C2007 10 13.12407 22 56 40.18 -09 40 39.5          20.0 T EU005691
    PK07Q020  C2007 10 13.60358 22 56 58.63 -09 42 48.6          19.9 N EU005415
    PK07Q020  C2007 10 13.61483 22 56 59.08 -09 42 51.9          19.3 N EU005415
    PK07Q020  C2007 10 15.77465 22 58 28.96 -09 52 32.8                 EU005246
    PK07Q020  C2007 10 15.77827 22 58 29.04 -09 52 33.6                 EU005246
    PK07Q020  C2007 10 15.77931 22 58 29.11 -09 52 34.0                 EU005246
    PK07Q020  C2007 10 15.78036 22 58 29.13 -09 52 35.2                 EU005246
    PK07Q020  C2007 10 15.78146 22 58 29.18 -09 52 35.3                 EU005246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
    + CCD.
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers A. F. Tubbiolo, M. T. Read.
    0.9-m f/3 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2007 Q2 (Gilmore)
T 2007 Aug. 23.8799 TT                                  MPC
q   1.839010             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0745019      Peri.  163.1496      +0.9098492      +0.4142460
a   5.593599       Node   172.2491      -0.3982476      +0.8880119
e   0.671230       Incl.   10.2384      -0.1165041      +0.1995876
P  13.2
From 131 observations 2007 Aug. 22-Oct. 15.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-U05

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