MPEC 2007-W68 : COMET C/2007 M2 (CATALINA)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-W68                                Issued 2007 Nov. 26, 15:48 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 C/2007 M2 (CATALINA)

Observations:
    CK07M020  C2007 11 03.51956 12 39 27.57 +19 12 41.3          18.5 T EW068G96
    CK07M020  C2007 11 03.52127 12 39 27.61 +19 12 40.6          18.8 T EW068G96
    CK07M020  C2007 11 03.52294 12 39 27.68 +19 12 39.6          19.0 T EW068G96
    CK07M020  C2007 11 03.52466 12 39 27.68 +19 12 39.1          19.1 T EW068G96
    CK07M020  C2007 11 23.83157 12 48 21.96 +17 07 19.0                 EW068349
    CK07M020  C2007 11 23.83543 12 48 22.04 +17 07 17.5          18.0 T EW068349
    CK07M020  C2007 11 24.83314 12 48 44.57 +17 01 43.3                 EW068349
    CK07M020  C2007 11 24.83760 12 48 44.65 +17 01 42.1          18.1 T EW068349

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 M2 (Catalina)
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5
T 2008 Dec. 8.59097 TT                                  MPC
q   3.5409000            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0002606      Peri.  220.67394     -0.76243487     +0.64537132
 +/-0.0000365      Node   357.28457     +0.19506262     +0.16029896
e   0.9990772      Incl.   80.95222     -0.61696324     -0.74686016
Residuals in seconds of arc
070620 703  0.0   0.0     070621 G96  0.0   0.2-    070705 850  0.4+  1.5+
070620 703  0.2-  0.6-    070621 G96  0.1-  0.1-    070705 850  0.5+  1.5-
070620 703  0.3+  0.2+    070622 850  0.3-  0.4-    070705 850  0.0   1.0-
070620 703  0.3-  1.2-    070622 850  0.0   0.1+    070705 850  0.6+  1.8+
070620 703  1.0-  0.0     070622 850  0.1-  0.1+    070707 204  0.3+  0.7+
070620 703  1.4-  0.1-    070622 G96  0.3+  0.3-    070713 215  0.1+  0.1-
070620 703  0.6+  0.7-    070622 G96  0.0   0.1+    070713 204  0.0   0.3+
070620 703  1.0+  0.8-    070622 G96  0.1+  0.1-    070713 204  0.4-  0.0
070621 H55  0.1-  0.2+    070622 G96  0.3+  0.1-    070714 A77  0.2-  0.4+
070621 H55  0.0   0.3+    070623 850  1.5+  0.2+    070714 A77  0.8+  0.5+
070621 H55  0.3+  0.1+    070623 850  0.5-  0.2+    070714 A77  0.3+  0.1-
070621 G96  0.0   0.3+    070624 673  0.1+  0.2+    071103 G96  0.3-  0.6-
070621 G96  0.0   0.1-    070624 673  0.3+  0.3+    071103 G96  0.4-  0.6-
070621 G96  0.2-  0.0     070624 673  0.3+  0.7+    071103 G96  0.1-  0.9-
070621 G96  0.1-  0.0     070624 673  0.4+  0.0     071103 G96  0.8-  0.7-
070621 673  0.1-  0.3+    070624 213  0.7-  0.5+    071123 349  0.0   1.1+
070621 673  0.1-  0.3+    070624 213  0.7-  0.5+    071123 349  0.1-  0.9+
070621 673  0.1-  0.2+    070703 G96  0.1-  0.5-    071124 349  0.8+  0.1-
070621 673  0.2-  0.4+    070703 G96  0.5-  0.5-    071124 349  0.6+  0.1+
070621 G96  0.1-  0.2-    070703 G96  0.6-  0.3-
070621 G96  0.1-  0.3-    070703 G96  0.1-  0.3-

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000603
and +0.000979 (+/- 0.000036) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-W68

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