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MPEC 2007-W69 : COMET P/2007 T2 (KOWALSKI)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-W69                                Issued 2007 Nov. 26, 15:53 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                          COMET P/2007 T2 (KOWALSKI)

Observations:
    PK07T020  C2007 11 19.14863 10 21 34.37 +27 59 55.5          18.3 N EW069213
    PK07T020  C2007 11 19.17237 10 21 34.09 +28 00 07.7          18.3 N EW069213
    PK07T020  C2007 11 19.19429 10 21 33.85 +28 00 18.7          18.3 N EW069213
    PK07T020  C2007 11 20.09642 10 21 31.74 +28 06 57.8          17.6 T EW069585
    PK07T020  C2007 11 20.10279 10 21 31.70 +28 07 01.3          17.7 T EW069585
    PK07T020  C2007 11 20.10703 10 21 31.60 +28 07 01.8          17.6 T EW069585
    PK07T020  C2007 11 20.11269 10 21 31.47 +28 07 05.9          17.6 T EW069585
    PK07T020  C2007 11 20.44101 10 21 30.20 +28 09 41.0          18.1 T EW069G96

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/6 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observer A. Baransky.  0.7-m f/4 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, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2007 T2 (Kowalski)
T 2007 Sept. 19.0220 TT                                 MPC
q   0.695862             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1813744      Peri.  358.5507      +0.9989851      -0.0434189
a   3.090904       Node     3.9973      +0.0428607      +0.8346263
e   0.774868       Incl.    9.8955      +0.0138449      +0.5491027
P   5.43
From 86 observations 2007 Oct. 9-Nov. 20.

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-W69

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