MPEC 2008-B55 : COMET C/2008 A1 (McNAUGHT)
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M.P.E.C. 2008-B55 Issued 2008 Jan. 28, 15:30 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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COMET C/2008 A1 (McNAUGHT)
Observations:
CK08A010 C2008 01 26.40473 06 08 17.19 -44 33 37.1 16.4 N EB055467
CK08A010 C2008 01 26.40654 06 08 17.01 -44 33 37.2 16.5 N EB055467
CK08A010 C2008 01 26.40836 06 08 16.82 -44 33 37.2 16.4 N EB055467
CK08A010 C2008 01 26.41201 06 08 16.44 -44 33 37.3 16.4 N EB055467
CK08A010 C2008 01 26.41383 06 08 16.26 -44 33 37.3 16.4 N EB055467
CK08A010 C2008 01 27.60978 06 06 15.60 -44 33 37.7 16.0 T EB055423
CK08A010 C2008 01 27.62106 06 06 14.45 -44 33 37.5 16.2 T EB055423
CK08A010 C2008 01 28.57041 06 04 39.61 -44 33 17.0 17.2 N EB055415
CK08A010 C2008 01 28.57602 06 04 39.03 -44 33 16.7 17.2 N EB055415
Observer details:
415 Kambah, near Canberra. Observer D. Herald. 0.36-m f/3.9
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
423 North Ryde. Observer S. G. McAndrew. 0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
+ CCD.
467 Auckland Observatory. Observers G. W. Christie, T. Natusch. Measurer
G. W. Christie. 0.40-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2008 A1 (McNaught)
T 2008 Sept. 29.132 TT MPC
q 1.07299 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 348.490 +0.108431 +0.153408
Node 277.866 -0.815123 -0.551848
e 1.0 Incl. 82.536 -0.569050 +0.819714
From 62 observations 2008 Jan. 10-28.
Ephemeris:
C/2008 A1 (McNaught)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2008 01 25 06 10.67 -44 33.0 3.131 3.577 109.1 15.1 14.5
2008 02 04 05 54.32 -44 23.2 3.082 3.469 104.9 15.9 14.3
2008 02 14 05 39.96 -43 43.4 3.046 3.360 99.9 16.8 14.2
2008 02 24 05 28.34 -42 40.9 3.018 3.250 94.5 17.7 14.0
2008 03 05 05 19.78 -41 23.6 2.995 3.139 89.0 18.4 13.8
2008 03 15 05 14.35 -39 59.2 2.971 3.027 83.6 19.1 13.7
2008 03 25 05 11.89 -38 34.3 2.944 2.914 78.5 19.6 13.5
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2008 MPC M.P.E.C. 2008-B55
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