MPEC 2008-J26 : COMET C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-J26                                Issued 2008 May 3, 15:30 UT

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                           COMET C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK08H010  C2008 04 26.04143 15 47 59.55 +78 55 25.8          17.5 N EJ026B19
    CK08H010  C2008 04 26.07397 15 47 41.42 +78 55 11.1          17.4 N EJ026B19
    CK08H010  C2008 04 26.08860 15 47 33.17 +78 55 03.5          17.9 N EJ026B19
    CK08H010  C2008 04 26.09059 15 47 32.03 +78 55 03.4          18.2 N EJ026J40
    CK08H010  C2008 04 26.91412 15 39 53.93 +78 47 48.0          17.8 N EJ026B42
    CK08H010  C2008 04 26.91870 15 39 51.37 +78 47 45.9          18.1 N EJ026B42
    CK08H010  C2008 04 26.92096 15 39 50.14 +78 47 45.1          18.0 N EJ026B42
    CK08H010  C2008 04 26.96036 15 39 28.65 +78 47 22.3          18.0 N EJ026151
    CK08H010  C2008 04 26.96765 15 39 24.52 +78 47 18.6          18.1 N EJ026151
    CK08H010  C2008 04 26.96969 15 39 23.32 +78 47 17.2          18.1 N EJ026151
    CK08H010  C2008 04 26.97042 15 39 22.91 +78 47 16.7          18.5 N EJ026151
    CK08H010  C2008 04 28.64086 15 24 22.37 +78 29 39.9          17.5 N EJ026900
    CK08H010  C2008 04 28.65186 15 24 16.79 +78 29 36.8                 EJ026900
    CK08H010  C2008 04 29.86859 15 13 49.45 +78 14 17.3          18.3 N EJ026J40
    CK08H010  C2008 04 29.88032 15 13 43.47 +78 14 07.8          17.7 T EJ026215
    CK08H010  C2008 04 29.88155 15 13 42.87 +78 14 06.9          17.8 T EJ026215
    CK08H010  C2008 04 29.88261 15 13 42.37 +78 14 06.0          17.7 T EJ026215
    CK08H010  C2008 04 29.89571 15 13 35.60 +78 13 55.4          17.7 N EJ026213
    CK08H010  C2008 04 29.90212 15 13 32.48 +78 13 50.3          17.7 N EJ026213
    CK08H010  C2008 04 29.90568 15 13 30.74 +78 13 47.8          17.7 N EJ026213
    CK08H010  C2008 04 29.91301 15 13 27.06 +78 13 42.9          17.9 N EJ026J40
    CK08H010  C2008 04 29.91539 15 13 25.91 +78 13 40.9          17.9 N EJ026J40
    CK08H010  C2008 05 01.05876 15 04 00.09 +77 57 37.4          17.9 N EJ026J53
    CK08H010  C2008 05 01.06038 15 03 59.75 +77 57 34.7          17.3 N EJ026J53
    CK08H010  C2008 05 01.06206 15 03 58.62 +77 57 35.6          17.3 N EJ026J53
    CK08H010  C2008 05 02.00442 14 56 31.79 +77 43 06.8          17.3 N EJ026B19
    CK08H010  C2008 05 02.00807 14 56 29.91 +77 43 03.2          17.2 N EJ026132
    CK08H010  C2008 05 02.01540 14 56 26.44 +77 42 56.3          17.3 N EJ026132
    CK08H010  C2008 05 02.01782 14 56 25.61 +77 42 53.8          17.5 N EJ026B19
    CK08H010  C2008 05 02.02272 14 56 23.01 +77 42 49.1          17.3 N EJ026132
    CK08H010  C2008 05 02.03112 14 56 19.46 +77 42 42.4          17.4 N EJ026B19
    CK08H010  C2008 05 02.65956 14 51 31.01 +77 32 28.8          17.5 T EJ026900
    CK08H010  C2008 05 02.67424 14 51 24.32 +77 32 13.9                 EJ026900

Observer details:
132 Bedoin.  Observer P. Antonini.  0.26-m f/6.2 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.9
    Hypergraph + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
B19 Observatorio Iluro, Mataro.  Observer J. M. Villegas.  0.20-m f/3.7
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
B42 Vitebsk.  Observer V. Nevski.  0.3-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
J40 Malaga.  Observer J. M. Ruiz M.  0.20-m f/5 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
J53 Posadas.  Observer R. Benavides.  0.28-m f/5.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)
T 2008 Mar. 16.598 TT                                   MPC
q   2.75735              (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.02161        Peri.   96.098       -0.229453       -0.802123
                   Node    34.719       -0.250185       -0.498792
e   0.94042        Incl.   75.465       +0.940616       -0.328338
From 95 observations 2008 Apr. 18-May 2.

Ephemeris:
    C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2008 04 24    16 07.44   +79 09.1    2.657    2.784    86.6    21.1  17.1
2008 04 29    15 21.25   +78 25.3    2.661    2.792    86.8    21.1  17.1
2008 05 04    14 41.73   +77 09.2    2.668    2.800    86.9    21.1  17.1
2008 05 09    14 10.46   +75 26.9    2.678    2.809    86.8    21.0  17.1
2008 05 14    13 46.83   +73 25.0    2.693    2.819    86.6    21.0  17.2
2008 05 19    13 29.40   +71 09.2    2.711    2.830    86.1    20.9  17.2
2008 05 24    13 16.73   +68 43.8    2.735    2.841    85.5    20.8  17.2

2008 06 03    13 01.31   +63 35.6    2.795    2.867    83.7    20.6  17.3
2008 06 13    12 54.39   +58 18.1    2.873    2.896    81.1    20.3  17.4
2008 06 23    12 52.56   +53 02.7    2.968    2.927    77.8    19.8  17.5

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-J26

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