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MPEC 2008-K36 : COMET C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-K36                                Issued 2008 May 26, 14:18 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 C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK08H010  C2008 05 16.84561 13 36 14.51 +72 09 19.4          16.8 T EK036585
    CK08H010  C2008 05 16.84830 13 36 14.07 +72 09 14.0                 EK036585
    CK08H010  C2008 05 16.85858 13 36 11.77 +72 08 59.2          17.6 N EK036585
    CK08H010  C2008 05 16.86389 13 36 10.85 +72 08 46.7          17.6 N EK036585
    CK08H010  C2008 05 16.86883 13 36 09.74 +72 08 39.0          17.7 N EK036585
    CK08H010  C2008 05 16.87376 13 36 08.81 +72 08 32.2          17.6 N EK036585
    CK08H010  C2008 05 16.87884 13 36 07.72 +72 08 22.6          17.4 N EK036585
    CK08H010  C2008 05 18.15995 13 31 57.52 +71 33 00.8          17.4 T EK036673
    CK08H010  C2008 05 18.16678 13 31 56.23 +71 32 48.2                 EK036673
    CK08H010  C2008 05 18.17569 13 31 54.50 +71 32 34.3                 EK036673
    CK08H010  C2008 05 18.18681 13 31 52.36 +71 32 15.1                 EK036673
    CK08H010  C2008 05 19.99876 13 26 31.51 +70 41 00.2          17.3 N EK036J38
    CK08H010  C2008 05 20.00550 13 26 30.29 +70 40 48.6          17.3 N EK036J38
    CK08H010  C2008 05 20.57924 13 24 56.58 +70 24 20.2                 EK036900
    CK08H010  C2008 05 20.58291 13 24 55.57 +70 24 17.0          16.2 T EK036900
    CK08H010  C2008 05 21.87541 13 21 36.96 +69 46 45.0          17.5 N EK036213
    CK08H010  C2008 05 21.87735 13 21 36.68 +69 46 40.9          17.5 N EK036213
    CK08H010  C2008 05 21.87929 13 21 36.33 +69 46 38.2          17.5 N EK036213
    CK08H010  C2008 05 22.05709 13 21 10.00 +69 41 24.7          18.0 N EK036J40
    CK08H010  C2008 05 22.06550 13 21 08.60 +69 41 10.6          18.3 N EK036J40
    CK08H010  C2008 05 22.06800 13 21 08.23 +69 41 05.9          18.2 N EK036J40
    CK08H010  C2008 05 22.07135 13 21 07.74 +69 41 00.5          18.3 N EK036J40

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observer A. Baransky.  0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J38 Observatorio La Vara, Valdes.  Observer F. Garcia.  0.25-m f/8.1 reflector
    + CCD.
J40 Malaga.  Observer J. M. Ruiz M.  0.20-m f/5 Newtonian reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)
T 2008 Mar. 16.4775 TT                                  MPC
q   2.760359             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.019335       Peri.   96.0593      -0.2284293      -0.8031970
                   Node    34.6317      -0.2499131      -0.4978051
e   0.946629       Incl.   75.4918      +0.9409376      -0.3272074
From 165 observations 2008 Apr. 18-May 22.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-K36

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