MPEC 2008-L03 : COMET C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)
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M.P.E.C. 2008-L03 Issued 2008 June 2, 00:01 UT
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minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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COMET C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)
Observations:
CK08H010 C2008 04 29.52238 15 16 45.93 +78 18 48.7 EL003367
CK08H010 C2008 04 29.52551 15 16 44.15 +78 18 46.2 16.9 N EL003367
CK08H010 C2008 05 25.59162 13 13 29.81 +67 56 14.2 EL003349
CK08H010 C2008 05 25.59387 13 13 29.59 +67 56 10.2 EL003349
CK08H010 C2008 05 25.59608 13 13 29.30 +67 56 05.9 16.8 T EL003349
CK08H010 C2008 05 26.57515 13 11 39.76 +67 26 22.7 EL003900
CK08H010 C2008 05 26.58249 13 11 38.94 +67 26 10.9 16.5 T EL003900
Observer details:
349 Ageo. Observer K. Kadota. 0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
367 Yatsuka. Observer H. Abe. 0.26-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
900 Moriyama. Observer Y. Ikari. 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)
T 2008 Mar. 16.4946 TT MPC
q 2.760474 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.019247 Peri. 96.0642 -0.2284850 -0.8032020
Node 34.6294 -0.2499574 -0.4977528
e 0.946869 Incl. 75.4925 +0.9409123 -0.3272745
From 172 observations 2008 Apr. 18-May 26.
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2008 MPC M.P.E.C. 2008-L03
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