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MPEC 2008-L36 : COMET C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-L36                                Issued 2008 June  9, 18:40 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 29.98953 13 06 12.39 +65 41 25.2          17.5 N EL036585
    CK08H010  C2008 05 29.99100 13 06 11.65 +65 41 20.1                 EL036585
    CK08H010  C2008 05 30.00391 13 06 11.63 +65 41 01.4                 EL036585
    CK08H010  C2008 05 30.00538 13 06 10.75 +65 40 57.2                 EL036585
    CK08H010  C2008 05 31.59362 13 04 03.97 +64 51 30.9                 EL036367
    CK08H010  C2008 05 31.59918 13 04 03.57 +64 51 19.7          17.5 N EL036367
    CK08H010  C2008 06 04.95472 12 59 25.15 +62 34 30.5          17.2 N EL036J24
    CK08H010  C2008 06 04.96337 12 59 24.55 +62 34 10.5          17.5 N EL036J24
    CK08H010  C2008 06 04.97201 12 59 24.08 +62 33 52.9          17.2 N EL036J24
    CK08H010  C2008 06 06.91361 12 57 48.64 +61 32 14.7          17.9 N EL036J47
    CK08H010  C2008 06 06.91524 12 57 48.59 +61 32 10.8          17.8 N EL036J47
    CK08H010  C2008 06 06.91632 12 57 48.56 +61 32 09.0          17.5 N EL036J47

Observer details:
367 Yatsuka.  Observer H. Abe.  0.26-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observer A. Baransky.  0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
J24 Observatorio Altamira.  Observer J. F. Hernandez.  0.4-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J47 Observatorio Nazaret.  Observer G. Muler.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)
T 2008 Mar. 16.3947 TT                                  MPC
q   2.760047             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.019554       Peri.   96.0353      -0.2281169      -0.8032465
                   Node    34.6361      -0.2497009      -0.4979680
e   0.946029       Incl.   75.4904      +0.9410697      -0.3268378
From 177 observations 2008 Apr. 18-June 6.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-L36

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