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MPEC 2008-L48 : COMETS C/2008 J7, 2008 J8, 2008 J9 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-L48                                Issued 2008 June 11, 22:05 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

                   COMETS C/2008 J7, 2008 J8, 2008 J9 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.63060 02 39 42.5  +13 49 33                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.63060 2 +0.00802837 +0.00331132 +0.00204064   EL048249
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.64589 02 39 34.7  +13 52 07                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.64589 2 +0.00802589 +0.00331455 +0.00204235   EL048249
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.66255 02 39 24.1  +13 54 34                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.66255 2 +0.00802319 +0.00331806 +0.00204421   EL048249
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.67114 02 39 18.8  +13 55 43                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.67114 2 +0.00802180 +0.00331988 +0.00204517   EL048249
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.68756 02 39 09.3  +13 58 20                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.68756 2 +0.00801913 +0.00332334 +0.00204701   EL048249
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.70424 02 38 59.6  +14 00 55                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.70424 2 +0.00801642 +0.00332686 +0.00204887   EL048249
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.71256 02 38 55.2  +14 02 22                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.71256 2 +0.00801506 +0.00332862 +0.00204980   EL048249
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.72922 02 38 45.1  +14 05 06                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.72922 2 +0.00801235 +0.00333214 +0.00205166   EL048249
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.74588 02 38 34.8  +14 07 51                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.74588 2 +0.00800964 +0.00333565 +0.00205352   EL048249
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.75422 02 38 30.5  +14 09 18                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.75422 2 +0.00800828 +0.00333741 +0.00205444   EL048249
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.77090 02 38 20.3  +14 12 24                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.77090 2 +0.00800556 +0.00334093 +0.00205631   EL048249
    CK08J070 2S2008 05 01.78756 02 38 10.0  +14 15 10                   EL048249
    CK08J070 2s2008 05 01.78756 2 +0.00800284 +0.00334445 +0.00205816   EL048249
    CK08J080 2S2008 05 05.03755 02 53 50.4  +14 53 37                   EL048249
    CK08J080 2s2008 05 05.03755 2 +0.00742604 +0.00402406 +0.00241200   EL048249
    CK08J080 2S2008 05 05.06367 02 53 36.5  +14 57 25                   EL048249
    CK08J080 2s2008 05 05.06367 2 +0.00742104 +0.00402944 +0.00241476   EL048249
    CK08J080 2S2008 05 05.07922 02 53 26.3  +14 59 41                   EL048249
    CK08J080 2s2008 05 05.07922 2 +0.00741806 +0.00403264 +0.00241639   EL048249
    CK08J080 2S2008 05 05.08755 02 53 21.8  +15 00 52                   EL048249
    CK08J080 2s2008 05 05.08755 2 +0.00741646 +0.00403436 +0.00241727   EL048249
    CK08J080 2S2008 05 05.10422 02 53 12.2  +15 03 17                   EL048249
    CK08J080 2s2008 05 05.10422 2 +0.00741326 +0.00403779 +0.00241903   EL048249
    CK08J080 2S2008 05 05.12089 02 53 02.1  +15 06 04                   EL048249
    CK08J080 2s2008 05 05.12089 2 +0.00741006 +0.00404122 +0.00242079   EL048249
    CK08J080 2S2008 05 05.12923 02 52 58.1  +15 07 01                   EL048249
    CK08J080 2s2008 05 05.12923 2 +0.00740846 +0.00404293 +0.00242167   EL048249
    CK08J080 2S2008 05 05.14588 02 52 48.1  +15 09 39                   EL048249
    CK08J080 2s2008 05 05.14588 2 +0.00740526 +0.00404636 +0.00242342   EL048249
    CK08J080 2S2008 05 05.16257 02 52 38.8  +15 12 22                   EL048249
    CK08J080 2s2008 05 05.16257 2 +0.00740205 +0.00404979 +0.00242517   EL048249
    CK08J080 2S2008 05 05.17088 02 52 32.2  +15 13 53                   EL048249
    CK08J080 2s2008 05 05.17088 2 +0.00740045 +0.00405150 +0.00242605   EL048249
    CK08J090 2S2008 05 05.33755 02 55 34.4  +15 01 27                   EL048249
    CK08J090 2s2008 05 05.33755 2 +0.00736824 +0.00408572 +0.00244355   EL048249
    CK08J090 2S2008 05 05.35422 02 55 20.6  +15 04 03                   EL048249
    CK08J090 2s2008 05 05.35422 2 +0.00736501 +0.00408914 +0.00244530   EL048249
    CK08J090 2S2008 05 05.37089 02 55 08.2  +15 07 00                   EL048249
    CK08J090 2s2008 05 05.37089 2 +0.00736178 +0.00409255 +0.00244704   EL048249
    CK08J090 2S2008 05 05.37922 02 55 02.3  +15 08 18                   EL048249
    CK08J090 2s2008 05 05.37922 2 +0.00736016 +0.00409426 +0.00244792   EL048249
    CK08J090 2S2008 05 05.39589 02 54 50.0  +15 11 18                   EL048249
    CK08J090 2s2008 05 05.39589 2 +0.00735692 +0.00409768 +0.00244966   EL048249
    CK08J090 2S2008 05 05.41255 02 54 39.9  +15 14 03                   EL048249
    CK08J090 2s2008 05 05.41255 2 +0.00735368 +0.00410109 +0.00245141   EL048249
    CK08J090 2S2008 05 05.42088 02 54 33.9  +15 15 31                   EL048249
    CK08J090 2s2008 05 05.42088 2 +0.00735206 +0.00410280 +0.00245228   EL048249
    CK08J090 2S2008 05 05.43767 02 54 21.6  +15 18 18                   EL048249
    CK08J090 2s2008 05 05.43767 2 +0.00734879 +0.00410623 +0.00245403   EL048249
    CK08J090 2S2008 05 05.45424 02 54 09.7  +15 21 29                   EL048249
    CK08J090 2s2008 05 05.45424 2 +0.00734556 +0.00410963 +0.00245576   EL048249
    CK08J090 2S2008 05 05.46255 02 54 03.1  +15 22 51                   EL048249
    CK08J090 2s2008 05 05.46255 2 +0.00734394 +0.00411133 +0.00245663   EL048249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C2.  Comet detections by H. Su, J. Ruan and
    M. Kusiak, measurements by K. Battams, reductions by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK08J070   2008 May    2.08   0.0085   1.0      71.48   347.71   145.05     X
CK08J080   2008 May    5.51   0.0072   1.0      83.91     4.75   144.52     X
CK08J090   2008 May    5.72   0.0051   1.0      79.14     1.11   143.21     X

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-L48

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