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MPEC 2008-M01 : COMET C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-M01                                Issued 2008 June 16, 01:11 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 04 22.65699 16 20 27.46 +79 14 49.4          18.2 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 04 22.65941 16 20 26.89 +79 14 49.6          17.9 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 04 22.66184 16 20 25.68 +79 14 49.8          18.1 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 04 24.63234 16 01 22.05 +79 05 30.2          17.6 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 04 24.63419 16 01 20.56 +79 05 29.3          17.6 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 04 24.63603 16 01 19.88 +79 05 29.0          17.5 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 04 24.63787 16 01 18.50 +79 05 28.1          17.6 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 04 24.63972 16 01 17.42 +79 05 27.1          17.7 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 05 12.62901 13 52 37.01 +74 00 08.0          18.1 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 05 12.63077 13 52 36.91 +74 00 06.7          17.8 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 05 12.63227 13 52 36.18 +74 00 01.9          17.8 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 05 12.63377 13 52 35.88 +74 00 00.4          17.9 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 05 12.63527 13 52 35.62 +73 59 58.2          18.1 N EM001300
    CK08H010  C2008 06 10.93010 12 55 17.94 +59 24 35.6          17.9 N EM001J47
    CK08H010  C2008 06 10.94150 12 55 17.59 +59 24 13.6          17.8 N EM001J47
    CK08H010  C2008 06 10.95072 12 55 17.29 +59 23 55.9          17.7 N EM001J47
    CK08H010  C2008 06 12.51315 12 54 34.18 +58 34 13.8                 EM001900
    CK08H010  C2008 06 12.54105 12 54 33.47 +58 33 20.0          18.0 N EM001900

Observer details:
300 Bisei Spaceguard Center--BATTeRS.  Observers A. Asami, N. Hashimoto,
    K. Nishiyama, S. Okumura, T. Sakamoto, S. Urakawa.  1.0-m f/3.0 reflector
    + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J47 Observatorio Nazaret.  Observer G. Muler.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)
T 2008 Mar. 16.3984 TT                                  MPC
q   2.760025             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.019575       Peri.   96.0364      -0.2281376      -0.8032314
                   Node    34.6371      -0.2497094      -0.4979770
e   0.945972       Incl.   75.4901      +0.9410624      -0.3268613
From 193 observations 2008 Apr. 18-June 12.

                       (Last issue was M.P.E.C. 2008-L57)

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-M01

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