Printer-friendly version

IAU Minor Planet Center

Minor Planet Center

MPEC 2008-M03 : COMET P/2008 J2 (BESHORE)

The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.


Read MPEC 2008-M02 Read MPEC 2008-M04


M.P.E.C. 2008-M03                                Issued 2008 June 16, 01:28 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 P/2008 J2 (BESHORE)

Observations:
    PK08J020  C2008 06 09.67745 16 42 41.92 -15 05 51.7          14.6 T EM003349
    PK08J020  C2008 06 09.68215 16 42 41.70 -15 05 53.0                 EM003349
    PK08J020  C2008 06 09.94081 16 42 30.08 -15 06 53.0          16.1 N EM003J47
    PK08J020  C2008 06 09.94363 16 42 29.95 -15 06 54.0          16.1 N EM003J47
    PK08J020  C2008 06 09.94927 16 42 29.70 -15 06 55.0          16.1 N EM003J47
    PK08J020  C2008 06 10.08525 16 42 23.19 -15 07 27.2          16.0 N EM003J45
    PK08J020  C2008 06 10.09644 16 42 22.64 -15 07 29.6          15.9 N EM003J45
    PK08J020  C2008 06 10.44998 16 42 06.44 -15 08 47.4          18.2 N EM003E85
    PK08J020  C2008 06 10.45447 16 42 06.20 -15 08 48.5          18.3 N EM003E85
    PK08J020  C2008 06 10.45749 16 42 06.08 -15 08 49.5          18.5 N EM003E85
    PK08J020  C2008 06 11.96147 16 40 57.29 -15 14 57.0          17.5 N EM003J51
    PK08J020  C2008 06 11.96751 16 40 56.98 -15 14 58.4          17.5 N EM003J51
    PK08J020  C2008 06 11.97355 16 40 56.67 -15 15 00.2          17.0 N EM003J51
    PK08J020  C2008 06 12.03478 16 40 53.77 -15 15 13.7          15.9 N EM003J24
    PK08J020  C2008 06 12.04376 16 40 53.34 -15 15 15.6          16.1 N EM003J24
    PK08J020  C2008 06 12.05278 16 40 52.91 -15 15 18.6          16.2 N EM003J24
    PK08J020  C2008 06 12.61340 16 40 27.70 -15 17 36.7                 EM003900
    PK08J020  C2008 06 12.61707 16 40 27.54 -15 17 37.4          17.5 N EM003900

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
E85 Farm Cove.  Observer J. McCormick.  0.35-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J24 Observatorio Altamira.  Observer J. F. Hernandez.  0.4-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J45 Observatorio Montana Cabreja, Vega de San Mateo.  Observer F. A. Rodriguez
    Rz.  0.20-m f/4 reflector.
J47 Observatorio Nazaret.  Observer G. Muler.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J51 Observatorio Atlante, Tenerife.  Observer J. A. Henriquez.  0.2-m f/9
    Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2008 J2 (Beshore)
T 2008 Mar. 20.7550 TT                                  MPC
q   2.410308             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1517162      Peri.  131.7811      -0.6298959      +0.7563774
a   3.481620       Node    98.2988      -0.7549560      -0.5429261
e   0.307705       Incl.   10.2701      -0.1824076      -0.3648623
P   6.50
From 369 observations 2008 May 6-June 12.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-M03

Read MPEC 2008-M02 Read MPEC 2008-M04


Our Web policy. Index to the CBAT/MPC/ICQ pages.


Valid HTML 4.01!