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MPEC 2008-M04 : COMET C/2008 J6 (HILL)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-M04                                Issued 2008 June 16, 01:31 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 J6 (HILL)

Observations:
    CK08J060  C2008 05 31.72851 23 02 57.47 +20 04 07.3          18.0 N EM004300
    CK08J060  C2008 05 31.73001 23 02 57.54 +20 04 10.1          17.7 N EM004300
    CK08J060  C2008 05 31.73152 23 02 57.64 +20 04 13.0          17.9 N EM004300
    CK08J060  C2008 05 31.73300 23 02 57.74 +20 04 15.5          17.5 N EM004300
    CK08J060  C2008 05 31.73450 23 02 57.82 +20 04 19.3          17.3 N EM004300
    CK08J060  C2008 06 09.99825 23 11 17.72 +25 05 42.4                 EM004118
    CK08J060  C2008 06 10.00237 23 11 17.95 +25 05 50.4                 EM004118
    CK08J060  C2008 06 10.00567 23 11 18.10 +25 05 56.8                 EM004118
    CK08J060  C2008 06 10.00831 23 11 18.28 +25 06 02.3                 EM004118
    CK08J060  C2008 06 12.72961 23 13 27.59 +26 34 15.3                 EM004349
    CK08J060  C2008 06 12.73266 23 13 27.71 +26 34 21.1                 EM004349
    CK08J060  C2008 06 12.73309 23 13 27.73 +26 34 21.8                 EM004900
    CK08J060  C2008 06 12.73572 23 13 27.83 +26 34 26.7          15.4 T EM004349
    CK08J060  C2008 06 12.73676 23 13 27.89 +26 34 28.8          16.7 T EM004900
    CK08J060  C2008 06 13.10215 23 13 44.50 +26 46 17.4          17.5 N EM004B49
    CK08J060  C2008 06 13.12480 23 13 45.66 +26 47 00.8          17.3 N EM004J51
    CK08J060  C2008 06 13.15969 23 13 47.23 +26 48 08.6          17.3 N EM004J51
    CK08J060  C2008 06 13.19396 23 13 48.74 +26 49 15.8          17.4 N EM004J51
    CK08J060  C2008 06 14.38279 23 14 42.04 +27 27 37.2          16.7 N EM004H06
    CK08J060  C2008 06 14.40931 23 14 43.10 +27 28 31.8          16.9 N EM004H06
    CK08J060  C2008 06 15.34433 23 15 23.71 +27 58 38.3          16.6 N EM004H06
    CK08J060  C2008 06 15.36295 23 15 24.70 +27 59 12.3          16.6 N EM004H06

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observer S. Gajdos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
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.
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.
B49 Paus Observatory, Sabadell.  Observer J. Camarasa.  0.25-m f/4 Newtonian
    reflector + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observer M. Nicholson.  0.25-m f/4 astrograph
    + CCD.
J51 Observatorio Atlante, Tenerife.  Observer J. A. Henriquez.  0.2-m f/9
    Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 J6 (Hill)
T 2008 Apr. 10.8438 TT                                  MPC
q   2.002489             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   10.6552      +0.5791253      +0.5255849
                   Node   298.1616      -0.7902812      +0.1742333
e   1.0            Incl.   44.9814      -0.2001736      +0.8327084
From 104 observations 2008 May 14-June 15.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-M04

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