MPEC 2008-M37 : EDITORIAL NOTICE
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M.P.E.C. 2008-M37 Issued 2008 June 25, 22:30 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
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EDITORIAL NOTICE
A new edition--the seventeenth--of the MPC/CBAT "Catalogue of Cometary
Orbits", complete through the entries in the June 2008 batch of the Minor
Planet Circulars, will shortly be available. Given that the catalogue includes
3815 orbits for 3708 cometary apparitions, it was decided to place the 1490
orbits of comets observed only from SOHO, STEREO, SMM and SOLWIND in a
separate section. There is also a section giving the 1139 orbits for 1062
apparitions of the 200 numbered comets. Except for the nine of these comets
that are considered "lost", there are tabulations of the osculating elements
for the standard epochs 2007 Oct. 27.0, 2008 May 14.0, 2008 Nov. 30.0, 2009
June 18.0, 2010 Jan. 4.0 and 2010 July 23.0. "Original" and "future"
reciprocal semimajor axes are given for 499 high-quality long-period orbits.
The 195-page catalogue sells for $60.00 ($80.00 for airmail delivery outside
North America). There is also an e-mail edition (with just the basic orbital
information) for $80.00. Orders should be sent to Mail Stop 18,
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138,
U.S.A., iausubs@cfa.harvard.edu or FAX +1-617-495-7231.
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2008 MPC M.P.E.C. 2008-M37
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