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MPEC 2008-Q06 : COMET C/2008 N1 (HOLMES)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-Q06                                Issued 2008 Aug. 18, 16:29 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 N1 (HOLMES)

Observations:
    CK08N010  C2008 08 16.22396 23 07 23.38 +18 01 05.2          18.9 N EQ006H55
    CK08N010  C2008 08 16.22934 23 07 22.97 +18 01 06.1          18.8 N EQ006H55
    CK08N010  C2008 08 16.23473 23 07 22.57 +18 01 07.0          18.7 N EQ006H55
    CK08N010  C2008 08 17.04646 23 06 21.71 +18 03 19.0          18.6 N EQ006B37
    CK08N010  C2008 08 17.04755 23 06 21.64 +18 03 18.2          18.6 N EQ006B37
    CK08N010  C2008 08 17.04863 23 06 21.40 +18 03 15.4          18.7 N EQ006B37

Observer details:
B37 Obs. de L' Ametlla del Valles, Barcelona.  Observer A. Garrigos S.
    0.51-m f/4 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
H55 Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurer H. Devore.  0.61-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 N1 (Holmes)
T 2009 Sept. 25.2777 TT                                 MPC
q   2.784475             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  100.7255      -0.2045887      -0.9780399
                   Node   357.4740      -0.7333227      +0.1800556
e   1.0            Incl.  115.5341      +0.6483681      -0.1049666
From 145 observations 2008 July 1-Aug. 17.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-Q06

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