MPEC 2008-R75 : COMET P/2008 Q2 (ORY)
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M.P.E.C. 2008-R75 Issued 2008 Sept. 15, 17:00 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,
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URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
COMET P/2008 Q2 (ORY)
Observations:
PK08Q020 C2008 09 07.39896 01 52 40.83 +04 42 51.3 16.9 T ER075703
PK08Q020 C2008 09 07.40552 01 52 41.41 +04 42 54.2 16.9 T ER075703
PK08Q020 C2008 09 07.41204 01 52 42.06 +04 42 58.3 16.6 T ER075703
PK08Q020 C2008 09 07.41862 01 52 42.70 +04 43 01.2 17.0 T ER075703
PK08Q020 C2008 09 08.71634 01 54 54.30 +04 54 09.5 ER075900
PK08Q020 C2008 09 08.72426 01 54 55.02 +04 54 13.6 17.6 N ER075900
PK08Q020 C2008 09 08.73784 01 54 56.29 +04 54 20.5 ER075367
PK08Q020 C2008 09 08.74096 01 54 56.64 +04 54 22.0 ER075367
PK08Q020 C2008 09 08.74409 01 54 56.89 +04 54 23.6 16.2 T ER075367
PK08Q020 C2008 09 09.01431 01 55 24.18 +04 56 39.5 17.4 N ER075585
PK08Q020 C2008 09 09.01578 01 55 24.34 +04 56 40.1 17.6 N ER075585
PK08Q020 C2008 09 09.01723 01 55 24.49 +04 56 40.9 17.4 N ER075585
PK08Q020 C2008 09 09.01870 01 55 24.61 +04 56 41.8 17.3 N ER075585
PK08Q020 C2008 09 09.06405 01 55 29.18 +04 57 05.5 17.6 T ER075215
PK08Q020 C2008 09 09.06511 01 55 29.29 +04 57 06.0 17.5 T ER075215
PK08Q020 C2008 09 09.06616 01 55 29.41 +04 57 06.4 17.5 T ER075215
PK08Q020 C2008 09 09.62454 01 56 25.77 +05 01 56.2 ER075900
PK08Q020 C2008 09 09.63593 01 56 26.85 +05 02 02.0 17.6 N ER075900
PK08Q020 C2008 09 10.02841 01 57 05.58 +05 05 20.5 ER075246
PK08Q020 C2008 09 10.02946 01 57 05.67 +05 05 21.0 ER075246
PK08Q020 C2008 09 10.03067 01 57 05.79 +05 05 21.7 ER075246
PK08Q020 C2008 09 10.03149 01 57 05.86 +05 05 22.1 ER075246
PK08Q020 C2008 09 10.03226 01 57 05.94 +05 05 22.4 ER075246
PK08Q020 C2008 09 12.09686 02 00 28.63 +05 23 00.0 ER075118
PK08Q020 C2008 09 12.10103 02 00 28.98 +05 23 02.9 ER075118
PK08Q020 C2008 09 12.12811 02 00 31.50 +05 23 16.7 18 T ER075461
PK08Q020 C2008 09 12.12962 02 00 31.62 +05 23 17.6 ER075461
PK08Q020 C2008 09 12.13112 02 00 31.78 +05 23 18.6 ER075461
PK08Q020 C2008 09 12.13413 02 00 32.04 +05 23 19.8 ER075461
PK08Q020 C2008 09 14.07068 02 03 39.06 +05 39 53.7 16.2 N ER075J51
PK08Q020 C2008 09 14.07749 02 03 39.72 +05 39 58.5 16.4 N ER075J51
Observer details:
118 Modra. Observer S. Gajdos. 0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
215 Buchloe. Observer W. Hasubick. 0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT. Observer M. Tichy. 1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
+ CCD.
367 Yatsuka. Observer H. Abe. 0.26-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
461 University of Szeged, Piszkesteto Stn. (Konkoly). Observer K. Sarneczky.
0.60-m Schmidt + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station. Observer A. Baransky. 0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey. Observer E. Beshore. Measurers E. C. Beshore,
A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
S. M. Larson. 0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
900 Moriyama. Observer Y. Ikari. 0.26-m f/7.0 reflector + CCD.
J51 Observatorio Atlante, Tenerife. Observer J. A. Henriquez. 0.2-m f/9
Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
P/2008 Q2 (Ory)
T 2008 Oct. 19.003 TT MPC
q 1.38242 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.168691 Peri. 329.580 +0.862937 -0.503568
a 3.24396 Node 60.714 +0.472758 +0.775260
e 0.57385 Incl. 2.756 +0.178434 +0.381303
P 5.84
From 132 observations 2008 Aug. 27-Sept. 14.
Ephemeris:
P/2008 Q2 (Ory)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2008 09 11 01 58.69 +05 13.8 0.526 1.444 138.6 27.4 16.7
2008 09 21 02 14.12 +06 38.8 0.475 1.417 144.2 24.5 16.4
2008 10 01 02 27.06 +08 03.6 0.436 1.397 150.4 20.7 16.1
2008 10 11 02 36.98 +09 30.2 0.409 1.385 157.4 16.1 16.0
2008 10 21 02 43.85 +10 59.8 0.397 1.383 165.2 10.6 15.9
2008 10 31 02 48.12 +12 31.6 0.398 1.389 173.4 4.7 15.9
2008 11 10 02 51.07 +14 04.1 0.414 1.404 176.0 2.8 16.1
2008 11 20 02 54.24 +15 34.8 0.446 1.427 167.8 8.4 16.3
2008 11 30 02 58.83 +17 01.4 0.493 1.457 159.2 13.9 16.6
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2008 MPC M.P.E.C. 2008-R75
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