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MPEC 2008-T92 : COMET C/2008 P1 (GARRADD)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-T92                                Issued 2008 Oct. 8, 20:28 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 C/2008 P1 (GARRADD)

Observations:
    CK08P010  C2008 09 27.60199 23 32 55.69 -45 51 29.2          16.4 T ET092423
    CK08P010  C2008 09 27.62456 23 32 53.99 -45 51 20.6          16.6 T ET092423
    CK08P010  C2008 10 01.53676 23 28 10.45 -45 24 53.1          16.4 T ET092423
    CK08P010  C2008 10 01.54804 23 28 09.65 -45 24 48.3          16.4 T ET092423
    CK08P010  C2008 10 02.62670 23 26 53.36 -45 16 53.9          16.3 T ET092423
    CK08P010  C2008 10 02.63911 23 26 52.52 -45 16 48.5          16.2 T ET092423
    CK08P010  C2008 10 04.42157 23 24 48.96 -45 03 08.8          15.7 N ET092D90
    CK08P010  C2008 10 04.42551 23 24 48.68 -45 03 08.5          16.0 N ET092D90
    CK08P010  C2008 10 04.43214 23 24 48.21 -45 03 05.1          16.4 N ET092D90
    CK08P010  C2008 10 04.43402 23 24 48.07 -45 03 04.2          16.1 N ET092D90
    CK08P010  C2008 10 07.01489 23 21 53.95 -44 42 07.8          17.0 N ET092I32

Observer details:
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
D90 RAS Observatory, Moorook.  Observers P. Camilleri, G. Sostero, E. Guido.
    0.25-m f/6 reflector + CCD.
I32 Observatorio Beta Orionis, Rosario.  Observer F. Tifner.  0.25-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 P1 (Garradd)
T 2009 July 22.7468 TT                                  MPC
q   3.897940             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   11.7887      +0.9816831      -0.1870395
                   Node   357.6935      -0.0280700      +0.0462332
e   1.0            Incl.   64.2771      +0.1884420      +0.9812638
From 89 observations 2008 Aug. 13-Oct. 7.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-T92

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