MPEC 2008-W74 : COMET C/2008 T2 (CARDINAL)
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M.P.E.C. 2008-W74 Issued 2008 Nov. 26, 16:34 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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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 T2 (CARDINAL)
Observations:
CK08T020 C2008 10 09.59271 07 32 53.46 +81 08 58.1 17.3 N EW074D78
CK08T020 C2008 10 09.60243 07 32 56.01 +81 09 02.8 14.9 T EW074D78
CK08T020 C2008 10 16.73688 07 56 23.58 +82 05 18.3 16.2 T EW074355
CK08T020 C2008 10 16.73833 07 56 24.02 +82 05 19.0 EW074355
CK08T020 C2008 10 16.74052 07 56 24.48 +82 05 19.9 EW074355
CK08T020 C2008 10 16.74271 07 56 24.74 +82 05 21.4 EW074355
CK08T020 C2008 11 18.22098 09 28 28.45 +86 59 50.2 15.0 T EW074G86
CK08T020 C2008 11 19.70970 09 30 01.28 +87 15 41.5 15.9 N EW074204
CK08T020 C2008 11 19.94547 09 30 15.21 +87 18 15.6 EW074204
CK08T020 C2008 11 23.04289 09 29 52.58 +87 52 08.7 16.2 N EW074J53
CK08T020 C2008 11 23.05003 09 29 52.17 +87 52 13.4 16.2 N EW074J53
CK08T020 C2008 11 23.05737 09 29 51.42 +87 52 18.5 16.2 N EW074J53
Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory. Observer L. Buzzi. 0.38-m f/6.8 reflector
+ CCD.
355 Hadano. Observer A. Asami. 0.28-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
D78 Iga-Ueno. Observer T. Tanaka. Measurer S. Nakano. 0.13-m f/5.8
refractor + CCD.
G86 Tucson-Winterhaven. Observer C. W. Hergenrother. 0.31-m f/5 reflector
+ CCD.
J53 Posadas. Observer R. Benavides. 0.28-m f/5.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal)
T 2009 June 13.2632 TT MPC
q 1.202195 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 215.8750 -0.7676146 +0.0282184
Node 309.6825 +0.5756107 -0.4089861
e 1.0 Incl. 56.3030 -0.2818512 -0.9121042
From 205 observations 2008 Oct. 6-Nov. 23.
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2008 MPC M.P.E.C. 2008-W74
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