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MPEC 2008-Y06 : COMETS C/2003 Q1, 2003 Q6, 2008 X5, 2008 X6 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-Y06                                Issued 2008 Dec. 18, 16:27 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

              COMETS C/2003 Q1, 2003 Q6, 2008 X5, 2008 X6 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK03Q010 2S2003 08 20.91276 09 51 48.4  +13 32 22                   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2s2003 08 20.91276 2 -0.01045528 +0.00137672 +0.00041114   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2S2003 08 20.92117 09 52 05.4  +13 32 38                   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2s2003 08 20.92117 2 -0.01045584 +0.00137573 +0.00041046   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2S2003 08 20.93756 09 52 25.3  +13 33 09                   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2s2003 08 20.93756 2 -0.01045693 +0.00137380 +0.00040914   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2S2003 08 20.96256 09 53 02.6  +13 32 55                   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2s2003 08 20.96256 2 -0.01045859 +0.00137086 +0.00040713   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2S2003 08 20.97923 09 53 29.9  +13 33 09                   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2s2003 08 20.97923 2 -0.01045969 +0.00136890 +0.00040579   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2S2003 08 20.99590 09 53 54.6  +13 32 60                   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2s2003 08 20.99590 2 -0.01046080 +0.00136693 +0.00040445   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2S2003 08 21.00423 09 54 08.6  +13 32 58                   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2s2003 08 21.00423 2 -0.01046134 +0.00136596 +0.00040378   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2S2003 08 21.02090 09 54 41.1  +13 32 25                   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2s2003 08 21.02090 2 -0.01046245 +0.00136400 +0.00040244   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2S2003 08 21.03756 09 55 11.8  +13 31 38                   EY006249
    CK03Q010 2s2003 08 21.03756 2 -0.01046355 +0.00136204 +0.00040110   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2S2003 08 26.56054 10 12 48.1  +11 44 27                   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2s2003 08 26.56054 2 -0.01077073 +0.00073509 -0.00003052   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2S2003 08 26.57646 10 13 11.4  +11 44 46                   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2s2003 08 26.57646 2 -0.01077143 +0.00073335 -0.00003173   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2S2003 08 26.58756 10 13 26.5  +11 44 49                   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2s2003 08 26.58756 2 -0.01077192 +0.00073214 -0.00003257   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2S2003 08 26.60145 10 13 46.6  +11 44 56                   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2s2003 08 26.60145 2 -0.01077254 +0.00073062 -0.00003362   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2S2003 08 26.61812 10 14 09.5  +11 44 51                   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2s2003 08 26.61812 2 -0.01077327 +0.00072881 -0.00003488   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2S2003 08 26.62923 10 14 26.3  +11 44 42                   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2s2003 08 26.62923 2 -0.01077376 +0.00072760 -0.00003572   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2S2003 08 26.64312 10 14 46.1  +11 44 32                   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2s2003 08 26.64312 2 -0.01077437 +0.00072608 -0.00003677   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2S2003 08 26.65980 10 15 10.8  +11 44 26                   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2s2003 08 26.65980 2 -0.01077510 +0.00072427 -0.00003803   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2S2003 08 26.67090 10 15 27.2  +11 44 26                   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2s2003 08 26.67090 2 -0.01077559 +0.00072306 -0.00003887   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2S2003 08 26.68479 10 15 47.9  +11 44 28                   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2s2003 08 26.68479 2 -0.01077619 +0.00072155 -0.00003992   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2S2003 08 26.71256 10 16 35.8  +11 44 10                   EY006249
    CK03Q060 2s2003 08 26.71256 2 -0.01077741 +0.00071853 -0.00004202   EY006249
    CK08X050 2S2008 12 07.02203 16 56 47.8  -23 56 32                   EY006249
    CK08X050 2s2008 12 07.02203 2 +0.00116678 -0.00849038 -0.00326716   EY006249
    CK08X050 2S2008 12 07.03755 16 56 46.5  -23 51 10                   EY006249
    CK08X050 2s2008 12 07.03755 2 +0.00117069 -0.00849055 -0.00326762   EY006249
    CK08X050 2S2008 12 07.04591 16 56 46.2  -23 48 24                   EY006249
    CK08X050 2s2008 12 07.04591 2 +0.00117280 -0.00849064 -0.00326788   EY006249
    CK08X050 2S2008 12 07.06255 16 56 44.3  -23 42 50                   EY006249
    CK08X050 2s2008 12 07.06255 2 +0.00117699 -0.00849082 -0.00326838   EY006249
    CK08X050 2S2008 12 07.07922 16 56 42.7  -23 37 08                   EY006249
    CK08X050 2s2008 12 07.07922 2 +0.00118119 -0.00849100 -0.00326888   EY006249
    CK08X050 2S2008 12 07.08756 16 56 42.0  -23 34 19                   EY006249
    CK08X050 2s2008 12 07.08756 2 +0.00118329 -0.00849108 -0.00326913   EY006249
    CK08X050 2S2008 12 07.10447 16 56 41.6  -23 28 33                   EY006249
    CK08X050 2s2008 12 07.10447 2 +0.00118754 -0.00849126 -0.00326963   EY006249
    CK08X060 2S2008 12 07.50422 16 53 29.3  -22 17 09                   EY006249
    CK08X060 2s2008 12 07.50422 2 +0.00128770 -0.00849500 -0.00328149   EY006249
    CK08X060 2S2008 12 07.52088 16 53 09.9  -22 13 49                   EY006249
    CK08X060 2s2008 12 07.52088 2 +0.00129186 -0.00849513 -0.00328198   EY006249
    CK08X060 2S2008 12 07.53755 16 52 51.0  -22 10 39                   EY006249
    CK08X060 2s2008 12 07.53755 2 +0.00129601 -0.00849527 -0.00328247   EY006249
    CK08X060 2S2008 12 07.56364 16 52 22.8  -22 05 48                   EY006249
    CK08X060 2s2008 12 07.56364 2 +0.00130251 -0.00849548 -0.00328323   EY006249
    CK08X060 2S2008 12 07.57922 16 52 05.2  -22 02 58                   EY006249
    CK08X060 2s2008 12 07.57922 2 +0.00130639 -0.00849560 -0.00328368   EY006249
    CK08X060 2S2008 12 07.58781 16 51 57.0  -22 01 30                   EY006249
    CK08X060 2s2008 12 07.58781 2 +0.00130853 -0.00849567 -0.00328394   EY006249
    CK08X060 2S2008 12 07.60448 16 51 39.6  -21 58 18                   EY006249
    CK08X060 2s2008 12 07.60448 2 +0.00131268 -0.00849580 -0.00328442   EY006249
    CK08X060 2S2008 12 07.62089 16 51 22.6  -21 55 14                   EY006249
    CK08X060 2s2008 12 07.62089 2 +0.00131677 -0.00849593 -0.00328490   EY006249
    CK08X060 2S2008 12 07.62922 16 51 14.3  -21 53 55                   EY006249
    CK08X060 2s2008 12 07.62922 2 +0.00131884 -0.00849599 -0.00328514   EY006249
    CK08X060 2S2008 12 07.64588 16 50 58.3  -21 50 51                   EY006249
    CK08X060 2s2008 12 07.64588 2 +0.00132298 -0.00849612 -0.00328563   EY006249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C2.  The 2003 observations replace those
    on MPEC 2004 J19.  The 2008 comets were detected by R. Kracht.
    Measurements by K. Battams, reductions by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK03Q010   2003 Aug.  21.00   0.0499   1.0      37.64    85.11    26.31     X
CK03Q060   2003 Aug.  26.50   0.0494   1.0      25.14    83.65    25.33     X
CK08X050   2008 Dec.   7.59   0.0342   1.0      61.71    71.38    71.76     X
CK08X060   2008 Dec.   7.55   0.0497   1.0      19.57    78.36    24.61     X

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-Y06

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