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MPEC 2009-E69 : Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2009 MPC M.P.E.C. 2009-E69

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M.P.E.C. 2009-E69                                Issued 2009 Mar. 15, 16:16 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/2009 E1 (ITAGAKI)

Observations:
    CK09E010  C2009 03 14.41509 02 48 07.10 +08 23 31.0          12.8 T EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 14.41522 02 48 06.88 +08 23 33.3          12.8 T EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 14.42556 02 48 05.43 +08 24 19.4                 EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 14.42872 02 48 05.06 +08 24 34.2                 EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 14.43199 02 48 04.57 +08 24 47.3                 EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 14.44446 02 48 02.82 +08 25 45.6                 EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.40429 02 45 38.05 +09 38 59.5          13.3 T EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.40792 02 45 37.58 +09 39 16.5                 EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.41272 02 45 36.80 +09 39 36.7                 EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.41578 02 45 36.29 +09 39 50.5                 EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.41639 02 45 36.29 +09 39 54.2                 EE069900
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.41993 02 45 35.70 +09 40 09.5                 EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.42025 02 45 35.71 +09 40 11.2                 EE069900
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.42291 02 45 35.30 +09 40 23.2                 EE069D94
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.42443 02 45 35.09 +09 40 30.0                 EE069900
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.42829 02 45 34.47 +09 40 47.3          14.6 T EE069900
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.50017 02 45 23.56 +09 46 06.9          12.4 T EE069367
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.50156 02 45 23.42 +09 46 12.7          12.6 T EE069367
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.50295 02 45 23.16 +09 46 18.6          12.6 T EE069367
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.56392 02 45 14.32 +09 50 49.5          12.7 N EE069C42
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.56828 02 45 13.75 +09 51 05.7          12.7 N EE069C42
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.57244 02 45 12.99 +09 51 25.0          12.9 N EE069C42
    CK09E010  C2009 03 15.57659 02 45 12.16 +09 51 42.7          12.8 N EE069C42

Observer details:
367 Yatsuka.  Observer H. Abe.  0.26-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
C42 Xingming Observatory, Mt. Nanshan.  Observer X. Gao.  Measurer T. Chen.
     0.11-m F/2.8 camera lens + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 reflector + CCD.
D94 Takanezawa, Tochigi.  Observer K. Itagaki.  Measurer H. Kaneda.
    0.21-m f3.0 reflector + CCD, 0.30-m f7.8 reflector + CCD.  The Mar. 14
    observations correct those on MPEC 2009-E68.

Orbital elements:
    C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
T 2009 Apr. 7.385 TT                                    MPC
q   0.60809              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   47.130       +0.253052       +0.605957
                   Node   105.780       +0.485776       -0.753736
e   1.0            Incl.  128.398       +0.836652       +0.254357
From 33 observations 2009 Mar. 14-15.

Ephemeris:
    C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2009 03 10    02 59.87   +01 59.8    0.841    0.858    55.0    71.5  10.5  16.8
2009 03 15    02 46.65   +09 08.6    0.943    0.789    48.0    69.4  10.3  16.8
2009 03 20    02 34.48   +14 46.6    1.050    0.727    41.5    65.2  10.2  16.7
2009 03 25    02 22.57   +19 12.9    1.156    0.675    35.6    59.3  10.1  16.6
2009 03 30    02 10.45   +22 41.2    1.256    0.635    30.1    51.9  10.0  16.4
2009 04 04    01 57.95   +25 20.9    1.345    0.613    25.2    44.1  10.0  16.3
2009 04 09    01 45.21   +27 19.5    1.419    0.609    21.4    37.0  10.1  16.2
2009 04 14    01 32.57   +28 44.0    1.475    0.625    19.4    32.2  10.3  16.2
2009 04 19    01 20.36   +29 42.0    1.512    0.659    19.7    30.8  10.6  16.3
2009 04 24    01 08.78   +30 20.8    1.531    0.707    22.0    32.2  10.9  16.5
2009 04 29    00 57.78   +30 46.6    1.533    0.766    25.9    35.0  11.3  16.8


Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-E69

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