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MPEC 2009-K17 : COMET C/2009 F6 (YI-SWAN)

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M.P.E.C. 2009-K17                                Issued 2009 May 18, 19:30 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 F6 (YI-SWAN)

Observations:
    CK09F060  C2009 05 11.95999 04 17 14.90 +49 05 30.2          14.61N EK017987
    CK09F060  C2009 05 11.96355 04 17 15.86 +49 05 23.0          14.56N EK017987
    CK09F060  C2009 05 11.96448 04 17 16.13 +49 05 22.8          14.51N EK017987
    CK09F060  C2009 05 11.96507 04 17 16.31 +49 05 22.0          14.51N EK017987
    CK09F060  C2009 05 13.44830 04 24 24.26 +48 22 11.7          14.7 N EK017D92
    CK09F060  C2009 05 13.44949 04 24 24.60 +48 22 10.4          14.0 N EK017D92
    CK09F060  C2009 05 13.85583 04 26 18.78 +48 10 13.5          13.1 N EK017A71
    CK09F060  C2009 05 13.85681 04 26 19.13 +48 10 12.1          13.1 N EK017A71
    CK09F060  C2009 05 13.85778 04 26 19.30 +48 10 09.3          13.1 N EK017A71
    CK09F060  C2009 05 13.87113 04 26 23.15 +48 09 44.7          13.1 N EK017A71
    CK09F060  C2009 05 13.87211 04 26 23.45 +48 09 45.1          13.1 N EK017A71
    CK09F060  C2009 05 13.87308 04 26 23.63 +48 09 41.6          13.1 N EK017A71
    CK09F060  C2009 05 14.45984 04 29 05.85 +47 52 26.6                 EK017900
    CK09F060  C2009 05 14.46258 04 29 06.64 +47 52 19.5          14.3 N EK017900
    CK09F060  C2009 05 14.90900 04 31 08.80 +47 39 05.9          14.1 N EK017585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 14.90972 04 31 08.84 +47 38 59.7          14.2 N EK017585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 14.91074 04 31 09.07 +47 39 00.3          14.2 N EK017585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 14.91480 04 31 10.38 +47 38 54.1          14.3 N EK017585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 14.91696 04 31 10.77 +47 38 49.1          14.0 N EK017585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 14.92128 04 31 12.01 +47 38 38.3          14.3 N EK017585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 14.92344 04 31 12.57 +47 38 32.3          14.4 N EK017585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 14.92560 04 31 13.24 +47 38 31.4          14.3 N EK017585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 14.92777 04 31 13.76 +47 38 27.5          14.5 N EK017585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 16.85370 04 39 40.70 +46 40 55.4          14.2 N EK017213
    CK09F060  C2009 05 16.85943 04 39 42.15 +46 40 47.7          13.0 N EK017A71
    CK09F060  C2009 05 16.86156 04 39 42.80 +46 40 41.6          13.1 N EK017A71
    CK09F060  C2009 05 16.86369 04 39 43.31 +46 40 38.3          13.1 N EK017A71
    CK09F060  C2009 05 16.86747 04 39 44.26 +46 40 32.7          14.2 N EK017213
    CK09F060  C2009 05 16.86887 04 39 44.64 +46 40 30.4          14.2 N EK017213

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observers A. Baransky, V. Ponomarenko.  0.7-m f/4
    reflector + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.26-m f/7.0 reflector + CCD.
987 Isle of Man Observatory, Foxdale.  Observer D. Storey.  0.4-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A71 Stixendorf.  Observer M. Jaeger.  Measurer W. Vollmann.  0.20-m f/2.8
    reflector + CCD.
D92 Osaki.  Observer T. Yusa.  0.30-m f/12.5 Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN)
T 2009 May 7.3944 TT                                    MPC
q   1.274660             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  129.7401      -0.0401602      -0.1628364
                   Node   278.6784      +0.2826904      +0.9444698
e   1.0            Incl.   85.7523      +0.9583701      -0.2854138
From 339 observations 2009 Apr. 6-May 16.

     Further observations of comet C/2009 G1 are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-K17

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