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MPEC 2009-K34 : COMET C/2009 F6 (YI-SWAN)

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M.P.E.C. 2009-K34                                Issued 2009 May 23, 15:34 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,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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                              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 13.87317 04 26 23.77 +48 09 41.9          14.4 N EK034A32
    CK09F060  C2009 05 13.87572 04 26 24.38 +48 09 39.0          14.3 N EK034A32
    CK09F060  C2009 05 13.87828 04 26 25.11 +48 09 33.9          14.4 N EK034A32
    CK09F060  C2009 05 13.87999 04 26 25.56 +48 09 30.3          14.3 N EK034A32
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.86219 04 48 01.18 +45 40 18.0          13.7 N EK034B82
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.86605 04 48 02.10 +45 40 11.0          13.7 N EK034B82
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.86880 04 48 02.79 +45 40 05.8          13.6 N EK034B82
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.92089 04 48 15.50 +45 38 30.1          14.5 N EK034585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.92278 04 48 16.01 +45 38 28.4          14.4 N EK034585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.92402 04 48 16.29 +45 38 25.3          14.4 N EK034585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.92485 04 48 16.49 +45 38 23.6          14.5 N EK034585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.92578 04 48 16.69 +45 38 21.7          14.6 N EK034585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.93295 04 48 18.44 +45 38 08.3          13.8 N EK034585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.93338 04 48 18.49 +45 38 07.7          14.0 N EK034585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.93473 04 48 18.87 +45 38 06.0          14.7 N EK034585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.93516 04 48 19.02 +45 38 05.3          14.5 N EK034585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 18.93601 04 48 19.19 +45 38 01.8          14.4 N EK034585
    CK09F060  C2009 05 19.84388 04 51 55.83 +45 10 31.5          13.8 N EK034B82
    CK09F060  C2009 05 19.84565 04 51 56.11 +45 10 27.7          13.7 N EK034B82
    CK09F060  C2009 05 19.84675 04 51 56.41 +45 10 27.2          13.6 N EK034B82
    CK09F060  C2009 05 20.45528 04 54 18.63 +44 51 57.4                 EK034D92
    CK09F060  C2009 05 20.46132 04 54 20.07 +44 51 46.1          11.3 T EK034D92

Observer details:
585 Kiev comet station.  Observers A. Baransky, V. Ponomarenko.  0.7-m f/4
    reflector + CCD.
A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
B82 Maidbronn.  Observer B. Haeusler.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
D92 Osaki.  Observer T. Yusa.  0.30-m f/12.5 Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN)
T 2009 May 7.4380 TT                                    MPC
q   1.274114             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.002164       Peri.  129.7759      -0.0404525      -0.1626767
                   Node   278.6795      +0.2832486      +0.9443157
e   0.997243       Incl.   85.7658      +0.9581930      -0.2860142
From 359 observations 2009 Apr. 6-May 20.

     Further observations of comet C/2009 G1 are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-K34

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