MPEC 2009-K63 : COMET C/2009 K4 (GIBBS)
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M.P.E.C. 2009-K63 Issued 2009 May 28, 15:21 UT
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minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
COMET C/2009 K4 (GIBBS)
Observations:
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.14873 07 57 43.63 +46 02 11.6 17.0 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.15046 07 57 44.06 +46 02 09.4 17.5 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.15207 07 57 44.46 +46 02 08.5 17.2 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.15373 07 57 44.82 +46 02 06.0 17.2 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.20262 07 57 57.01 +46 01 06.3 16.8 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.20306 07 57 57.21 +46 01 05.9 16.7 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.20351 07 57 57.21 +46 01 05.4 16.6 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.20394 07 57 57.39 +46 01 04.5 17.0 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.20527 07 57 57.67 +46 01 03.4 17.0 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.20587 07 57 57.91 +46 01 02.0 16.6 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.20648 07 57 58.11 +46 01 01.8 16.6 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.20711 07 57 58.20 +46 01 01.1 16.8 T EK063703
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.21748 07 58 00.86 +46 00 48.2 17.5 T EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.22014 07 58 01.52 +46 00 45.0 EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.22338 07 58 02.28 +46 00 41.4 EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.22471 07 58 02.60 +46 00 39.8 EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.22620 07 58 02.98 +46 00 37.8 EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.22772 07 58 03.34 +46 00 36.2 EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.84389 08 00 36.47 +45 48 15.0 18.4 T EK063B03
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.85134 08 00 38.38 +45 48 06.6 18.8 T EK063B03
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.85771 08 00 40.11 +45 47 57.3 18.8 T EK063B03
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.88083 08 00 45.70 +45 47 31.0 18.5 T EK063B03
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.91354 08 00 54.24 +45 46 48.1 18.5 T EK063A71
CK09K040 C2009 05 27.92647 08 00 57.14 +45 46 33.4 18.2 T EK063A71
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.15517 08 01 53.69 +45 41 57.9 18.1 T EK063H06
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.16240 08 01 55.59 +45 41 49.5 EK063693
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.16465 08 01 56.07 +45 41 46.4 18.3 T EK063H06
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.16596 08 01 56.43 +45 41 44.9 EK063693
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.16885 08 01 57.16 +45 41 41.6 EK063693
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.17174 08 01 57.90 +45 41 37.9 EK063693
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.17350 08 01 58.36 +45 41 35.9 17.6 T EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.17509 08 01 58.58 +45 41 33.2 18.0 T EK063H06
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.18241 08 02 00.51 +45 41 25.3 EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.18326 08 02 00.71 +45 41 23.9 EK063G96
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.18398 08 02 00.87 +45 41 23.0 17.5 T EK063G96
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.18456 08 02 01.03 +45 41 22.6 EK063G96
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.18513 08 02 01.16 +45 41 21.7 EK063G96
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.18947 08 02 02.28 +45 41 16.4 EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.19653 08 02 04.00 +45 41 07.6 EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.20579 08 02 06.28 +45 40 56.4 EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.21366 08 02 08.21 +45 40 46.7 EK063673
CK09K040 C2009 05 28.22072 08 02 09.94 +45 40 38.2 EK063673
Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood. Observer J. Young. 0.61-m f/16
Cassegrain + CCD.
693 Catalina Station, Tucson. Observer C. W. Hergenrother. 1.54-m reflector
+ CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey. Observer A. R. Gibbs. Measurers E. C. Beshore,
A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
S. M. Larson. 0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
A71 Stixendorf. Observer M. Jaeger. Measurer W. Vollmann. 0.20-m f/2.8
reflector + CCD.
B03 Alter Satzberg, Vienna. Observer M. Pietschnig. 0.35-m f/5.8
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey. Observer R. E. Hill. Measurers E. C. Beshore,
A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
S. M. Larson. 1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill. Observers E. Guido, G. Sostero. 0.25-m f/3.4
reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2009 K4 (Gibbs)
T 2009 June 18.433 TT MPC
q 1.56252 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 126.837 -0.846542 -0.450668
Node 29.747 +0.068679 -0.620234
e 1.0 Incl. 34.820 +0.527872 -0.642035
From 41 observations 2009 May 27-28.
Ephemeris:
C/2009 K4 (Gibbs)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2009 05 19 07 23.24 +48 26.2 2.022 1.617 52.4 29.7 16.6
2009 05 29 08 05.38 +45 24.6 2.020 1.588 50.8 29.7 16.5
2009 06 08 08 45.07 +41 33.1 2.028 1.569 49.4 29.4 16.5
2009 06 18 09 21.64 +37 00.2 2.050 1.563 47.9 28.8 16.5
2009 06 28 09 54.97 +31 57.3 2.087 1.568 46.3 28.0 16.6
2009 07 08 10 25.29 +26 37.1 2.139 1.585 44.6 26.8 16.7
2009 07 18 10 52.99 +21 10.6 2.207 1.614 42.7 25.3 16.8
2009 07 28 11 18.54 +15 47.2 2.290 1.654 40.4 23.5 17.0
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2009 MPC M.P.E.C. 2009-K63
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