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MPEC 2009-P01 : COMETS C/2009 L16, 2009 L17, 2009 M1, 2009 M2 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2009-P01                                Issued 2009 Aug. 1, 03:28 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/2009 L16, 2009 L17, 2009 M1, 2009 M2 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.39313 05 25 48.8  +21 22 15                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.39313 2 -0.00324567 +0.00884014 +0.00389955   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.40976 05 25 51.8  +21 25 20                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.40976 2 -0.00324878 +0.00884030 +0.00389914   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.43481 05 25 56.9  +21 29 39                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.43481 2 -0.00325348 +0.00884054 +0.00389853   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.46254 05 26 01.9  +21 34 40                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.46254 2 -0.00325868 +0.00884080 +0.00389786   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.47643 05 26 05.5  +21 37 16                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.47643 2 -0.00326128 +0.00884094 +0.00389752   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.49310 05 26 09.1  +21 40 23                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.49310 2 -0.00326440 +0.00884109 +0.00389711   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.50421 05 26 12.1  +21 42 22                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.50421 2 -0.00326648 +0.00884120 +0.00389684   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.51810 05 26 15.0  +21 45 05                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.51810 2 -0.00326908 +0.00884133 +0.00389650   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.56055 05 26 25.4  +21 53 27                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.56055 2 -0.00327703 +0.00884173 +0.00389546   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.57643 05 26 29.3  +21 56 39                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.57643 2 -0.00328000 +0.00884188 +0.00389507   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.58755 05 26 32.4  +21 59 02                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.58755 2 -0.00328208 +0.00884198 +0.00389480   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.60143 05 26 36.5  +22 01 57                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.60143 2 -0.00328467 +0.00884211 +0.00389446   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.61811 05 26 41.5  +22 05 32                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.61811 2 -0.00328779 +0.00884226 +0.00389405   EP001249
    CK09L160 2S2009 06 14.64314 05 26 48.7  +22 11 08                   EP001249
    CK09L160 2s2009 06 14.64314 2 -0.00329247 +0.00884249 +0.00389343   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.01257 05 25 00.5  +20 18 02                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.01257 2 -0.00336125 +0.00884571 +0.00388427   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.02924 05 25 05.3  +20 20 49                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.02924 2 -0.00336434 +0.00884585 +0.00388386   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.07092 05 25 17.1  +20 28 15                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.07092 2 -0.00337208 +0.00884619 +0.00388281   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.09590 05 25 22.4  +20 32 15                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.09590 2 -0.00337671 +0.00884640 +0.00388219   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.11256 05 25 27.1  +20 36 06                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.11256 2 -0.00337980 +0.00884653 +0.00388177   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.13756 05 25 32.7  +20 39 23                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.13756 2 -0.00338443 +0.00884673 +0.00388114   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.15423 05 25 38.2  +20 42 56                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.15423 2 -0.00338751 +0.00884687 +0.00388072   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.17923 05 25 44.4  +20 46 46                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.17923 2 -0.00339214 +0.00884706 +0.00388009   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.19590 05 25 50.1  +20 50 17                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.19590 2 -0.00339523 +0.00884720 +0.00387967   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.22090 05 25 56.7  +20 54 44                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.22090 2 -0.00339985 +0.00884739 +0.00387904   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.23756 05 26 02.7  +20 57 45                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.23756 2 -0.00340293 +0.00884752 +0.00387862   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.26256 05 26 08.1  +21 02 24                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.26256 2 -0.00340756 +0.00884772 +0.00387799   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.27924 05 26 14.4  +21 05 13                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.27924 2 -0.00341064 +0.00884785 +0.00387757   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.32092 05 26 28.9  +21 13 53                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.32092 2 -0.00341834 +0.00884817 +0.00387651   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.34591 05 26 36.8  +21 19 03                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.34591 2 -0.00342295 +0.00884836 +0.00387588   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.36256 05 26 41.7  +21 22 18                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.36256 2 -0.00342602 +0.00884848 +0.00387545   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.38756 05 26 52.8  +21 27 28                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.38756 2 -0.00343064 +0.00884867 +0.00387482   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.40423 05 26 59.4  +21 31 12                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.40423 2 -0.00343371 +0.00884879 +0.00387439   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.47099 05 27 30.4  +21 46 33                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.47099 2 -0.00344601 +0.00884928 +0.00387269   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.48756 05 27 35.2  +21 49 47                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.48756 2 -0.00344907 +0.00884940 +0.00387227   EP001249
    CK09L170 3S2009 06 15.51257 05 27 50.3  +21 56 07                   EP001249
    CK09L170 3s2009 06 15.51257 2 -0.00345367 +0.00884958 +0.00387163   EP001249
    CK09L170 2S2009 06 15.56058 05 28 18.0  +22 08 40                   EP001249
    CK09L170 2s2009 06 15.56058 2 -0.00346251 +0.00884992 +0.00387040   EP001249
    CK09L170 2S2009 06 15.57645 05 28 28.4  +22 12 50                   EP001249
    CK09L170 2s2009 06 15.57645 2 -0.00346543 +0.00885003 +0.00386999   EP001249
    CK09L170 2S2009 06 15.58756 05 28 36.1  +22 16 04                   EP001249
    CK09L170 2s2009 06 15.58756 2 -0.00346747 +0.00885011 +0.00386971   EP001249
    CK09M010 2S2009 06 21.83754 05 55 05.4  +21 42 08                   EP001249
    CK09M010 2s2009 06 21.83754 2 -0.00455342 +0.00884150 +0.00368423   EP001249
    CK09M010 2S2009 06 21.85421 05 55 13.1  +21 45 22                   EP001249
    CK09M010 2s2009 06 21.85421 2 -0.00455613 +0.00884132 +0.00368367   EP001249
    CK09M010 2S2009 06 21.89591 05 55 28.1  +21 52 19                   EP001249
    CK09M010 2s2009 06 21.89591 2 -0.00456290 +0.00884086 +0.00368225   EP001249
    CK09M010 2S2009 06 21.91255 05 55 36.5  +21 55 45                   EP001249
    CK09M010 2s2009 06 21.91255 2 -0.00456559 +0.00884067 +0.00368168   EP001249
    CK09M010 2S2009 06 21.92087 05 55 39.0  +21 57 44                   EP001249
    CK09M010 2s2009 06 21.92087 2 -0.00456694 +0.00884058 +0.00368140   EP001249
    CK09M010 2S2009 06 21.93754 05 55 46.1  +22 00 36                   EP001249
    CK09M010 2s2009 06 21.93754 2 -0.00456965 +0.00884040 +0.00368083   EP001249
    CK09M010 2S2009 06 21.96340 05 55 55.4  +22 05 31                   EP001249
    CK09M010 2s2009 06 21.96340 2 -0.00457383 +0.00884010 +0.00367995   EP001249
    CK09M010 2S2009 06 21.97921 05 56 02.8  +22 08 31                   EP001249
    CK09M010 2s2009 06 21.97921 2 -0.00457639 +0.00883993 +0.00367941   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.23754 05 56 27.1  +20 41 50                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.23754 2 -0.00461806 +0.00883689 +0.00367053   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.26254 05 56 35.8  +20 44 32                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.26254 2 -0.00462207 +0.00883658 +0.00366967   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.27921 05 56 39.2  +20 47 11                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.27921 2 -0.00462475 +0.00883638 +0.00366909   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.32087 05 56 43.1  +20 54 33                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.32087 2 -0.00463143 +0.00883586 +0.00366765   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.34587 05 56 57.8  +20 56 53                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.34587 2 -0.00463544 +0.00883555 +0.00366678   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.36254 05 57 01.7  +20 59 18                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.36254 2 -0.00463811 +0.00883534 +0.00366620   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.38766 05 57 07.2  +21 04 59                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.38766 2 -0.00464213 +0.00883502 +0.00366533   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.40421 05 57 09.3  +21 06 43                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.40421 2 -0.00464478 +0.00883481 +0.00366475   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.43049 05 57 21.8  +21 10 09                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.43049 2 -0.00464898 +0.00883447 +0.00366384   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.47096 05 57 34.5  +21 16 00                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.47096 2 -0.00465545 +0.00883395 +0.00366243   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.48755 05 57 38.7  +21 19 58                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.48755 2 -0.00465810 +0.00883374 +0.00366185   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.51254 05 57 46.8  +21 24 35                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.51254 2 -0.00466208 +0.00883341 +0.00366098   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.52921 05 57 54.6  +21 26 23                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.52921 2 -0.00466474 +0.00883319 +0.00366040   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.57087 05 58 08.0  +21 35 33                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.57087 2 -0.00467138 +0.00883264 +0.00365894   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.59587 05 58 15.2  +21 38 51                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.59587 2 -0.00467536 +0.00883231 +0.00365807   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.60421 05 58 22.7  +21 39 18                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.60421 2 -0.00467669 +0.00883220 +0.00365777   EP001249
    CK09M020 3S2009 06 22.61254 05 58 25.1  +21 41 50                   EP001249
    CK09M020 3s2009 06 22.61254 2 -0.00467801 +0.00883209 +0.00365748   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.63057 05 58 32.5  +21 44 18                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.63057 2 -0.00468088 +0.00883184 +0.00365685   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.69743 05 59 03.1  +21 59 02                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.69743 2 -0.00469149 +0.00883093 +0.00365450   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.70856 05 59 04.9  +22 00 20                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.70856 2 -0.00469326 +0.00883078 +0.00365411   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.72921 05 59 15.2  +22 04 44                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.72921 2 -0.00469653 +0.00883050 +0.00365338   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.74588 05 59 23.7  +22 07 51                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.74588 2 -0.00469917 +0.00883027 +0.00365280   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.75421 05 59 27.4  +22 09 41                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.75421 2 -0.00470049 +0.00883015 +0.00365250   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.77087 05 59 35.3  +22 13 15                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.77087 2 -0.00470313 +0.00882992 +0.00365191   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.78754 05 59 44.1  +22 16 55                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.78754 2 -0.00470577 +0.00882969 +0.00365133   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.79587 05 59 48.9  +22 18 49                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.79587 2 -0.00470709 +0.00882957 +0.00365103   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.81255 05 59 58.0  +22 22 40                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.81255 2 -0.00470972 +0.00882934 +0.00365044   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.82921 06 00 07.4  +22 26 48                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.82921 2 -0.00471236 +0.00882910 +0.00364986   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.83754 06 00 13.0  +22 28 45                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.83754 2 -0.00471367 +0.00882898 +0.00364956   EP001249
    CK09M020 2S2009 06 22.85421 06 00 24.4  +22 32 44                   EP001249
    CK09M020 2s2009 06 22.85421 2 -0.00471630 +0.00882875 +0.00364897   EP001249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C2 and C3.  Comet detections by M. Kusiak,
    M. Uchina and B. Zhou, measurements by K. Battams, reductions by B. G.
    Marsden.

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK09L160   2009 June  14.90   0.0054   1.0      83.51     4.76   144.44     X
CK09L170   2009 June  15.86   0.0083   1.0      85.32     3.73   136.62     X
CK09M010   2009 June  22.31   0.0050   1.0      87.71     9.38   143.74     X
CK09M020   2009 June  23.04   0.0049   1.0      75.81   355.21   144.32     X

     On MPEC 2009-O22, for  B. Zhou, R. Kracht and R. Matson  read M. Uchina,
R. Kracht, B. Zhou and R. Matson.

                       (Last issue was M.P.E.C. 2009-O56)

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-P01

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