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MPEC 2009-P02 : COMETS C/2009 M3, 2009 M4, 2009 M5, 2009 M6 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2009-P02                                Issued 2009 Aug. 1, 03:36 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 M3, 2009 M4, 2009 M5, 2009 M6 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.70042 05 57 45.1  +20 34 59                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.70042 2 -0.00469197 +0.00883089 +0.00365440   EP002249
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.71156 05 57 44.1  +20 37 58                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.71156 2 -0.00469373 +0.00883074 +0.00365400   EP002249
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.72087 05 57 55.0  +20 38 00                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.72087 2 -0.00469521 +0.00883061 +0.00365368   EP002249
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.76256 05 58 07.5  +20 47 18                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.76256 2 -0.00470181 +0.00883004 +0.00365221   EP002249
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.77921 05 58 16.7  +20 52 22                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.77921 2 -0.00470444 +0.00882980 +0.00365162   EP002249
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.80421 05 58 26.3  +20 57 51                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.80421 2 -0.00470840 +0.00882945 +0.00365074   EP002249
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.82087 05 58 31.8  +20 59 50                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.82087 2 -0.00471103 +0.00882922 +0.00365015   EP002249
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.84588 05 58 44.9  +21 05 11                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.84588 2 -0.00471498 +0.00882887 +0.00364927   EP002249
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.86254 05 58 49.2  +21 09 55                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.86254 2 -0.00471761 +0.00882863 +0.00364868   EP002249
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.88768 05 58 59.4  +21 15 28                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.88768 2 -0.00472158 +0.00882827 +0.00364779   EP002249
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.90422 05 59 07.3  +21 18 34                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.90422 2 -0.00472419 +0.00882803 +0.00364720   EP002249
    CK09M030 3S2009 06 22.98754 05 59 49.1  +21 39 48                   EP002249
    CK09M030 3s2009 06 22.98754 2 -0.00473730 +0.00882682 +0.00364425   EP002249
    CK09M030 2S2009 06 22.99588 05 59 55.8  +21 41 28                   EP002249
    CK09M030 2s2009 06 22.99588 2 -0.00473864 +0.00882670 +0.00364394   EP002249
    CK09M030 2S2009 06 23.00421 06 00 00.5  +21 43 53                   EP002249
    CK09M030 2s2009 06 23.00421 2 -0.00473993 +0.00882658 +0.00364365   EP002249
    CK09M030 2S2009 06 23.02088 06 00 08.3  +21 48 14                   EP002249
    CK09M030 2s2009 06 23.02088 2 -0.00474255 +0.00882633 +0.00364306   EP002249
    CK09M030 2S2009 06 23.03754 06 00 17.5  +21 53 24                   EP002249
    CK09M030 2s2009 06 23.03754 2 -0.00474517 +0.00882609 +0.00364247   EP002249
    CK09M030 2S2009 06 23.04587 06 00 22.9  +21 55 44                   EP002249
    CK09M030 2s2009 06 23.04587 2 -0.00474647 +0.00882596 +0.00364217   EP002249
    CK09M030 2S2009 06 23.06256 06 00 33.3  +22 00 09                   EP002249
    CK09M030 2s2009 06 23.06256 2 -0.00474909 +0.00882572 +0.00364157   EP002249
    CK09M030 2S2009 06 23.07921 06 00 44.1  +22 05 08                   EP002249
    CK09M030 2s2009 06 23.07921 2 -0.00475170 +0.00882547 +0.00364098   EP002249
    CK09M030 2S2009 06 23.08754 06 00 50.3  +22 07 57                   EP002249
    CK09M030 2s2009 06 23.08754 2 -0.00475301 +0.00882534 +0.00364068   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.48754 06 04 32.0  +21 05 48                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.48754 2 -0.00496744 +0.00880132 +0.00358956   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.51254 06 04 45.6  +21 08 16                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.51254 2 -0.00497117 +0.00880084 +0.00358863   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.52922 06 04 51.6  +21 11 49                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.52922 2 -0.00497366 +0.00880052 +0.00358801   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.55421 06 05 05.1  +21 15 11                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.55421 2 -0.00497739 +0.00880003 +0.00358707   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.57087 06 05 09.8  +21 16 57                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.57087 2 -0.00497987 +0.00879971 +0.00358645   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.59588 06 05 18.5  +21 20 58                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.59588 2 -0.00498360 +0.00879922 +0.00358551   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.61254 06 05 29.3  +21 24 09                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.61254 2 -0.00498608 +0.00879889 +0.00358489   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.63766 06 05 31.8  +21 27 20                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.63766 2 -0.00498981 +0.00879840 +0.00358395   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.65421 06 05 41.4  +21 29 50                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.65421 2 -0.00499227 +0.00879807 +0.00358333   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.67921 06 05 53.7  +21 34 07                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.67921 2 -0.00499598 +0.00879758 +0.00358239   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.69589 06 05 57.9  +21 37 05                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.69589 2 -0.00499846 +0.00879725 +0.00358177   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.72087 06 06 09.8  +21 41 41                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.72087 2 -0.00500216 +0.00879675 +0.00358083   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.73754 06 06 15.6  +21 44 49                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.73754 2 -0.00500463 +0.00879642 +0.00358020   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.75421 06 06 25.5  +21 47 12                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.75421 2 -0.00500710 +0.00879608 +0.00357958   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.76256 06 06 25.0  +21 48 01                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.76256 2 -0.00500833 +0.00879592 +0.00357926   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.77087 06 06 33.0  +21 50 11                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.77087 2 -0.00500957 +0.00879575 +0.00357895   EP002249
    CK09M040 3S2009 06 24.77921 06 06 33.4  +21 51 51                   EP002249
    CK09M040 3s2009 06 24.77921 2 -0.00501079 +0.00879558 +0.00357864   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.78754 06 06 41.6  +21 53 18                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.78754 2 -0.00501203 +0.00879541 +0.00357832   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.81365 06 06 53.9  +21 58 02                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.81365 2 -0.00501589 +0.00879489 +0.00357734   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.82921 06 07 01.5  +22 01 02                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.82921 2 -0.00501818 +0.00879457 +0.00357676   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.83754 06 07 04.9  +22 02 36                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.83754 2 -0.00501941 +0.00879440 +0.00357644   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.85421 06 07 14.4  +22 05 51                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.85421 2 -0.00502187 +0.00879407 +0.00357581   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.88059 06 07 28.8  +22 11 01                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.88059 2 -0.00502576 +0.00879353 +0.00357482   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.89587 06 07 37.4  +22 14 10                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.89587 2 -0.00502801 +0.00879322 +0.00357424   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.91255 06 07 47.2  +22 17 42                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.91255 2 -0.00503046 +0.00879288 +0.00357361   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.92087 06 07 51.9  +22 19 31                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.92087 2 -0.00503168 +0.00879271 +0.00357330   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.93754 06 08 02.5  +22 23 00                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.93754 2 -0.00503413 +0.00879236 +0.00357267   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.96254 06 08 19.3  +22 28 37                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.96254 2 -0.00503781 +0.00879185 +0.00357173   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.97921 06 08 30.1  +22 32 18                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.97921 2 -0.00504025 +0.00879151 +0.00357110   EP002249
    CK09M040 2S2009 06 24.99588 06 08 42.0  +22 36 15                   EP002249
    CK09M040 2s2009 06 24.99588 2 -0.00504271 +0.00879116 +0.00357046   EP002249
    CK09M050 2S2009 06 25.03754 06 07 38.1  +21 50 21                   EP002249
    CK09M050 2s2009 06 25.03754 2 -0.00504880 +0.00879030 +0.00356889   EP002249
    CK09M050 2S2009 06 25.06366 06 07 52.5  +21 56 47                   EP002249
    CK09M050 2s2009 06 25.06366 2 -0.00505262 +0.00878975 +0.00356790   EP002249
    CK09M050 2S2009 06 25.07921 06 08 01.2  +21 59 56                   EP002249
    CK09M050 2s2009 06 25.07921 2 -0.00505489 +0.00878943 +0.00356732   EP002249
    CK09M050 2S2009 06 25.08754 06 08 06.1  +22 01 30                   EP002249
    CK09M050 2s2009 06 25.08754 2 -0.00505611 +0.00878925 +0.00356700   EP002249
    CK09M050 2S2009 06 25.10421 06 08 16.7  +22 05 43                   EP002249
    CK09M050 2s2009 06 25.10421 2 -0.00505854 +0.00878890 +0.00356637   EP002249
    CK09M050 2S2009 06 25.13056 06 08 27.1  +22 10 10                   EP002249
    CK09M050 2s2009 06 25.13056 2 -0.00506239 +0.00878835 +0.00356537   EP002249
    CK09M050 2S2009 06 25.16254 06 08 45.1  +22 16 21                   EP002249
    CK09M050 2s2009 06 25.16254 2 -0.00506705 +0.00878767 +0.00356416   EP002249
    CK09M060 2S2009 06 25.60421 06 09 52.3  +21 51 40                   EP002249
    CK09M060 2s2009 06 25.60421 2 -0.00513081 +0.00877808 +0.00354731   EP002249
    CK09M060 2S2009 06 25.63057 06 10 06.4  +21 56 20                   EP002249
    CK09M060 2s2009 06 25.63057 2 -0.00513458 +0.00877750 +0.00354630   EP002249
    CK09M060 2S2009 06 25.64587 06 10 14.4  +21 59 41                   EP002249
    CK09M060 2s2009 06 25.64587 2 -0.00513677 +0.00877715 +0.00354572   EP002249
    CK09M060 2S2009 06 25.66267 06 10 23.8  +22 02 37                   EP002249
    CK09M060 2s2009 06 25.66267 2 -0.00513916 +0.00877678 +0.00354507   EP002249
    CK09M060 2S2009 06 25.67087 06 10 26.8  +22 04 14                   EP002249
    CK09M060 2s2009 06 25.67087 2 -0.00514034 +0.00877659 +0.00354476   EP002249
    CK09M060 2S2009 06 25.68754 06 10 36.2  +22 07 25                   EP002249
    CK09M060 2s2009 06 25.68754 2 -0.00514271 +0.00877622 +0.00354412   EP002249
    CK09M060 2S2009 06 25.70421 06 10 46.1  +22 10 47                   EP002249
    CK09M060 2s2009 06 25.70421 2 -0.00514509 +0.00877584 +0.00354348   EP002249
    CK09M060 2S2009 06 25.71256 06 10 50.2  +22 12 40                   EP002249
    CK09M060 2s2009 06 25.71256 2 -0.00514628 +0.00877566 +0.00354316   EP002249
    CK09M060 2S2009 06 25.72922 06 11 01.3  +22 16 09                   EP002249
    CK09M060 2s2009 06 25.72922 2 -0.00514865 +0.00877528 +0.00354252   EP002249

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

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK09M030   2009 June  23.39   0.0051   1.0     106.03    42.46   112.60     X
CK09M040   2009 June  25.19   0.0052   1.0      82.41     2.56   145.02     X
CK09M050   2009 June  25.45   0.0053   1.0      92.45    15.77   140.07     X
CK09M060   2009 June  26.02   0.0053   1.0      85.52     7.02   143.78     X

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-P02

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