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MPEC 2007-C36 : COMET C/2007 B2 (SKIFF)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-C36                                Issued 2007 Feb.  9, 16:30 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.

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                            COMET C/2007 B2 (SKIFF)

Observations:
    CK07B020  C2007 02 03.96359 09 47 52.38 +44 25 48.1                 EC036J95
    CK07B020  C2007 02 03.99502 09 47 51.18 +44 25 51.8                 EC036J95
    CK07B020  C2007 02 04.02078 09 47 50.19 +44 25 54.7          18.3 N EC036J95
    CK07B020  C2007 02 08.37836 09 44 58.29 +44 33 51.4          17.5 T EC036673
    CK07B020  C2007 02 08.38356 09 44 58.05 +44 33 51.8                 EC036673
    CK07B020  C2007 02 08.38854 09 44 57.80 +44 33 52.3                 EC036673
    CK07B020  C2007 02 08.39306 09 44 57.61 +44 33 52.5                 EC036673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 B2 (Skiff)
T 2008 Aug. 20.122 TT                                   MPC
q   2.96811              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  206.088       -0.768394       +0.628970
                   Node    14.827       -0.476033       -0.438294
e   1.0            Incl.   27.505       -0.427742       -0.642102
From 65 observations 2007 Jan. 23-Feb. 8.

Ephemeris:
    C/2007 B2 (Skiff)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 02 09    09 44.56   +44 34.8    5.044    5.919   150.1     4.8  17.2
2007 02 19    09 37.77   +44 44.0    5.002    5.849   146.2     5.4  17.2
2007 03 01    09 31.15   +44 40.6    4.987    5.778   139.8     6.4  17.1
2007 03 11    09 25.17   +44 24.3    4.995    5.708   132.0     7.4  17.1
2007 03 21    09 20.23   +43 55.8    5.025    5.637   123.6     8.5  17.0
2007 03 31    09 16.64   +43 16.4    5.071    5.567   115.0     9.4  17.0
2007 04 10    09 14.56   +42 27.9    5.130    5.496   106.3    10.1  17.0
2007 04 20    09 14.05   +41 32.0    5.198    5.426    97.8    10.6  16.9
2007 04 30    09 15.10   +40 30.3    5.271    5.356    89.4    10.8  16.9

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-C36

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