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MPEC 2008-C18 : COMET C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-C18                                Issued 2008 Feb. 4, 00:15 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

                           COMET C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK07Y010  C2008 01 26.49056 09 18 37.74 -04 33 34.8          17.8 N EC018467
    CK07Y010  C2008 01 26.49237 09 18 37.44 -04 33 32.0          18.0 N EC018467
    CK07Y010  C2008 01 26.49419 09 18 37.40 -04 33 29.3          17.8 N EC018467
    CK07Y010  C2008 01 26.75325 09 18 12.52 -04 27 36.3                 EC018349
    CK07Y010  C2008 01 26.75994 09 18 11.90 -04 27 26.8                 EC018349
    CK07Y010  C2008 01 26.76660 09 18 11.24 -04 27 18.0          17.6 T EC018349
    CK07Y010  C2008 01 29.10663 09 14 26.02 -03 32 18.4                 EC018204
    CK07Y010  C2008 01 29.14469 09 14 22.31 -03 31 24.1          17.5 N EC018204
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 02.27772 09 07 36.01 -01 50 23.3          17.2 T EC018703
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 02.28366 09 07 35.40 -01 50 14.6          17.2 T EC018703
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 02.28963 09 07 34.78 -01 50 05.4          17.2 T EC018703
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 02.29561 09 07 34.21 -01 49 56.4          17.1 T EC018703
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 02.85328 09 06 38.82 -01 35 57.2          17.7 T EC018215
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 02.85433 09 06 38.71 -01 35 55.7          17.6 T EC018215
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 02.85539 09 06 38.60 -01 35 54.2          17.3 T EC018215

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 reflector
    + CCD.
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
467 Auckland Observatory.  Observers G. W. Christie, T. Natusch.  Measurer
    G. W. Christie.  0.40-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  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.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR)
T 2008 Mar. 19.3084 TT                                  MPC
q   3.340798             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  357.1216      -0.6949698      +0.2172011
                   Node   133.0931      +0.6770359      -0.1233772
e   1.0            Incl.  110.1727      +0.2421557      +0.9682984
From 111 observations 2007 Dec. 16-2008 Feb. 2.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-C18

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