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MPEC 2008-V53 : COMET P/2008 T4 (HILL)

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M.P.E.C. 2008-V53                                Issued 2008 Nov. 10, 15:20 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 P/2008 T4 (HILL)

Observations:
    PK08T040  C2008 11 05.67741 01 33 57.09 +07 21 25.9                 EV053349
    PK08T040  C2008 11 05.68286 01 33 56.90 +07 21 26.0          17.5 T EV053349
    PK08T040  C2008 11 09.76635 01 31 40.27 +07 22 51.5          17.8 N EV053056
    PK08T040  C2008 11 09.78050 01 31 39.72 +07 22 51.0          17.6 N EV053056
    PK08T040  C2008 11 09.78769 01 31 39.48 +07 22 51.8          17.4 N EV053056

Observer details:
056 Skalnate Pleso.  Observer M. Husarik.  Measurer Z. Krisandova.  0.61-m
    f/4.3 reflector + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2008 T4 (Hill)
T 2008 Dec. 23.7455 TT                                  MPC
q   2.511774             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1051590      Peri.    1.1941      +0.6962287      -0.7136274
a   4.445341       Node    44.6878      +0.6576705      +0.5909164
e   0.434965       Incl.    6.3246      +0.2876372      +0.3762364
P   9.37
From 138 observations 2008 Sept. 28-Nov. 9.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-V53

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