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MPEC 2009-A59 : COMETS C/2008 T6, 2008 T7, 2008 T8, 2008 T9, 2008 T10, 2008 T11, 2008 T12 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2009-A59                                Issued 2009 Jan. 11, 23:52 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/2008 T6, 2008 T7, 2008 T8, 2008 T9, 2008 T10, 2008 T11, 2008 T12 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK08T060 2S2008 10 02.37922 12 31 06.0  -02 17 15                   EA059249
    CK08T060 2s2008 10 02.37922 2 -0.00996242 +0.00264150 +0.00100594   EA059249
    CK08T060 2S2008 10 02.39311 12 31 30.1  -02 15 03                   EA059249
    CK08T060 2s2008 10 02.39311 2 -0.00996230 +0.00263914 +0.00100532   EA059249
    CK08T060 2S2008 10 02.40977 12 31 57.6  -02 12 38                   EA059249
    CK08T060 2s2008 10 02.40977 2 -0.00996216 +0.00263632 +0.00100459   EA059249
    CK08T060 2S2008 10 02.42090 12 32 16.2  -02 11 06                   EA059249
    CK08T060 2s2008 10 02.42090 2 -0.00996206 +0.00263443 +0.00100409   EA059249
    CK08T060 2S2008 10 02.43478 12 32 40.9  -02 09 25                   EA059249
    CK08T060 2s2008 10 02.43478 2 -0.00996194 +0.00263207 +0.00100348   EA059249
    CK08T060 2S2008 10 02.45144 12 33 09.9  -02 07 23                   EA059249
    CK08T060 2s2008 10 02.45144 2 -0.00996179 +0.00262924 +0.00100274   EA059249
    CK08T060 2S2008 10 02.47644 12 33 54.6  -02 05 03                   EA059249
    CK08T060 2s2008 10 02.47644 2 -0.00996157 +0.00262499 +0.00100164   EA059249
    CK08T060 2S2008 10 02.49311 12 34 24.1  -02 04 01                   EA059249
    CK08T060 2s2008 10 02.49311 2 -0.00996142 +0.00262215 +0.00100090   EA059249
    CK08T060 2S2008 10 02.50422 12 34 44.0  -02 03 22                   EA059249
    CK08T060 2s2008 10 02.50422 2 -0.00996132 +0.00262026 +0.00100041   EA059249
    CK08T060 2S2008 10 02.51830 12 35 08.5  -02 02 54                   EA059249
    CK08T060 2s2008 10 02.51830 2 -0.00996119 +0.00261787 +0.00099978   EA059249
    CK08T060 2S2008 10 02.53479 12 35 39.1  -02 02 22                   EA059249
    CK08T060 2s2008 10 02.53479 2 -0.00996104 +0.00261506 +0.00099905   EA059249
    CK08T070 2S2008 10 03.86811 12 42 25.2  -02 45 33                   EA059249
    CK08T070 2s2008 10 03.86811 2 -0.00994539 +0.00238527 +0.00093898   EA059249
    CK08T070 2S2008 10 03.89316 12 42 10.5  -02 54 07                   EA059249
    CK08T070 2s2008 10 03.89316 2 -0.00994503 +0.00238090 +0.00093783   EA059249
    CK08T070 2S2008 10 03.90977 12 42 00.3  -02 59 52                   EA059249
    CK08T070 2s2008 10 03.90977 2 -0.00994479 +0.00237800 +0.00093707   EA059249
    CK08T070 2S2008 10 03.92090 12 41 52.8  -03 03 46                   EA059249
    CK08T070 2s2008 10 03.92090 2 -0.00994463 +0.00237606 +0.00093656   EA059249
    CK08T070 2S2008 10 03.93477 12 41 44.3  -03 08 40                   EA059249
    CK08T070 2s2008 10 03.93477 2 -0.00994443 +0.00237364 +0.00093592   EA059249
    CK08T070 2S2008 10 03.96255 12 41 26.7  -03 18 58                   EA059249
    CK08T070 2s2008 10 03.96255 2 -0.00994403 +0.00236879 +0.00093465   EA059249
    CK08T070 2S2008 10 03.97644 12 41 19.0  -03 24 10                   EA059249
    CK08T070 2s2008 10 03.97644 2 -0.00994382 +0.00236636 +0.00093401   EA059249
    CK08T070 2S2008 10 03.99311 12 41 08.1  -03 30 23                   EA059249
    CK08T070 2s2008 10 03.99311 2 -0.00994358 +0.00236345 +0.00093325   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.27922 12 26 38.5  -06 13 27                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.27922 2 -0.00992159 +0.00213625 +0.00087334   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.30422 12 27 11.6  -06 11 53                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.30422 2 -0.00992111 +0.00213179 +0.00087215   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.32089 12 27 35.0  -06 11 00                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.32089 2 -0.00992078 +0.00212881 +0.00087137   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.34588 12 28 06.9  -06 10 31                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.34588 2 -0.00992029 +0.00212434 +0.00087018   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.36255 12 28 29.2  -06 10 12                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.36255 2 -0.00991996 +0.00212136 +0.00086940   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.38756 12 29 03.0  -06 08 55                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.38756 2 -0.00991947 +0.00211689 +0.00086821   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.40422 12 29 26.5  -06 07 57                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.40422 2 -0.00991914 +0.00211392 +0.00086742   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.44594 12 29 53.6  -06 07 48                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.44594 2 -0.00991830 +0.00210645 +0.00086544   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.47090 12 30 56.5  -06 05 07                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.47090 2 -0.00991780 +0.00210198 +0.00086426   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.48755 12 31 21.4  -06 04 39                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.48755 2 -0.00991747 +0.00209900 +0.00086347   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.51257 12 31 56.3  -06 03 28                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.51257 2 -0.00991696 +0.00209452 +0.00086228   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.52923 12 32 19.3  -06 02 31                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.52923 2 -0.00991662 +0.00209153 +0.00086149   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.57088 12 33 19.7  -06 00 30                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.57088 2 -0.00991577 +0.00208407 +0.00085951   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.59589 12 33 55.8  -05 59 37                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.59589 2 -0.00991526 +0.00207958 +0.00085832   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.61256 12 34 21.8  -05 58 29                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.61256 2 -0.00991492 +0.00207659 +0.00085753   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.63755 12 35 00.1  -05 56 58                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.63755 2 -0.00991440 +0.00207211 +0.00085634   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.65422 12 35 23.1  -05 56 21                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.65422 2 -0.00991405 +0.00206911 +0.00085554   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.67922 12 36 01.5  -05 54 50                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.67922 2 -0.00991353 +0.00206463 +0.00085435   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.69589 12 36 28.5  -05 54 00                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.69589 2 -0.00991318 +0.00206163 +0.00085356   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.72090 12 37 05.2  -05 52 39                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.72090 2 -0.00991266 +0.00205714 +0.00085236   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.73756 12 37 32.3  -05 51 34                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.73756 2 -0.00991231 +0.00205414 +0.00085157   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.77922 12 38 36.4  -05 49 14                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.77922 2 -0.00991143 +0.00204665 +0.00084958   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.80422 12 39 17.0  -05 47 19                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.80422 2 -0.00991090 +0.00204215 +0.00084839   EA059249
    CK08T080 3S2008 10 05.82088 12 39 45.9  -05 46 19                   EA059249
    CK08T080 3s2008 10 05.82088 2 -0.00991054 +0.00203915 +0.00084759   EA059249
    CK08T080 2S2008 10 05.82644 12 39 55.9  -05 47 21                   EA059249
    CK08T080 2s2008 10 05.82644 2 -0.00991042 +0.00203814 +0.00084732   EA059249
    CK08T080 2S2008 10 05.83755 12 40 13.4  -05 46 12                   EA059249
    CK08T080 2s2008 10 05.83755 2 -0.00991018 +0.00203614 +0.00084679   EA059249
    CK08T080 2S2008 10 05.85144 12 40 36.5  -05 44 54                   EA059249
    CK08T080 2s2008 10 05.85144 2 -0.00990989 +0.00203364 +0.00084613   EA059249
    CK08T080 2S2008 10 05.86811 12 41 04.4  -05 43 58                   EA059249
    CK08T080 2s2008 10 05.86811 2 -0.00990953 +0.00203064 +0.00084533   EA059249
    CK08T080 2S2008 10 05.89315 12 41 47.4  -05 42 08                   EA059249
    CK08T080 2s2008 10 05.89315 2 -0.00990899 +0.00202613 +0.00084413   EA059249
    CK08T080 2S2008 10 05.90977 12 42 16.4  -05 40 54                   EA059249
    CK08T080 2s2008 10 05.90977 2 -0.00990863 +0.00202313 +0.00084333   EA059249
    CK08T080 2S2008 10 05.92089 12 42 36.4  -05 39 56                   EA059249
    CK08T080 2s2008 10 05.92089 2 -0.00990839 +0.00202113 +0.00084280   EA059249
    CK08T090 3S2008 10 05.30422 12 31 45.0  -06 02 29                   EA059249
    CK08T090 3s2008 10 05.30422 2 -0.00992111 +0.00213179 +0.00087215   EA059249
    CK08T090 3S2008 10 05.34588 12 32 48.1  -05 59 34                   EA059249
    CK08T090 3s2008 10 05.34588 2 -0.00992029 +0.00212434 +0.00087018   EA059249
    CK08T090 3S2008 10 05.36255 12 33 14.7  -05 58 25                   EA059249
    CK08T090 3s2008 10 05.36255 2 -0.00991996 +0.00212136 +0.00086940   EA059249
    CK08T090 3S2008 10 05.44594 12 35 18.2  -05 53 46                   EA059249
    CK08T090 3s2008 10 05.44594 2 -0.00991830 +0.00210645 +0.00086544   EA059249
    CK08T090 3S2008 10 05.47090 12 36 00.2  -05 52 09                   EA059249
    CK08T090 3s2008 10 05.47090 2 -0.00991780 +0.00210198 +0.00086426   EA059249
    CK08T090 3S2008 10 05.48755 12 36 23.9  -05 51 05                   EA059249
    CK08T090 3s2008 10 05.48755 2 -0.00991747 +0.00209900 +0.00086347   EA059249
    CK08T090 2S2008 10 05.57646 12 38 57.1  -05 45 48                   EA059249
    CK08T090 2s2008 10 05.57646 2 -0.00991566 +0.00208306 +0.00085924   EA059249
    CK08T090 2S2008 10 05.58755 12 39 20.6  -05 44 43                   EA059249
    CK08T090 2s2008 10 05.58755 2 -0.00991543 +0.00208107 +0.00085872   EA059249
    CK08T090 2S2008 10 05.60145 12 39 43.2  -05 42 55                   EA059249
    CK08T090 2s2008 10 05.60145 2 -0.00991514 +0.00207858 +0.00085805   EA059249
    CK08T090 2S2008 10 05.61811 12 40 14.8  -05 41 47                   EA059249
    CK08T090 2s2008 10 05.61811 2 -0.00991480 +0.00207559 +0.00085726   EA059249
    CK08T090 2S2008 10 05.62922 12 40 32.6  -05 40 42                   EA059249
    CK08T090 2s2008 10 05.62922 2 -0.00991457 +0.00207360 +0.00085673   EA059249
    CK08T100 3S2008 10 11.84588 12 57 50.7  -08 31 34                   EA059249
    CK08T100 3s2008 10 11.84588 2 -0.00972128 +0.00090575 +0.00053891   EA059249
    CK08T100 3S2008 10 11.86255 12 58 13.9  -08 29 43                   EA059249
    CK08T100 3s2008 10 11.86255 2 -0.00972060 +0.00090248 +0.00053799   EA059249
    CK08T100 3S2008 10 11.88780 12 58 44.4  -08 26 42                   EA059249
    CK08T100 3s2008 10 11.88780 2 -0.00971956 +0.00089751 +0.00053660   EA059249
    CK08T100 2S2008 10 12.03755 13 02 43.0  -08 18 30                   EA059249
    CK08T100 2s2008 10 12.03755 2 -0.00971338 +0.00086804 +0.00052831   EA059249
    CK08T100 2S2008 10 12.06366 13 03 23.4  -08 16 48                   EA059249
    CK08T100 2s2008 10 12.06366 2 -0.00971229 +0.00086290 +0.00052686   EA059249
    CK08T100 2S2008 10 12.07922 13 03 49.5  -08 15 27                   EA059249
    CK08T100 2s2008 10 12.07922 2 -0.00971164 +0.00085983 +0.00052600   EA059249
    CK08T100 2S2008 10 12.08755 13 04 02.6  -08 14 48                   EA059249
    CK08T100 2s2008 10 12.08755 2 -0.00971129 +0.00085819 +0.00052554   EA059249
    CK08T100 2S2008 10 12.10423 13 04 30.0  -08 13 31                   EA059249
    CK08T100 2s2008 10 12.10423 2 -0.00971060 +0.00085490 +0.00052461   EA059249
    CK08T100 2S2008 10 12.14596 13 05 38.5  -08 09 56                   EA059249
    CK08T100 2s2008 10 12.14596 2 -0.00970885 +0.00084667 +0.00052229   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.63755 13 01 16.2  -09 32 18                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.63755 2 -0.00964287 +0.00054884 +0.00043748   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.65424 13 01 40.4  -09 30 25                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.65424 2 -0.00964210 +0.00054547 +0.00043651   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.67922 13 02 10.7  -09 28 40                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.67922 2 -0.00964093 +0.00054042 +0.00043505   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.69588 13 02 36.7  -09 28 26                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.69588 2 -0.00964015 +0.00053705 +0.00043408   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.72089 13 03 11.0  -09 27 34                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.72089 2 -0.00963898 +0.00053199 +0.00043262   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.76255 13 04 12.0  -09 24 38                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.76255 2 -0.00963702 +0.00052355 +0.00043019   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.77922 13 04 35.6  -09 21 32                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.77922 2 -0.00963624 +0.00052018 +0.00042922   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.82089 13 05 31.5  -09 19 48                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.82089 2 -0.00963427 +0.00051173 +0.00042678   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.84589 13 06 16.2  -09 18 12                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.84589 2 -0.00963309 +0.00050666 +0.00042532   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.86256 13 06 40.0  -09 17 34                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.86256 2 -0.00963230 +0.00050328 +0.00042434   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.97098 13 09 30.7  -09 08 22                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.97098 2 -0.00962715 +0.00048127 +0.00041798   EA059249
    CK08T110 3S2008 10 13.98755 13 09 58.2  -09 07 40                   EA059249
    CK08T110 3s2008 10 13.98755 2 -0.00962636 +0.00047790 +0.00041700   EA059249
    CK08T110 2S2008 10 14.00422 13 10 28.5  -09 06 43                   EA059249
    CK08T110 2s2008 10 14.00422 2 -0.00962556 +0.00047450 +0.00041602   EA059249
    CK08T110 2S2008 10 14.02090 13 10 48.9  -09 03 36                   EA059249
    CK08T110 2s2008 10 14.02090 2 -0.00962476 +0.00047111 +0.00041504   EA059249
    CK08T110 2S2008 10 14.03755 13 11 23.6  -09 03 01                   EA059249
    CK08T110 2s2008 10 14.03755 2 -0.00962396 +0.00046772 +0.00041406   EA059249
    CK08T120 2S2008 10 14.31255 13 11 20.9  -09 12 37                   EA059249
    CK08T120 2s2008 10 14.31255 2 -0.00961065 +0.00041164 +0.00039778   EA059249
    CK08T120 2S2008 10 14.32922 13 11 47.2  -09 11 28                   EA059249
    CK08T120 2s2008 10 14.32922 2 -0.00960983 +0.00040823 +0.00039679   EA059249
    CK08T120 2S2008 10 14.33755 13 12 00.8  -09 10 56                   EA059249
    CK08T120 2s2008 10 14.33755 2 -0.00960943 +0.00040653 +0.00039630   EA059249
    CK08T120 2S2008 10 14.35422 13 12 27.5  -09 09 29                   EA059249
    CK08T120 2s2008 10 14.35422 2 -0.00960861 +0.00040312 +0.00039530   EA059249
    CK08T120 2S2008 10 14.37088 13 12 54.0  -09 07 57                   EA059249
    CK08T120 2s2008 10 14.37088 2 -0.00960779 +0.00039971 +0.00039431   EA059249
    CK08T120 2S2008 10 14.37922 13 13 06.4  -09 07 12                   EA059249
    CK08T120 2s2008 10 14.37922 2 -0.00960738 +0.00039800 +0.00039381   EA059249
    CK08T120 2S2008 10 14.39588 13 13 33.6  -09 05 49                   EA059249
    CK08T120 2s2008 10 14.39588 2 -0.00960656 +0.00039459 +0.00039282   EA059249
    CK08T120 2S2008 10 14.41255 13 14 01.6  -09 04 17                   EA059249
    CK08T120 2s2008 10 14.41255 2 -0.00960574 +0.00039118 +0.00039183   EA059249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C2 and C3.  Comet detections by B. Zhou,
    R. Kracht, J. Ruan, M. Kusiak, T. Hoffman and H. Su, measurements by
    K. Battams, reductions by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK08T060   2008 Oct.   2.48   0.0319   1.0      56.28    74.44    71.23     X
CK08T070   2008 Oct.   4.23   0.0197   1.0     235.41   350.27   102.92     X
CK08T080   2008 Oct.   6.18   0.0065   1.0      84.75     4.46   144.74     X
CK08T090   2008 Oct.   5.88   0.0049   1.0      76.20   357.30   144.23     X
CK08T100   2008 Oct.  12.43   0.0079   1.0      79.48     3.34   145.13     X
CK08T110   2008 Oct.  14.32   0.0048   1.0      78.26   358.15   144.27     X
CK08T120   2008 Oct.  14.72   0.0078   1.0      82.61     5.60   144.23     X

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-A59

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