Printer-friendly version
Follow the MPC on Twitter Follow the MPC on Facebook The MPC blog
Minor Planet Center

MPEC 2009-B67 : COMETS C/2008 U6, 2008 U7, 2008 U8, 2008 U9 (SOHO)

The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page.


Read MPEC 2009-B66 Read MPEC 2009-B68


M.P.E.C. 2009-B67                                Issued 2009 Jan. 28, 21:22 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 U6, 2008 U7, 2008 U8, 2008 U9 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK08U060 2S2008 10 18.44029 13 30 58.1  -07 52 45                   EB067249
    CK08U060 2s2008 10 18.44029 2 -0.00937512 -0.00046455 +0.00013398   EB067249
    CK08U060 2S2008 10 18.45559 13 31 18.1  -07 50 42                   EB067249
    CK08U060 2s2008 10 18.45559 2 -0.00937410 -0.00046792 +0.00013293   EB067249
    CK08U060 2S2008 10 18.46267 13 31 27.1  -07 49 51                   EB067249
    CK08U060 2s2008 10 18.46267 2 -0.00937363 -0.00046949 +0.00013245   EB067249
    CK08U060 2S2008 10 18.47922 13 31 49.6  -07 47 44                   EB067249
    CK08U060 2s2008 10 18.47922 2 -0.00937253 -0.00047314 +0.00013131   EB067249
    CK08U060 2S2008 10 18.49614 13 32 13.8  -07 45 56                   EB067249
    CK08U060 2s2008 10 18.49614 2 -0.00937139 -0.00047687 +0.00013015   EB067249
    CK08U060 2S2008 10 18.50422 13 32 23.0  -07 45 05                   EB067249
    CK08U060 2s2008 10 18.50422 2 -0.00937085 -0.00047865 +0.00012959   EB067249
    CK08U060 2S2008 10 18.52089 13 32 45.8  -07 43 19                   EB067249
    CK08U060 2s2008 10 18.52089 2 -0.00936974 -0.00048233 +0.00012844   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.57088 13 29 46.8  -12 08 44                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.57088 2 -0.00921977 -0.00094301 -0.00001749   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.59589 13 30 15.9  -12 07 17                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.59589 2 -0.00921777 -0.00094873 -0.00001933   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.61255 13 30 38.8  -12 05 31                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.61255 2 -0.00921644 -0.00095254 -0.00002056   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.63755 13 31 17.4  -12 03 47                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.63755 2 -0.00921444 -0.00095826 -0.00002240   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.65422 13 31 44.3  -12 02 47                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.65422 2 -0.00921310 -0.00096207 -0.00002362   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.67922 13 32 10.6  -12 00 37                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.67922 2 -0.00921110 -0.00096779 -0.00002547   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.69588 13 32 32.6  -11 59 06                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.69588 2 -0.00920976 -0.00097160 -0.00002669   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.72089 13 33 10.0  -11 56 58                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.72089 2 -0.00920774 -0.00097733 -0.00002854   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.73755 13 33 34.9  -11 56 07                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.73755 2 -0.00920640 -0.00098115 -0.00002977   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.76255 13 34 05.2  -11 53 59                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.76255 2 -0.00920437 -0.00098687 -0.00003162   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.77923 13 34 31.8  -11 52 33                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.77923 2 -0.00920302 -0.00099070 -0.00003285   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.82089 13 35 32.3  -11 48 54                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.82089 2 -0.00919964 -0.00100025 -0.00003593   EB067249
    CK08U070 3S2008 10 20.84589 13 36 10.0  -11 46 47                   EB067249
    CK08U070 3s2008 10 20.84589 2 -0.00919760 -0.00100599 -0.00003778   EB067249
    CK08U070 2S2008 10 20.87239 13 36 52.9  -11 44 04                   EB067249
    CK08U070 2s2008 10 20.87239 2 -0.00919544 -0.00101207 -0.00003975   EB067249
    CK08U070 2S2008 10 20.89588 13 37 28.0  -11 41 48                   EB067249
    CK08U070 2s2008 10 20.89588 2 -0.00919351 -0.00101747 -0.00004149   EB067249
    CK08U070 2S2008 10 20.92228 13 38 09.2  -11 39 02                   EB067249
    CK08U070 2s2008 10 20.92228 2 -0.00919135 -0.00102353 -0.00004345   EB067249
    CK08U070 2S2008 10 20.93755 13 38 31.4  -11 38 00                   EB067249
    CK08U070 2s2008 10 20.93755 2 -0.00919010 -0.00102704 -0.00004458   EB067249
    CK08U070 2S2008 10 20.96255 13 39 09.7  -11 35 02                   EB067249
    CK08U070 2s2008 10 20.96255 2 -0.00918804 -0.00103278 -0.00004644   EB067249
    CK08U070 2S2008 10 20.97922 13 39 34.6  -11 33 43                   EB067249
    CK08U070 2s2008 10 20.97922 2 -0.00918667 -0.00103661 -0.00004768   EB067249
    CK08U070 2S2008 10 21.00422 13 40 13.7  -11 30 31                   EB067249
    CK08U070 2s2008 10 21.00422 2 -0.00918460 -0.00104236 -0.00004954   EB067249
    CK08U070 2S2008 10 21.02088 13 40 40.3  -11 28 24                   EB067249
    CK08U070 2s2008 10 21.02088 2 -0.00918322 -0.00104620 -0.00005078   EB067249
    CK08U080 2S2008 10 20.74589 13 36 01.6  -11 40 38                   EB067249
    CK08U080 2s2008 10 20.74589 2 -0.00920572 -0.00098306 -0.00003039   EB067249
    CK08U080 2S2008 10 20.75423 13 36 10.6  -11 41 39                   EB067249
    CK08U080 2s2008 10 20.75423 2 -0.00920505 -0.00098498 -0.00003100   EB067249
    CK08U080 2S2008 10 20.77090 13 36 37.2  -11 39 41                   EB067249
    CK08U080 2s2008 10 20.77090 2 -0.00920370 -0.00098880 -0.00003224   EB067249
    CK08U080 2S2008 10 20.78755 13 37 02.9  -11 37 37                   EB067249
    CK08U080 2s2008 10 20.78755 2 -0.00920235 -0.00099261 -0.00003347   EB067249
    CK08U080 2S2008 10 20.82922 13 38 05.2  -11 34 02                   EB067249
    CK08U080 2s2008 10 20.82922 2 -0.00919896 -0.00100217 -0.00003655   EB067249
    CK08U080 2S2008 10 20.83755 13 38 19.5  -11 33 00                   EB067249
    CK08U080 2s2008 10 20.83755 2 -0.00919828 -0.00100408 -0.00003717   EB067249
    CK08U090 2S2008 10 21.62088 13 39 39.6  -12 02 39                   EB067249
    CK08U090 2s2008 10 21.62088 2 -0.00913229 -0.00118480 -0.00009581   EB067249
    CK08U090 2S2008 10 21.62922 13 39 53.0  -12 01 35                   EB067249
    CK08U090 2s2008 10 21.62922 2 -0.00913156 -0.00118673 -0.00009644   EB067249
    CK08U090 2S2008 10 21.64589 13 40 18.1  -12 00 03                   EB067249
    CK08U090 2s2008 10 21.64589 2 -0.00913011 -0.00119060 -0.00009770   EB067249
    CK08U090 2S2008 10 21.66255 13 40 42.5  -11 58 23                   EB067249
    CK08U090 2s2008 10 21.66255 2 -0.00912865 -0.00119446 -0.00009897   EB067249
    CK08U090 2S2008 10 21.67090 13 40 54.2  -11 57 41                   EB067249
    CK08U090 2s2008 10 21.67090 2 -0.00912792 -0.00119640 -0.00009960   EB067249
    CK08U090 2S2008 10 21.68755 13 41 19.8  -11 55 20                   EB067249
    CK08U090 2s2008 10 21.68755 2 -0.00912647 -0.00120026 -0.00010086   EB067249

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

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK08U060   2008 Oct.  18.23   0.0366   1.0      18.42   100.23    51.35     X
CK08U070   2008 Oct.  21.25   0.0066   1.0      82.48     2.90   144.84     X
CK08U080   2008 Oct.  21.12   0.0050   1.0      81.10   356.22   147.15     X
CK08U090   2008 Oct.  21.98   0.0050   1.0      84.76     0.67   144.82     X

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-B67

Read MPEC 2009-B66 Read MPEC 2009-B68


MPEC number:

Enter an MPEC number in one of the following forms:

  • 1997-B01 (the full form)
  • J97B01 (the packed version of the full form)
  • B01 (the abbreviated form)

Valid HTML 4.01!