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MPEC 2009-B70 : COMETS C/2008 U6, 2008 U10, 2008 U11, 2008 U12 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2009-B70                                Issued 2009 Jan. 29, 23:16 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 U10, 2008 U11, 2008 U12 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK08U100 2S2008 10 24.52088 13 50 43.0  -13 06 10                   EB070249
    CK08U100 2s2008 10 24.52088 2 -0.00884716 -0.00186804 -0.00032261   EB070249
    CK08U100 2S2008 10 24.53755 13 51 06.1  -13 04 43                   EB070249
    CK08U100 2s2008 10 24.53755 2 -0.00884532 -0.00187201 -0.00032395   EB070249
    CK08U100 2S2008 10 24.56369 13 51 43.5  -13 01 44                   EB070249
    CK08U100 2s2008 10 24.56369 2 -0.00884244 -0.00187824 -0.00032606   EB070249
    CK08U100 2S2008 10 24.57922 13 52 07.9  -12 59 56                   EB070249
    CK08U100 2s2008 10 24.57922 2 -0.00884072 -0.00188195 -0.00032731   EB070249
    CK08U100 2S2008 10 24.58755 13 52 21.0  -12 59 02                   EB070249
    CK08U100 2s2008 10 24.58755 2 -0.00883980 -0.00188394 -0.00032798   EB070249
    CK08U100 2S2008 10 24.60422 13 52 41.2  -12 58 03                   EB070249
    CK08U100 2s2008 10 24.60422 2 -0.00883796 -0.00188791 -0.00032932   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 24.69589 13 44 18.4  -13 52 11                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 24.69589 2 -0.00882777 -0.00190978 -0.00033670   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 24.72089 13 44 53.4  -13 51 09                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 24.72089 2 -0.00882497 -0.00191575 -0.00033872   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 24.76255 13 45 50.3  -13 46 39                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 24.76255 2 -0.00882031 -0.00192569 -0.00034208   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 24.77922 13 46 11.8  -13 45 26                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 24.77922 2 -0.00881844 -0.00192967 -0.00034343   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 24.82090 13 47 08.4  -13 42 19                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 24.82090 2 -0.00881375 -0.00193963 -0.00034680   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 24.84590 13 47 39.0  -13 39 43                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 24.84590 2 -0.00881093 -0.00194560 -0.00034882   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 24.88768 13 48 43.5  -13 35 59                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 24.88768 2 -0.00880621 -0.00195558 -0.00035219   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 24.90422 13 49 08.3  -13 34 06                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 24.90422 2 -0.00880434 -0.00195953 -0.00035353   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 24.92922 13 49 44.3  -13 31 08                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 24.92922 2 -0.00880150 -0.00196551 -0.00035556   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 24.97098 13 50 44.7  -13 27 15                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 24.97098 2 -0.00879675 -0.00197549 -0.00035894   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 24.98755 13 51 08.3  -13 25 35                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 24.98755 2 -0.00879486 -0.00197945 -0.00036028   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 25.01255 13 51 42.1  -13 23 23                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 25.01255 2 -0.00879201 -0.00198543 -0.00036230   EB070249
    CK08U110 3S2008 10 25.02922 13 52 09.1  -13 21 34                   EB070249
    CK08U110 3s2008 10 25.02922 2 -0.00879010 -0.00198941 -0.00036365   EB070249
    CK08U110 2S2008 10 25.06365 13 53 03.1  -13 17 42                   EB070249
    CK08U110 2s2008 10 25.06365 2 -0.00878615 -0.00199765 -0.00036645   EB070249
    CK08U110 2S2008 10 25.07924 13 53 27.5  -13 15 53                   EB070249
    CK08U110 2s2008 10 25.07924 2 -0.00878436 -0.00200138 -0.00036771   EB070249
    CK08U110 2S2008 10 25.10422 13 54 06.0  -13 12 42                   EB070249
    CK08U110 2s2008 10 25.10422 2 -0.00878149 -0.00200735 -0.00036974   EB070249
    CK08U110 2S2008 10 25.16258 13 55 38.8  -13 04 59                   EB070249
    CK08U110 2s2008 10 25.16258 2 -0.00877476 -0.00202131 -0.00037448   EB070249
    CK08U120 2S2008 10 26.32922 13 57 39.5  -13 40 20                   EB070249
    CK08U120 2s2008 10 26.32922 2 -0.00863408 -0.00230089 -0.00046991   EB070249
    CK08U120 2S2008 10 26.33755 13 57 49.2  -13 38 46                   EB070249
    CK08U120 2s2008 10 26.33755 2 -0.00863303 -0.00230289 -0.00047060   EB070249
    CK08U120 2S2008 10 26.35423 13 58 12.6  -13 36 51                   EB070249
    CK08U120 2s2008 10 26.35423 2 -0.00863093 -0.00230689 -0.00047197   EB070249
    CK08U120 2S2008 10 26.37089 13 58 38.0  -13 35 10                   EB070249
    CK08U120 2s2008 10 26.37089 2 -0.00862883 -0.00231089 -0.00047334   EB070249
    CK08U120 2S2008 10 26.37922 13 58 51.4  -13 34 09                   EB070249
    CK08U120 2s2008 10 26.37922 2 -0.00862778 -0.00231289 -0.00047403   EB070249
    CK08U120 2S2008 10 26.39588 13 59 11.2  -13 32 27                   EB070249
    CK08U120 2s2008 10 26.39588 2 -0.00862568 -0.00231689 -0.00047540   EB070249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C2 and C3.  Comet detections by Z. Xu,
    H. Su and B. Zhou, measurements by K. Battams, reductions by
    B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK08U060   2008 Oct.  18.51   0.0390   1.0      57.15    72.02    71.63     X
CK08U100   2008 Oct.  24.91   0.0051   1.0      84.62     0.21   146.29     X
CK08U110   2008 Oct.  25.40   0.0056   1.0      78.27     1.19   143.55     X
CK08U120   2008 Oct.  26.72   0.0050   1.0      97.55    16.94   141.22     X

     The above orbit for the Meyer-group comet C/2008 U6 replaces that on
MPEC 2009-B67.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-B70

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