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MPEC 2009-C57 : COMETS C/2008 W8, 2008 W9, 2008 W10, 2008 W11 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2009-C57                                Issued 2009 Feb. 5, 19:20 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

             COMETS C/2008 W8, 2008 W9, 2008 W10, 2008 W11 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK08W080 2S2008 11 26.56367 16 09 33.0  -22 47 18                   EC057249
    CK08W080 2s2008 11 26.56367 2 -0.00167775 -0.00799048 -0.00282839   EC057249
    CK08W080 2S2008 11 26.57922 16 09 46.1  -22 44 07                   EC057249
    CK08W080 2s2008 11 26.57922 2 -0.00167337 -0.00799187 -0.00282925   EC057249
    CK08W080 2S2008 11 26.58755 16 09 51.8  -22 42 22                   EC057249
    CK08W080 2s2008 11 26.58755 2 -0.00167103 -0.00799261 -0.00282971   EC057249
    CK08W080 2S2008 11 26.60422 16 10 05.8  -22 38 45                   EC057249
    CK08W080 2s2008 11 26.60422 2 -0.00166633 -0.00799410 -0.00283064   EC057249
    CK08W080 2S2008 11 26.62090 16 10 19.8  -22 35 11                   EC057249
    CK08W080 2s2008 11 26.62090 2 -0.00166164 -0.00799559 -0.00283156   EC057249
    CK08W080 2S2008 11 26.62922 16 10 25.9  -22 33 21                   EC057249
    CK08W080 2s2008 11 26.62922 2 -0.00165930 -0.00799633 -0.00283202   EC057249
    CK08W080 2S2008 11 26.64589 16 10 39.8  -22 29 35                   EC057249
    CK08W080 2s2008 11 26.64589 2 -0.00165461 -0.00799782 -0.00283294   EC057249
    CK08W080 2S2008 11 26.66256 16 10 53.5  -22 25 46                   EC057249
    CK08W080 2s2008 11 26.66256 2 -0.00164991 -0.00799930 -0.00283386   EC057249
    CK08W080 2S2008 11 26.67089 16 11 00.0  -22 23 53                   EC057249
    CK08W080 2s2008 11 26.67089 2 -0.00164757 -0.00800004 -0.00283432   EC057249
    CK08W090 2S2008 11 27.62923 16 13 40.2  -22 59 19                   EC057249
    CK08W090 2s2008 11 27.62923 2 -0.00137776 -0.00808124 -0.00288602   EC057249
    CK08W090 2S2008 11 27.64588 16 13 55.4  -22 55 46                   EC057249
    CK08W090 2s2008 11 27.64588 2 -0.00137308 -0.00808259 -0.00288690   EC057249
    CK08W090 2S2008 11 27.66255 16 14 08.8  -22 52 12                   EC057249
    CK08W090 2s2008 11 27.66255 2 -0.00136838 -0.00808393 -0.00288778   EC057249
    CK08W090 2S2008 11 27.67089 16 14 15.8  -22 50 26                   EC057249
    CK08W090 2s2008 11 27.67089 2 -0.00136604 -0.00808460 -0.00288821   EC057249
    CK08W090 2S2008 11 27.68755 16 14 29.1  -22 46 52                   EC057249
    CK08W090 2s2008 11 27.68755 2 -0.00136135 -0.00808594 -0.00288909   EC057249
    CK08W090 2S2008 11 27.70422 16 14 43.4  -22 43 04                   EC057249
    CK08W090 2s2008 11 27.70422 2 -0.00135666 -0.00808727 -0.00288996   EC057249
    CK08W090 2S2008 11 27.71255 16 14 50.1  -22 41 18                   EC057249
    CK08W090 2s2008 11 27.71255 2 -0.00135431 -0.00808794 -0.00289040   EC057249
    CK08W090 2S2008 11 27.72922 16 15 04.0  -22 37 47                   EC057249
    CK08W090 2s2008 11 27.72922 2 -0.00134962 -0.00808927 -0.00289127   EC057249
    CK08W090 2S2008 11 27.74605 16 15 16.2  -22 33 43                   EC057249
    CK08W090 2s2008 11 27.74605 2 -0.00134488 -0.00809062 -0.00289216   EC057249
    CK08W100 2S2008 11 28.14589 16 16 11.4  -23 02 46                   EC057249
    CK08W100 2s2008 11 28.14589 2 -0.00123239 -0.00812183 -0.00291287   EC057249
    CK08W100 2S2008 11 28.16255 16 16 25.9  -22 59 33                   EC057249
    CK08W100 2s2008 11 28.16255 2 -0.00122770 -0.00812310 -0.00291372   EC057249
    CK08W100 2S2008 11 28.17088 16 16 32.6  -22 57 50                   EC057249
    CK08W100 2s2008 11 28.17088 2 -0.00122536 -0.00812374 -0.00291415   EC057249
    CK08W100 2S2008 11 28.18756 16 16 45.8  -22 54 24                   EC057249
    CK08W100 2s2008 11 28.18756 2 -0.00122067 -0.00812501 -0.00291500   EC057249
    CK08W100 2S2008 11 28.20422 16 16 56.7  -22 50 59                   EC057249
    CK08W100 2s2008 11 28.20422 2 -0.00121598 -0.00812627 -0.00291586   EC057249
    CK08W100 2S2008 11 28.21255 16 17 05.4  -22 48 45                   EC057249
    CK08W100 2s2008 11 28.21255 2 -0.00121364 -0.00812691 -0.00291628   EC057249
    CK08W100 2S2008 11 28.22922 16 17 19.3  -22 45 18                   EC057249
    CK08W100 2s2008 11 28.22922 2 -0.00120895 -0.00812817 -0.00291713   EC057249
    CK08W110 2S2008 11 29.92089 16 24 01.7  -23 24 45                   EC057249
    CK08W110 2s2008 11 29.92089 2 -0.00073478 -0.00824426 -0.00299958   EC057249
    CK08W110 2S2008 11 29.93755 16 24 14.2  -23 21 12                   EC057249
    CK08W110 2s2008 11 29.93755 2 -0.00073013 -0.00824528 -0.00300036   EC057249
    CK08W110 2S2008 11 29.96304 16 24 33.5  -23 15 41                   EC057249
    CK08W110 2s2008 11 29.96304 2 -0.00072302 -0.00824685 -0.00300154   EC057249
    CK08W110 2S2008 11 29.97922 16 24 44.9  -23 12 05                   EC057249
    CK08W110 2s2008 11 29.97922 2 -0.00071850 -0.00824784 -0.00300229   EC057249
    CK08W110 2S2008 11 29.99590 16 24 57.3  -23 08 28                   EC057249
    CK08W110 2s2008 11 29.99590 2 -0.00071382 -0.00824886 -0.00300307   EC057249
    CK08W110 2S2008 11 30.00422 16 25 03.9  -23 06 39                   EC057249
    CK08W110 2s2008 11 30.00422 2 -0.00071153 -0.00824936 -0.00300345   EC057249
    CK08W110 2S2008 11 30.02089 16 25 16.5  -23 02 27                   EC057249
    CK08W110 2s2008 11 30.02089 2 -0.00070688 -0.00825038 -0.00300422   EC057249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C2.  Comet detections by E. Banach,
    R. Kracht and J. Ruan, measurements by K. Battams, reductions by
    B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK08W080   2008 Nov.  26.93   0.0051   1.0      78.34   358.32   143.96     X
CK08W090   2008 Nov.  28.02   0.0052   1.0      89.79    14.59   141.10     X
CK08W100   2008 Nov.  28.54   0.0051   1.0      87.20    10.53   143.01     X
CK08W110   2008 Nov.  30.32   0.0050   1.0      91.59    16.16   140.57     X

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-C57

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