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

MPEC 2009-W103: COMET C/2009 W2 (BOATTINI)

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-W102 Read MPEC 2009-W104 

M.P.E.C. 2009-W103                               Issued 2009 Nov. 24, 19:42 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 C/2009 W2 (BOATTINI)

Observations:
    CK09W020  C2009 11 21.44532 06 23 48.44 +39 55 08.6          20.6 T EW103703
    CK09W020  C2009 11 21.45201 06 23 48.08 +39 55 09.6          19.9 T EW103703
    CK09W020  C2009 11 21.45862 06 23 47.50 +39 55 08.1          20.3 T EW103703
    CK09W020  C2009 11 21.46520 06 23 47.00 +39 55 09.5          19.3 T EW103703
    CK09W020  C2009 11 23.47597 06 21 30.50 +39 58 41.9          19.5 T EW103703
    CK09W020  C2009 11 23.48163 06 21 30.07 +39 58 40.2          19.7 T EW103703
    CK09W020  C2009 11 23.48736 06 21 29.65 +39 58 41.1          19.7 T EW103703
    CK09W020  C2009 11 23.52411 06 21 27.13 +39 58 45.6          18.9 T EW103G96
    CK09W020  C2009 11 23.52602 06 21 26.95 +39 58 45.6          19.1 T EW103G96
    CK09W020  C2009 11 23.52789 06 21 26.86 +39 58 45.9          18.5 T EW103G96
    CK09W020  C2009 11 23.52976 06 21 26.67 +39 58 46.4          19.5 T EW103G96
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.03155 06 20 52.20 +39 59 35.6          19.3 N EW103B18
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.03363 06 20 52.01 +39 59 35.9          19.4 N EW103B18
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.03572 06 20 51.87 +39 59 35.5          19.5 N EW103B18
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.05713 06 20 50.38 +39 59 37.8          19.2 N EW103B18
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.34296 06 20 30.72 +40 00 06.1          19.4 N EW103682
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.37159 06 20 28.69 +40 00 09.4          19.8 N EW103682
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.44409 06 20 23.56 +40 00 16.2          19.4 T EW103G96
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.44850 06 20 23.35 +40 00 16.7          19.3 T EW103G96
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.45288 06 20 22.95 +40 00 17.1          19.2 T EW103G96
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.45745 06 20 22.66 +40 00 17.6          19.6 T EW103G96
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.47117 06 20 21.60 +40 00 18.6          19.3 T EW103H01
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.47666 06 20 21.22 +40 00 19.2          19.4 T EW103H01
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.48185 06 20 20.85 +40 00 19.5          19.4 T EW103H01
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.48678 06 20 20.51 +40 00 20.0          19.4 T EW103H01
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.50426 06 20 19.42 +40 00 22.3          20.4 N EW103926
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.50836 06 20 19.08 +40 00 22.1          20.4 N EW103926
    CK09W020  C2009 11 24.51245 06 20 18.77 +40 00 22.6          20.5 N EW103926

Observer details:
682 Kanab.  Observer E. Sheridan.  0.40-m f/5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  Measurer
    P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
B18 Terskol.  Observers M. Andreev, A. Sergeev, N. Parakhin, V. Kozlov.
    Measurer M. Andreev.  0.6-m f/12.8 Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.
    Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2009 W2 (Boattini)
T 2010 Mar. 23.937 TT                                   MPC
q   6.95031              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  118.066       +0.162604       +0.982727
                   Node   199.323       +0.785347       -0.074689
e   1.0            Incl.  164.512       +0.597319       -0.169321
From 28 observations 2009 Nov. 21-24.

Ephemeris:
    C/2009 W2 (Boattini)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2009 11 15    06 30.72   +39 42.1    6.277    7.001   134.1     5.8  19.4
2009 11 25    06 19.75   +40 01.1    6.162    6.993   145.0     4.6  19.4
2009 12 05    06 07.55   +40 12.5    6.080    6.987   155.1     3.4  19.4
2009 12 15    05 54.57   +40 14.4    6.036    6.980   162.2     2.5  19.3
2009 12 25    05 41.36   +40 05.7    6.033    6.975   162.0     2.5  19.3
2010 01 04    05 28.51   +39 46.7    6.069    6.969   154.5     3.5  19.3
2010 01 14    05 16.54   +39 18.9    6.143    6.965   144.3     4.7  19.4
2010 01 24    05 05.87   +38 44.6    6.250    6.961   133.2     5.9  19.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-W103

Read MPEC 2009-W102 Read MPEC 2009-W104

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!