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MPEC 2009-Y21 : COMET P/2009 W1 = 1999 XO188 (HILL)

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M.P.E.C. 2009-Y21                                Issued 2009 Dec. 17, 23:18 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,
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                      COMET P/2009 W1 = 1999 XO188 (HILL)

Observations:
    PK09W010  C2008 11 08.22640 02 53 53.62 +12 25 59.0          21.7 N EY021G96
    PK09W010  C2008 11 08.23468 02 53 53.26 +12 25 59.1          20.6 N EY021G96
    PK09W010  C2008 11 08.24288 02 53 52.87 +12 25 59.4          21.1 N EY021G96
    PK09W010  C2008 11 08.25111 02 53 52.44 +12 25 58.8          20.6 N EY021G96
    PK09W010  C2009 12 17.19954 10 03 57.34 +30 35 26.7          17.4 N EY021A77
    PK09W010  C2009 12 17.20419 10 03 57.41 +30 35 28.1          17.3 N EY021A77
    PK09W010  C2009 12 17.20885 10 03 57.47 +30 35 30.0          17.6 N EY021A77

Observer details:
A77 Observatoire Chante-Perdrix, Dauban.  Observers C. Rinner, F. Kugel.
    Measurer F. Kugel.  0.5-m f/3 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. D. Grauer.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson.
    1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2009 W1 = 1999 XO188 (identification by F. Manca)
Epoch 2000 Apr. 6.0 TT = JDT 2451640.5
T 2000 Apr. 18.05278 TT                                 MPC
q   2.9614945            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.10460275     Peri.   53.35918     -0.31268816     -0.92629830
a   4.4610866      Node    56.17600     +0.77055880     -0.37678892
e   0.3361495      Incl.   14.65882     +0.55539648     +0.00125228
P   9.42

Epoch 2009 Oct. 16.0 TT = JDT 2455120.5
T 2009 Oct. 1.53704 TT                                  MPC
q   2.9831547            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.10382870     Peri.   53.42959     -0.31338530     -0.92615674
a   4.4832310      Node    56.14440     +0.77042710     -0.37713840
e   0.3345971      Incl.   14.63479     +0.55518622     +0.00056510
P   9.49
Residuals in seconds of arc
991212 704  0.3+  0.7+    091119 G96  1.2+  0.2-    091125 H45  1.1+  0.4-
991212 704  0.4-  0.0     091119 G96  1.2+  0.3-    091125 H45  0.5+  0.7-
991212 704  0.8-  0.1-    091119 G96  1.1+  0.1-    091125 H45  0.3+  0.8-
991212 704  1.0-  0.4-    091119 349  1.1-  0.8+    091125 H45  0.1+  0.0
991212 704  0.3-  0.0     091119 349  0.9-  0.6+    091125 H45  0.7-  0.0
991215 704  0.3-  0.8-    091120 A77  0.7+  0.4+    091125 H45  1.9-  0.4-
991215 704  0.4-  0.1-    091120 A77  0.6+  1.0+    091125 372 (2.0+  0.8+)
991215 704  1.8+  1.0+    091120 I10  1.5+  0.1+    091125 372  1.2+  0.4+
991215 704  0.7+  1.1+    091120 850  0.8-  0.8+    091126 A79  0.5-  0.1+
000102 704  0.4+  1.0-    091120 850  0.7-  0.0     091126 A79  0.1-  0.1+
000102 704  0.2+  1.0-    091121 A79  0.1+  0.6+    091127 585  0.6+  0.2+
000102 704 (1.2+  2.5-)   091121 A79  0.2+  0.8+    091127 585  1.0-  0.3+
081108 G96  0.2-  0.0     091121 H06  1.3-  0.3-    091127 585  1.3+  0.8-
081108 G96  0.3+  0.0     091121 H06  0.2-  0.0     091128 B18  0.6-  0.5-
081108 G96  0.2+  0.3+    091121 H10  1.3+  0.8-    091128 B18  0.0   0.4-
081108 G96  0.3-  0.4-    091121 H10  0.8-  0.7+    091128 B18  0.6-  0.3-
091118 703  0.9-  0.1-    091121 H10  1.0+  0.2+    091128 850  1.1-  0.3+
091118 703  1.5-  0.3+    091121 900  0.2-  0.0     091128 850  1.0-  0.5+
091118 703  1.4-  0.5-    091121 900  0.1-  0.1-    091128 850  0.9-  0.3+
091118 703  1.6-  0.0     091121 204  0.3+  0.0     091128 850  1.2-  0.5+
091119 114  1.0+  0.4-    091121 473  0.1+  0.0     091128 850  1.1-  0.4+
091119 114  0.2+  0.0     091121 473  0.5+  0.0     091129 B18  0.3+  0.3-
091119 114  0.8+  0.0     091122 204  0.1-  0.2-    091129 B18  0.1-  0.2-
091119 114  0.9+  0.1-    091122 215 (2.8+  1.1-)   091129 B18  0.3-  0.4-
091119 114  0.9+  0.7-    091122 215 (2.5+  1.1-)   091205 I10  0.8-  0.8-
091119 B18  0.0   0.1-    091122 215 (2.1+  1.0-)   091205 I10  0.9+  0.1+
091119 B18  0.1-  0.4-    091122 I10  0.6-  0.2+    091205 I10  1.3+  0.1-
091119 B18  0.7+  0.2-    091122 H10  0.7+  0.4-    091206 J40  0.3+  0.7-
091119 A79  1.7-  0.8+    091122 H10  0.7+  0.7-    091206 J40  0.3+  0.4-
091119 A79  0.3+  0.4+    091122 H10  0.9+  0.3+    091206 J40  0.4+  0.2-
091119 A79  0.3-  0.4-    091122 400  0.8+  0.9-    091209 J47  0.7+  0.2+
091119 A79  0.3-  0.4+    091122 400  0.4+  0.5-    091209 J47  0.1+  0.4-
091119 703  0.4+  1.1+    091122 400  0.7+  1.0-    091209 J47  0.3+  1.1-
091119 703  0.5+  0.6-    091123 H10 (4.1+  2.4-)   091210 704  0.6+  0.6+
091119 703  1.0+  0.7+    091123 H10 (2.5+  0.8-)   091210 704  0.4-  0.6-
091119 703  0.5-  0.6+    091123 H10 (1.0+  2.1+)   091210 704  0.9+  0.4+
091119 703  0.6-  0.3+    091123 H06  0.4-  0.8+    091215 461  0.1-  0.2+
091119 703  1.0-  0.2+    091123 H06  0.6-  1.1+    091215 461  0.2-  0.1+
091119 703  0.8-  0.3+    091123 H06  1.0-  1.5+    091215 461  0.6+  0.4+
091119 703  1.3-  0.1+    091123 372  0.9+  0.8+    091217 A77  0.6-  0.5-
091119 H36  0.2+  0.3+    091124 A77  0.3+  0.3-    091217 A77  0.7-  0.6-
091119 H36  0.4+  0.1+    091124 A77  0.1+  0.6+    091217 A77  0.9-  0.2-
091119 H36  0.3+  0.1-    091124 A77  0.0   0.5+
091119 G96  0.9+  0.2-    091125 H45  0.1-  0.2-

Ephemeris:
    P/2009 W1 = 1999 XO188 (Hill)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2009 12 15    10 03.25   +30 24.0    2.406    3.014   119.4    16.5  18.2
2009 12 25    10 05.47   +31 19.9    2.310    3.022   128.5    14.7  18.1
2010 01 04    10 05.14   +32 23.9    2.231    3.032   137.8    12.6  18.1
2010 01 14    10 02.27   +33 31.3    2.172    3.043   146.7    10.2  18.0
2010 01 24    09 57.13   +34 35.7    2.137    3.054   154.4     8.0  18.0
2010 02 03    09 50.32   +35 29.7    2.128    3.067   158.7     6.7  18.0
2010 02 13    09 42.67   +36 07.3    2.146    3.081   157.4     7.1  18.0
2010 02 23    09 35.19   +36 24.4    2.190    3.095   151.4     8.8  18.1
2010 03 05    09 28.85   +36 19.9    2.259    3.110   143.2    11.0  18.2
2010 03 15    09 24.33   +35 55.7    2.350    3.127   134.3    13.2  18.3
2010 03 25    09 22.07   +35 14.6    2.460    3.144   125.3    15.0  18.4
2010 04 04    09 22.16   +34 20.2    2.584    3.161   116.6    16.4  18.6
2010 04 14    09 24.50   +33 15.7    2.720    3.180   108.3    17.4  18.7
2010 04 24    09 28.88   +32 03.5    2.864    3.199   100.2    18.0  18.8
2010 05 04    09 35.02   +30 45.5    3.012    3.220    92.6    18.2  19.0
2010 05 14    09 42.61   +29 23.1    3.163    3.240    85.3    18.1  19.1
2010 05 24    09 51.40   +27 57.1    3.314    3.262    78.2    17.7  19.2
2010 06 03    10 01.14   +26 28.2    3.463    3.284    71.4    17.0  19.4
2010 06 13    10 11.64   +24 56.9    3.608    3.306    64.8    16.1  19.5
2010 06 23    10 22.73   +23 23.7    3.747    3.329    58.4    15.1  19.6
2010 07 03    10 34.26   +21 49.1    3.879    3.353    52.2    13.9  19.7
2010 07 13    10 46.12   +20 13.2    4.003    3.377    46.0    12.5  19.8
2010 07 23    10 58.22   +18 36.7    4.117    3.402    40.0    11.1  19.9
2010 08 02    11 10.48   +16 59.9    4.221    3.427    34.0     9.5  20.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-Y21

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