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    • MPEC 1995-C09 : COMET 41P/TUTTLE-GIACOBINI-KRESAK

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    M.P.E.C. 1995-C09                                Issued 1995 Feb. 2, 22:38 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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          MARSDEN@CFA or WILLIAMS@CFA (.HARVARD.EDU, .SPAN or .BITNET)

                       COMET 41P/TUTTLE-GIACOBINI-KRESAK

Recovered by S. M. Larson and C. W. Hergenrother at Kitt Peak at a Delta_T
of +0.24 day from the prediction on MPC 20122.

Additional observations:
0041P         C1995 01 28.19241 04 43 57.76 +12 12 04.8          21.2 T      691
0041P         C1995 01 28.20155 04 43 57.46 +12 12 06.9          21.8 T      691
0041P         C1995 01 28.20589 04 43 57.33 +12 12 07.7                      691
0041P         C1995 01 29.25714 04 43 25.77 +12 16 58.3                      691
0041P         C1995 01 29.26730 04 43 25.55 +12 17 01.3                      691
0041P         C1995 01 29.27505 04 43 25.26 +12 17 03.8          21.9 T      691

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers S. M. Larson, C. W.
    Hergenrother.  2.3-m Steward Observatory reflector.

Orbital elements:
  41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
Epoch 1995 July 22.0 TT = JDT 2449920.5
T 1995 July 28.71362 TT                                 Marsden
q   1.0653214            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.18054920     Peri.   61.67413     -0.91229261     +0.39718699
a   3.1003139      Node   141.48995     -0.40886710     -0.86936907
e   0.6563827      Incl.    9.22544     -0.02344965     -0.29400667
P   5.46
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in units of degrees)
781108 372  5.0+  1.1- Y  891109 675  0.6+  1.4+    950128 691  1.3-  1.0-
781211 372  4.4-  2.1+ Y  891110 675  0.9+  0.3+    950128 691  1.1-  1.4-
781211 372  5.6-  2.6- Y  891110 675  0.2-  1.0+    950129 691  0.7+  0.4-
790104 372  5.0+  3.1- Y  891110 675  0.2-  0.2+    950129 691  2.0+  0.2-
790107 372 (0.4+  8.5-)Y  900125 897(0.09+ 0.01-)   950129 691  1.2+  0.1+
891109 675  0.4+  1.0+    900125 897(0.09+ 0.01-)
891109 675  0.0   1.2+    950128 691  1.3-  0.7-

Ephemeris:
  41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     m1
1995 02 02    04 41.88   +12 35.1    1.655    2.284   117.5    22.5    21.0
1995 02 12    04 40.20   +13 29.1    1.698    2.204   107.3    25.3    20.8
1995 02 22    04 42.10   +14 29.7    1.746    2.122    98.0    27.5    20.6
1995 03 04    04 47.43   +15 34.8    1.793    2.040    89.4    29.1    20.4
1995 03 14    04 56.00   +16 42.0    1.835    1.956    81.6    30.2    20.2
1995 03 24    05 07.59   +17 49.0    1.871    1.872    74.6    30.9    19.9
1995 04 03    05 22.04   +18 53.5    1.898    1.787    68.2    31.3    19.7
1995 04 13    05 39.23   +19 53.1    1.914    1.702    62.5    31.5    19.4
1995 04 23    05 59.05   +20 44.9    1.920    1.617    57.4    31.6    19.0
1995 05 03    06 21.48   +21 26.0    1.915    1.534    52.8    31.6    18.7
1995 05 13    06 46.49   +21 53.1    1.900    1.452    48.9    31.6    18.3
1995 05 23    07 14.02   +22 02.4    1.876    1.374    45.6    31.8    17.9
1995 06 02    07 44.06   +21 49.7    1.843    1.299    42.9    32.1    17.5
1995 06 12    08 16.49   +21 10.9    1.804    1.232    40.9    32.7    17.1
1995 06 22    08 51.14   +20 01.7    1.761    1.172    39.5    33.5    16.8
1995 07 02    09 27.79   +18 18.8    1.717    1.124    38.8    34.6    16.4
1995 07 12    10 06.09   +16 00.1    1.675    1.089    38.8    35.8    16.2
1995 07 22    10 45.67   +13 06.2    1.639    1.069    39.3    37.0    16.0
1995 08 01    11 26.14   +09 40.3    1.613    1.066    40.4    38.1    16.0
1995 08 11    12 07.08   +05 49.6    1.600    1.080    41.7    38.6    16.0
1995 08 21    12 48.12   +01 44.7    1.605    1.110    43.2    38.6    16.2
1995 08 31    13 28.93   -02 22.1    1.630    1.154    44.6    37.9    16.5
1995 09 10    14 09.16   -06 18.0    1.675    1.210    45.7    36.6    16.9
1995 09 20    14 48.50   -09 51.9    1.741    1.275    46.4    34.8    17.3
1995 09 30    15 26.69   -12 56.5    1.825    1.347    46.4    32.6    17.7
1995 10 10    16 03.48   -15 27.6    1.927    1.425    45.8    30.2    18.2
1995 10 20    16 38.67   -17 24.6    2.042    1.505    44.6    27.7    18.7
1995 10 30    17 12.17   -18 49.1    2.169    1.588    42.7    25.1    19.2
1995 11 09    17 43.91   -19 44.2    2.302    1.673    40.2    22.5    19.7
1995 11 19    18 13.89   -20 13.5    2.441    1.757    37.1    19.9    20.1
1995 11 29    18 42.15   -20 20.6    2.581    1.842    33.6    17.3    20.5

Brian G. Marsden                                              M.P.E.C. 1995-C09

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