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    • MPEC 2000-Q43 : COMET C/2000 OF8 (SPACEWATCH)

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    M.P.E.C. 2000-Q43                                Issued 2000 Aug. 31, 21:08 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

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                         COMET C/2000 OF8 (SPACEWATCH)

Observations:
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 03.24478 20 43 09.64 -08 38 20.8          19.7 N      809
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 03.25174 20 43 09.01 -08 38 24.7          19.8 N      809
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 03.25881 20 43 08.37 -08 38 28.8          19.8 N      809
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 10.61215 20 31 59.86 -09 49 38.9          21.0 N      413
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 10.61440 20 31 59.67 -09 49 39.9          20.9 N      413
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 10.61728 20 31 59.37 -09 49 41.6          21.2 N      413
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 28.26273 20 05 27.60 -12 43 43.8                      658
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 28.26580 20 05 27.24 -12 43 46.3                      658
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 28.27351 20 05 26.63 -12 43 49.8                      658
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 29.00296 20 04 23.84 -12 50 49.5          18.5 T      809
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 29.01387 20 04 22.93 -12 50 55.6                      809
    CK00O08F  C2000 08 29.05878 20 04 19.04 -12 51 21.5                      809

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m
    Plaskett reflector + CCD.
809 European Southern Observatory, La Silla.  Observers J.-M. Petit, B.
    Gladman, C. E. Delahodde, O. R. Hainaut.  3.6-m reflector + CCD,
    2.2-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2000 OF8 (Spacewatch)
T 2001 Aug. 5.0028 TT                                   Marsden
q   2.167793             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  256.2561      -0.6581116      -0.6300181
                   Node   117.1050      -0.3749718      +0.7490789
e   1.0            Incl.  152.4104      -0.6529053      +0.2048363
From 50 observations 2000 July 24-Aug. 29.

Ephemeris:
    C/2000 OF8 (Spacewatch)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2000 08 24    20 11.69   -12 02.1    3.396    4.304   150.4     6.7  18.5
2000 09 03    19 57.42   -13 38.2    3.423    4.221   137.4     9.3  18.4
2000 09 13    19 44.64   -15 07.9    3.484    4.139   124.6    11.5  18.4
2000 09 23    19 33.80   -16 29.3    3.570    4.056   112.2    13.2  18.3
2000 10 03    19 25.12   -17 41.7    3.673    3.974   100.2    14.3  18.3
2000 10 13    19 18.65   -18 45.5    3.785    3.892    88.7    14.8  18.3
2000 10 23    19 14.28   -19 41.6    3.897    3.810    77.6    14.8  18.3
2000 11 02    19 11.83   -20 31.0    4.003    3.728    66.9    14.2  18.2
2000 11 12    19 11.10   -21 14.9    4.096    3.647    56.6    13.1  18.2
2000 11 22    19 11.82   -21 54.2    4.171    3.566    46.6    11.6  18.1
2000 12 02    19 13.79   -22 30.0    4.223    3.485    36.9     9.8  18.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-Q43

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