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    • MPEC 2007-F07 : COMET C/2007 E1 (GARRADD)

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    M.P.E.C. 2007-F07                                Issued 2007 Mar. 16, 15:25 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.

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

                           COMET C/2007 E1 (GARRADD)

Observations:
    CK07E010  C2007 03 14.74361 15 20 57.52 -26 17 15.0                 EF007349
    CK07E010  C2007 03 14.74697 15 20 56.53 -26 17 13.3                 EF007349
    CK07E010  C2007 03 14.75030 15 20 55.52 -26 17 11.7          14.9 T EF007349
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.15579 15 18 53.40 -26 13 48.7          17.0 T EF007A77
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.15650 15 18 53.32 -26 13 47.7          16.4 T EF007A77
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.15799 15 18 52.77 -26 13 46.8          16.8 T EF007A77
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.15824 15 18 52.77 -26 13 46.8          16.8 T EF007A77
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.15873 15 18 52.55 -26 13 45.9          17.0 T EF007A77
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.15973 15 18 52.35 -26 13 44.6          17.1 T EF007A77
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.16214 15 18 51.44 -26 13 43.3          17.1 T EF007A77
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.16479 15 18 50.59 -26 13 43.5          16.9 T EF007A77
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.16766 15 18 49.75 -26 13 41.3          17.1 T EF007A77
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.43859 15 17 26.17 -26 11 15.6          16.9 T EF007704
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.44937 15 17 22.71 -26 11 09.8          17.1 T EF007704
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.46016 15 17 19.23 -26 11 03.9          17.0 T EF007704
    CK07E010  C2007 03 15.47093 15 17 15.80 -26 10 57.8          16.7 T EF007704

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
A77 Observatoire Chante-Perdrix, Dauban.  Observer F. Kugel.  0.20-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 E1 (Garradd)
T 2007 May 23.211 TT                                    MPC
q   1.28232              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    7.279       -0.836814       +0.545807
                   Node   154.056       +0.497242       +0.724912
e   1.0            Incl.  174.376       +0.229114       +0.420235
From 59 observations 2007 Mar. 13-15.

Ephemeris:
    C/2007 E1 (Garradd)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 03 11    15 37.00   -26 39.1    1.037    1.679   111.5    33.4  14.8
2007 03 13    15 29.01   -26 29.3    0.973    1.661   115.2    32.8  14.6
2007 03 15    15 19.68   -26 15.0    0.909    1.643   119.3    31.9  14.4
2007 03 17    15 08.80   -25 54.7    0.847    1.625   123.7    30.6  14.2
2007 03 19    14 56.07   -25 26.2    0.787    1.608   128.4    29.0  14.0
2007 03 21    14 41.22   -24 46.5    0.730    1.591   133.7    26.9  13.8
2007 03 23    14 23.93   -23 52.0    0.676    1.574   139.6    24.3  13.6
2007 03 25    14 03.93   -22 37.9    0.627    1.557   146.0    21.0  13.4
2007 03 27    13 41.05   -20 59.0    0.584    1.541   153.1    17.0  13.2
2007 03 29    13 15.34   -18 50.1    0.547    1.525   160.6    12.6  13.0
2007 03 31    12 47.14   -16 08.2    0.519    1.509   167.4     8.3  12.9
2007 04 02    12 17.18   -12 54.7    0.501    1.494   169.5     7.0  12.7
2007 04 04    11 46.53   -09 16.7    0.493    1.480   163.7    11.0  12.7
2007 04 06    11 16.39   -05 27.0    0.497    1.465   154.7    16.9  12.6
2007 04 08    10 47.86   -01 40.4    0.511    1.451   145.4    23.1  12.7
2007 04 10    10 21.71   +01 50.5    0.536    1.438   136.3    28.8  12.7
2007 04 12    09 58.34   +04 58.3    0.568    1.424   128.0    33.7  12.8
2007 04 14    09 37.81   +07 40.2    0.608    1.412   120.4    37.8  12.9
2007 04 16    09 19.97   +09 57.2    0.653    1.400   113.6    41.1  13.0
2007 04 18    09 04.56   +11 52.0    0.703    1.388   107.5    43.6  13.2
2007 04 20    08 51.28   +13 27.9    0.755    1.377   102.0    45.5  13.3
2007 04 22    08 39.82   +14 48.2    0.810    1.366    97.0    46.9  13.4
2007 04 24    08 29.92   +15 55.8    0.867    1.356    92.5    47.8  13.5
2007 04 26    08 21.32   +16 52.9    0.925    1.347    88.3    48.3  13.6
2007 04 28    08 13.84   +17 41.7    0.984    1.338    84.5    48.5  13.7
2007 04 30    08 07.30   +18 23.5    1.043    1.330    80.9    48.4  13.8

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-F07

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