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    • MPEC 2007-M51 : COMET C/2007 K4 (GIBBS)

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    M.P.E.C. 2007-M51                                Issued 2007 June 29, 14:01 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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          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/2007 K4 (GIBBS)

Observations:
    CK07K040  C2007 06 22.91181 16 04 56.69 -11 12 12.2          19.5 T EM051A77
    CK07K040  C2007 06 22.92681 16 04 55.23 -11 12 23.8          19.7 T EM051A77
    CK07K040  C2007 06 22.94574 16 04 53.33 -11 12 40.0          20.1 T EM051A77
    CK07K040  C2007 06 24.21944 16 02 48.26 -11 30 21.8          18.4 T EM051673
    CK07K040  C2007 06 24.22512 16 02 47.65 -11 30 26.8                 EM051673
    CK07K040  C2007 06 24.22801 16 02 47.36 -11 30 29.4                 EM051673
    CK07K040  C2007 06 24.23623 16 02 46.57 -11 30 35.7                 EM051673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
A77 Observatoire Chante-Perdrix, Dauban.  Observers C. Rinner, F. Kugel.
    Measurer C. Rinner.  0.5-m f/3 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 K4 (Gibbs)
T 2007 May 3.879 TT                                     MPC
q   3.52685              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  162.452       -0.307160       -0.242957
                   Node    68.524       -0.947766       +0.165447
e   1.0            Incl.   98.593       -0.085976       -0.955824
From 79 observations 2007 May 25-June 24.

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.
     Further observations of comets C/2007 K1, P/2007 K2, C/2007 K3 and
C/2007 K5 are very desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-M51

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