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    • MPEC 2007-N34 : COMET C/2007 K3 (SIDING SPRING)

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    M.P.E.C. 2007-N34                                Issued 2007 July 13, 14:18 UT

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         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                        COMET C/2007 K3 (SIDING SPRING)

Observations:
    CK07K030  C2007 06 24.19398 11 52 22.67 -15 54 05.7          18.6 T EN034673
    CK07K030  C2007 06 24.20359 11 52 22.90 -15 54 04.8                 EN034673
    CK07K030  C2007 07 11.40392 12 02 12.75 -15 34 56.1          20.1 N EN034415
    CK07K030  C2007 07 11.41048 12 02 13.23 -15 34 57.7          18.8 N EN034415

Observer details:
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 K3 (Siding Spring)
T 2008 Apr. 21.9222 TT                                  MPC
q   2.050856             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   23.6213      +0.2743705      +0.9203432
                   Node   263.2585      -0.9209530      +0.1680818
e   1.0            Incl.   16.3001      -0.2767064      +0.3531528
From 34 observations 2007 Apr. 18-July 11.

Ephemeris:
    C/2007 K3 (Siding Spring)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 07 09    12 00.60   -15 35.8    3.848    3.813    80.4    15.2  18.2
2007 07 19    12 07.82   -15 36.4    3.902    3.729    72.7    15.1  18.2
2007 07 29    12 16.29   -15 47.1    3.949    3.644    65.3    14.7  18.1
2007 08 08    12 25.91   -16 07.2    3.988    3.560    58.2    14.0  18.0
2007 08 18    12 36.62   -16 35.7    4.017    3.476    51.4    13.1  17.9
2007 08 28    12 48.36   -17 12.0    4.035    3.393    44.7    12.1  17.8

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-N34

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