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    • MPEC 2007-N36 : COMET C/2007 M1 (McNAUGHT)

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    M.P.E.C. 2007-N36                                Issued 2007 July 13, 14:27 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 M1 (McNAUGHT)

Observations:
    CK07M010  C2007 07 06.03905 20 28 44.81 +00 15 18.5          18.8 N EN036213
    CK07M010  C2007 07 06.04816 20 28 44.39 +00 15 18.9          18.8 N EN036213
    CK07M010  C2007 07 06.05728 20 28 43.97 +00 15 19.7          18.8 N EN036213
    CK07M010  C2007 07 06.89654 20 28 06.18 +00 16 03.7          19.2 N EN036147
    CK07M010  C2007 07 06.90377 20 28 05.84 +00 16 04.6                 EN036147
    CK07M010  C2007 07 09.28173 20 26 17.25 +00 18 06.2          19.7 N EN036850
    CK07M010  C2007 07 09.30013 20 26 16.39 +00 18 06.6          19.2 N EN036850
    CK07M010  C2007 07 11.59016 20 24 30.34 +00 19 47.2          19.3 T EN036474
    CK07M010  C2007 07 11.59225 20 24 30.25 +00 19 47.5          18.9 T EN036474
    CK07M010  C2007 07 11.59433 20 24 30.13 +00 19 47.6          19.2 T EN036474

Observer details:
147 Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno.  Observers P. Diomede, S. Foglia.
    0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  1.0-m f/7.7
    reflector + CCD.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observers D. T. Durig, D. S. Hardage,
    K. H. Burton, M. A. O'Donnell, T. B. Triplett.  0.35-m f/8.2
    Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 M1 (McNaught)
T 2008 Aug. 15.909 TT                                   MPC
q   7.46077              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   52.984       +0.170337       -0.919690
                   Node   326.813       -0.975452       -0.106527
e   1.0            Incl.  139.735       +0.139569       +0.377918
From 47 observations 2007 June 16-July 11.

Ephemeris:
    C/2007 M1 (McNaught)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 07 09    20 26.50   +00 17.9    6.976    7.879   150.7     3.6  19.2
2007 07 19    20 18.66   +00 23.2    6.910    7.859   157.6     2.8  19.2
2007 07 29    20 10.60   +00 23.3    6.878    7.840   160.1     2.5  19.1
2007 08 08    20 02.58   +00 18.8    6.880    7.821   156.5     3.0  19.1
2007 08 18    19 54.88   +00 10.1    6.917    7.802   149.0     3.8  19.1
2007 08 28    19 47.72   -00 01.7    6.986    7.784   139.8     4.8  19.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-N36

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