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    • MPEC 2008-C60 : COMET C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2008-C60                                Issued 2008 Feb. 11, 00:27 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 04.08120 09 04 36.27 -01 04 58.2          17.1 N EC060585
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 04.08600 09 04 35.60 -01 04 49.1          17.1 N EC060585
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 04.09059 09 04 35.12 -01 04 44.2          17.2 N EC060585
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 04.09517 09 04 34.77 -01 04 37.4          17.2 N EC060585
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 08.97785 08 56 25.00 +01 01 34.8          17.6 N EC060147
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 08.98001 08 56 24.77 +01 01 38.2          17.6 N EC060147
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 08.98218 08 56 24.56 +01 01 42.0          18.0 N EC060147
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 09.26020 08 55 56.74 +01 08 57.9          17.2 T EC060703
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 09.26942 08 55 55.77 +01 09 14.2          17.1 T EC060703
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 09.28780 08 55 53.94 +01 09 42.9          17.1 T EC060703
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 10.92595 08 53 09.82 +01 52 51.8          17.7 N EC060151
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 10.92747 08 53 09.68 +01 52 54.0          17.8 N EC060151
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 10.92898 08 53 09.53 +01 52 56.2          17.8 N EC060151
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 10.93050 08 53 09.35 +01 52 58.9          17.8 N EC060151
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 10.93201 08 53 09.18 +01 53 01.7          17.8 N EC060151
    CK07Y010  C2008 02 10.93504 08 53 08.87 +01 53 06.0          17.6 N EC060151

Observer details:
147 Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno.  Observers P. Concari, D. Crespi,
    S. Foglia, G. Galli, S. Minuto, V. Sacco.  0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.9
    Hypergraph + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observers A. Baransky, K. Churyumov.  0.7-m f/4
    reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR)
T 2008 Mar. 19.3266 TT                                  MPC
q   3.340739             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  357.1261      -0.6949530      +0.2172528
                   Node   133.0931      +0.6770261      -0.1234325
e   1.0            Incl.  110.1725      +0.2422312      +0.9682797
From 126 observations 2007 Dec. 16-2008 Feb. 10.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-C60

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