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    • MPEC 2008-O18 : COMET C/2008 L3 (HILL)

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    M.P.E.C. 2008-O18                                Issued 2008 July 22, 20:27 UT

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                            COMET C/2008 L3 (HILL)

Observations:
    CK08L030  C2008 06 25.95928 13 21 58.87 +48 00 27.5          18.3 T EO018585
    CK08L030  C2008 06 25.96075 13 21 58.76 +48 00 23.0          18.5 T EO018585
    CK08L030  C2008 07 10.86675 13 09 40.06 +36 56 15.0          18.1 N EO018473

Observer details:
473 Remanzacco.  Observers L. Donato, M. Gonano, V. Gonano, E. Guido,
    V. Santini, G. Sostero.  0.45-m f/4.4 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observers A. Baransky, E. Aleksakhina.  Measurer
    A. Baransky.  0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 L3 (Hill)
T 2008 Apr. 22.576 TT                                   MPC
q   2.01254              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  101.864       -0.116652       -0.907826
                   Node    24.159       -0.605398       -0.256512
e   1.0            Incl.  100.200       +0.787328       -0.331744
From 49 observations 2008 June 13-July 10.

Ephemeris:
    C/2008 L3 (Hill)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2008 07 13    13 08.92   +35 30.1    2.305    2.238    73.4    25.8  17.8
2008 07 23    13 07.51   +29 16.4    2.488    2.291    67.1    24.1  18.1
2008 08 02    13 08.62   +23 49.1    2.680    2.350    60.3    22.0  18.4
2008 08 12    13 11.44   +19 02.1    2.874    2.411    53.4    19.7  18.6
2008 08 22    13 15.41   +14 49.1    3.065    2.477    46.3    17.2  18.9

     Further observations of this comet are very desirable.
     Further observations of comet C/2008 N1 are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-O18

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