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    • MPEC 2008-O22 : COMET C/2008 N1 (HOLMES)

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    M.P.E.C. 2008-O22                                Issued 2008 July 24, 14:21 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2008 N1 (HOLMES)

Observations:
    CK08N010  C2008 07 22.03721 23 32 52.64 +16 16 51.3                 EO022J95
    CK08N010  C2008 07 22.06795 23 32 51.22 +16 17 00.2          19.1 N EO022J95
    CK08N010  C2008 07 24.44525 23 30 58.06 +16 29 22.0          18.8 T EO022673
    CK08N010  C2008 07 24.45278 23 30 57.65 +16 29 24.2                 EO022673
    CK08N010  C2008 07 24.46169 23 30 57.22 +16 29 26.9                 EO022673
    CK08N010  C2008 07 24.47072 23 30 56.75 +16 29 29.8                 EO022673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 N1 (Holmes)
T 2009 Sept. 25.228 TT                                  MPC
q   2.78329              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  100.746       -0.204951       -0.977963
                   Node   357.472       -0.733230       +0.180342
e   1.0            Incl.  115.532       +0.648359       -0.105192
From 60 observations 2008 July 1-24.

Ephemeris:
    C/2008 N1 (Holmes)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2008 07 23    23 32.13   +16 21.9    4.421    4.986   118.5    10.3  19.2
2008 08 02    23 23.26   +17 10.0    4.217    4.914   128.5     9.3  19.0
2008 08 12    23 12.48   +17 48.5    4.038    4.842   138.3     8.0  18.9
2008 08 22    22 59.97   +18 14.6    3.889    4.770   147.1     6.6  18.7
2008 09 01    22 46.10   +18 26.2    3.775    4.698   153.3     5.5  18.6
2008 09 11    22 31.47   +18 22.4    3.698    4.627   154.4     5.4  18.5
2008 09 21    22 16.80   +18 03.8    3.660    4.555   149.7     6.4  18.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-O22

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