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    • MPEC 2008-S21 : COMET C/2008 P1 (GARRADD)

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    M.P.E.C. 2008-S21                                Issued 2008 Sept. 22, 15:13 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/2008 P1 (GARRADD)

Observations:
    CK08P010  C2008 09 16.97996 23 46 24.12 -46 45 15.2          16.6 N ES021I32
    CK08P010  C2008 09 17.55883 23 45 39.22 -46 43 01.5          15.9 N ES021E16
    CK08P010  C2008 09 17.67980 23 45 29.75 -46 42 32.6          17.2 N ES021415
    CK08P010  C2008 09 17.69032 23 45 28.92 -46 42 29.8          17.4 N ES021415
    CK08P010  C2008 09 19.51275 23 43 08.31 -46 34 51.0          16.5 T ES021423
    CK08P010  C2008 09 19.52027 23 43 07.77 -46 34 49.7          16.8 T ES021423
    CK08P010  C2008 09 20.43821 23 41 57.15 -46 30 39.6          16.5 T ES021423
    CK08P010  C2008 09 20.47056 23 41 54.62 -46 30 30.7          16.4 T ES021423
    CK08P010  C2008 09 21.51648 23 40 34.34 -46 25 32.0          16.3 T ES021423
    CK08P010  C2008 09 21.54770 23 40 31.90 -46 25 23.0          16.2 T ES021423
    CK08P010  C2008 09 21.65474 23 40 23.60 -46 24 51.6          17.4 N ES021415
    CK08P010  C2008 09 21.65898 23 40 23.27 -46 24 50.7          17.1 N ES021415

Observer details:
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
E16 Grove Creek Observatory, Trunkey.  Observers P. Camilleri, G. Sostero,
    E. Guido.  0.30-m f/5.8 reflector + CCD.
I32 Observatorio Beta Orionis, Rosario.  Observer F. Tifner.  0.25-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 P1 (Garradd)
T 2009 July 22.7338 TT                                  MPC
q   3.898484             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   11.7796      +0.9817145      -0.1868677
                   Node   357.6913      -0.0281231      +0.0461861
e   1.0            Incl.   64.2800      +0.1882705      +0.9812988
From 63 observations 2008 Aug. 13-Sept. 21.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-S21

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