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    • MPEC 2008-T26 : COMET C/2008 Q3 (GARRADD)

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    M.P.E.C. 2008-T26                                Issued 2008 Oct. 2, 17:50 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 Q3 (GARRADD)

Observations:
    CK08Q030  C2008 09 27.50681 23 10 26.03 -56 19 08.6          18.2 T ET026423
    CK08Q030  C2008 09 27.54104 23 10 19.65 -56 19 26.5          18.7 T ET026423
    CK08Q030  C2008 09 30.49904 23 01 14.23 -56 41 13.8          18.4 T ET026E12
    CK08Q030  C2008 09 30.51337 23 01 11.42 -56 41 18.7          18.6 T ET026E12
    CK08Q030  C2008 09 30.52056 23 01 10.38 -56 41 21.1          18.4 T ET026E12
    CK08Q030  C2008 09 30.53309 23 01 07.76 -56 41 28.2          18.4 T ET026E12

Observer details:
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 Q3 (Garradd)
T 2009 June 23.1250 TT                                  MPC
q   1.800602             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  340.7752      -0.5634083      -0.7202578
                   Node   219.7221      -0.6505122      +0.0847460
e   1.0            Incl.  140.7058      -0.5093181      +0.6885106
From 42 observations 2008 Aug. 27-Sept. 30.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-T26

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