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    M.P.E.C. 2008-T30                                Issued 2008 Oct. 2, 20:04 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 P/2008 T1 (BOATTINI)

Observations:
    PK08T010  C2008 09 02.37859 00 58 16.16 +09 12 12.7          19.0 N ET030691
    PK08T010  C2008 09 02.39615 00 58 15.84 +09 12 09.6          19.2 N ET030691
    PK08T010  C2008 09 02.41370 00 58 15.45 +09 12 08.3          19.1 N ET030691
    PK08T010  C2008 09 21.18462 00 49 04.66 +08 26 00.5          19.3 N ET030691
    PK08T010  C2008 09 21.20220 00 49 04.03 +08 25 57.7          19.3 N ET030691
    PK08T010  C2008 09 21.21976 00 49 03.31 +08 25 54.4          19.1 N ET030691
    PK08T010  C2008 10 01.34535 00 42 43.52 +07 48 45.6          18.0 T ET030G96
    PK08T010  C2008 10 01.35132 00 42 43.27 +07 48 44.3          17.9 T ET030G96
    PK08T010  C2008 10 01.35726 00 42 42.94 +07 48 43.0          17.8 T ET030G96
    PK08T010  C2008 10 01.36318 00 42 42.73 +07 48 41.5          17.7 T ET030G96
    PK08T010  C2008 10 01.85135 00 42 24.20 +07 46 45.2          18.1 T ET030B09
    PK08T010  C2008 10 01.86282 00 42 23.62 +07 46 42.2          18.3 T ET030B09
    PK08T010  C2008 10 01.92237 00 42 21.52 +07 46 30.7          19.0 N ET030B20
    PK08T010  C2008 10 01.92946 00 42 21.26 +07 46 29.4          19.1 N ET030B20
    PK08T010  C2008 10 01.93655 00 42 20.97 +07 46 27.6          19.1 N ET030B20
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.10042 00 42 14.42 +07 45 46.7                 ET030J95
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.10607 00 42 14.21 +07 45 45.3          19.2 T ET030J95
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.19563 00 42 10.96 +07 45 25.1          18.6 T ET030H06
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.20935 00 42 10.40 +07 45 20.8          18.0 N ET030651
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.21254 00 42 10.30 +07 45 21.5          17.8 N ET030651
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.21570 00 42 10.20 +07 45 19.5          17.9 N ET030651
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.27178 00 42 07.83 +07 45 06.4          19.1 T ET030H55
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.27641 00 42 07.68 +07 45 05.3          19.1 T ET030H55
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.28103 00 42 07.55 +07 45 04.6          19.2 T ET030H55
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.33704 00 42 05.45 +07 44 52.0          18.3 T ET030673
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.34363 00 42 05.18 +07 44 50.6                 ET030673
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.34667 00 42 04.92 +07 44 49.6          18.5 T ET030H06
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.34919 00 42 04.93 +07 44 49.0                 ET030673
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.35590 00 42 04.69 +07 44 47.1                 ET030673
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.37357 00 42 03.87 +07 44 43.3          18.5 T ET030H06
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.39447 00 42 03.16 +07 44 37.7                 ET030G96
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.40047 00 42 02.79 +07 44 37.0          18.7 T ET030H06
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.40196 00 42 02.79 +07 44 36.6          18.1 T ET030G96
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.40944 00 42 02.53 +07 44 34.5                 ET030G96
    PK08T010  C2008 10 02.41699 00 42 02.22 +07 44 32.9                 ET030G96

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers A. F. Tubbiolo, R. S. McMillan,
    T. H. Bressi.  0.9-m f/3 reflector + CCD.
B09 Capannoli.  Observer P. Bacci.  0.25-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
B20 Observatorio Carmelita, Tiana.  Observer J. M. Aymami.  0.25-m f/4.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers A. Boattini, R. E. Hill.  Measurers
    E. C. Beshore, A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observers R. Ligustri, E. Guido, G. Sostero,
    P. Camilleri.  0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.
H55 Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurer H. Devore.  0.61-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2008 T1 (Boattini)
T 2008 Feb. 25.3012 TT                                  MPC
q   3.028416             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1124376      Peri.   35.4139      +0.8389612      +0.5431440
a   4.251365       Node   291.6541      -0.5072809      +0.7581061
e   0.287660       Incl.    2.0806      -0.1970027      +0.3609290
P   8.77
From 34 observations 2008 Sept. 2-Oct. 2.

Ephemeris:
    P/2008 T1 (Boattini)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2008 10 01    00 42.95   +07 50.1    2.237    3.234   174.3     1.8  17.8
2008 10 11    00 36.61   +07 10.1    2.260    3.252   172.7     2.2  17.9
2008 10 21    00 30.87   +06 31.0    2.311    3.271   161.6     5.5  18.0
2008 10 31    00 26.30   +05 57.0    2.389    3.290   150.4     8.6  18.1
2008 11 10    00 23.33   +05 31.7    2.492    3.309   139.6    11.2  18.2
2008 11 20    00 22.19   +05 17.1    2.615    3.329   129.2    13.3  18.3
2008 11 30    00 22.94   +05 14.1    2.754    3.349   119.3    14.9  18.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-T30

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