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    • MPEC 2008-U19 : COMET C/2008 Q3 (GARRADD)

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    M.P.E.C. 2008-U19                                Issued 2008 Oct. 20, 18:51 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 10 01.49624 22 58 10.24 -56 47 29.3          18.5 T EU019423
    CK08Q030  C2008 10 07.49578 22 39 55.79 -57 13 31.2          18.7 T EU019423
    CK08Q030  C2008 10 08.46724 22 37 02.33 -57 15 58.6          18.2 T EU019423
    CK08Q030  C2008 10 08.49733 22 36 57.08 -57 16 01.6          18.0 T EU019423
    CK08Q030  C2008 10 17.08969 22 12 41.05 -57 17 32.3          17.7 N EU019I32

Observer details:
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
I32 Observatorio Beta Orionis, Rosario.  Observer F. Tifner.  0.25-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2008 Q3 (Garradd)
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5
T 2009 June 23.14110 TT                                 MPC
q   1.7960220            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0005642      Peri.  340.92778     -0.56529943     -0.71875897
 +/-0.0001291      Node   219.72416     -0.65029718     +0.08644006
e   0.9989867      Incl.  140.70455     -0.50749397     +0.68986496
Residuals in seconds of arc
080827 E12  1.1+  1.3+    080828 474  0.2-  0.4-    080924 415  0.4-  0.1-
080827 E12  0.3+  0.7+    080828 E12  0.2-  0.2+    080924 415  0.6-  0.6+
080827 E12  0.1+  0.1+    080828 474  0.0   0.3-    080926 423  0.3+  0.8-
080827 E12  0.7-  1.0-    080828 474  0.1+  0.3-    080926 423  0.3+  0.3-
080827 E12  0.0   0.4+    080828 474  0.2+  0.0     080927 423  0.2-  0.5+
080828 474  0.2-  0.1-    080828 474  0.2+  0.1-    080927 423  0.4-  0.5-
080828 474  0.0   0.4-    080828 E12  0.2+  0.1-    080930 E12  1.0+  0.5+
080828 474  0.0   0.3-    080911 E12  0.5-  0.3-    080930 E12  0.2-  1.3+
080828 474  0.1-  0.2-    080911 E12  0.6-  0.3+    080930 E12 (2.3+  1.7+)
080828 474  0.1+  0.2-    080917 415  0.2-  1.4-    080930 E12  0.0   0.5-
080828 E16  0.4-  0.0     080917 415  1.6+  0.5+    081001 423  1.1+  0.3-
080828 E16  0.1+  0.4+    080921 415  0.3+  0.5+    081007 423  0.4-  1.5+
080828 E16  0.1+  0.2+    080921 415  0.6-  0.1+    081008 423  0.4-  0.8-
080828 E16  0.6-  0.1+    080922 E85 (1.1-  2.3-)   081008 423  0.9+  0.3+
080828 E16  0.1-  0.1-    080922 E85  0.5-  1.0-    081017 I32  0.7-  0.4-
080828 E12  0.0   0.3+    080922 E85  0.3+  0.0

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000676
and +0.001137 (+/- 0.000129) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-U19

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