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    M.P.E.C. 2009-A34                                Issued 2009 Jan. 5, 17:34 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
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                            COMET P/2008 Y2 (GIBBS)

Observations:
    PK08Y020  C2009 01 01.84471 10 05 19.88 +19 36 55.1                 EA034349
    PK08Y020  C2009 01 01.84917 10 05 20.05 +19 36 52.9          18.4 T EA034349
    PK08Y020  C2009 01 02.15774 10 05 33.87 +19 34 09.3                 EA034204
    PK08Y020  C2009 01 02.19318 10 05 35.32 +19 33 50.4          18.3 N EA034204
    PK08Y020  C2009 01 03.76525 10 06 41.11 +19 20 06.6                 EA034372
    PK08Y020  C2009 01 03.76784 10 06 41.23 +19 20 05.5                 EA034372
    PK08Y020  C2009 01 03.77031 10 06 41.29 +19 20 04.3          18.7 N EA034372
    PK08Y020  C2009 01 03.98036 10 06 49.96 +19 18 10.5          18.6 N EA034235

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 reflector
    + CCD.
235 CAST Observatory, Talmassons.  Observers R. Ligustri, D. Da Rio.  Measurer
    R. Ligustri.  0.35-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observers T. Seki, K. Muraoka, S. Shimomoto.  0.70-m f/7
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs)
T 2009 Jan. 22.4285 TT                                  MPC
q   1.638696             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1446509      Peri.  162.3534      -0.6863709      -0.7246373
a   3.594087       Node   330.8966      +0.6510355      -0.5744756
e   0.544058       Incl.    7.2771      +0.3241107      -0.3806291
P   6.81
From 54 observations 2008 Dec. 1-2009 Jan. 3.

Ephemeris:
    P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2008 12 30    10 03.07   +20 02.0    0.825    1.655   132.3    26.1  17.8
2009 01 09    10 09.60   +18 34.5    0.762    1.644   140.5    22.4  17.6
2009 01 19    10 12.05   +17 08.6    0.713    1.639   149.6    17.7  17.4
2009 01 29    10 10.57   +15 44.3    0.680    1.640   159.7    12.0  17.3
2009 02 08    10 06.12   +14 20.8    0.666    1.647   170.4     5.7  17.3
2009 02 18    10 00.29   +12 57.7    0.672    1.660   178.2     1.1  17.3
2009 02 28    09 54.95   +11 35.4    0.697    1.678   167.4     7.4  17.5
2009 03 10    09 51.76   +10 14.3    0.743    1.702   157.0    13.2  17.7
2009 03 20    09 51.64   +08 54.7    0.806    1.730   147.4    18.0  17.9
2009 03 30    09 54.81   +07 36.0    0.886    1.764   138.7    22.0  18.2
2009 04 09    10 01.07   +06 17.0    0.980    1.801   130.7    24.9  18.5
2009 04 19    10 09.90   +04 56.5    1.086    1.842   123.5    27.0  18.8
2009 04 29    10 20.79   +03 33.7    1.204    1.886   116.8    28.4  19.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-A34

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