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    M.P.E.C. 2009-C19                                Issued 2009 Feb. 2, 17:37 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                           COMET P/2002 O8 = 2009 B5 (NEAT)
    
    Observations:
        PK09B050  C2009 01 22.49485 15 17 07.22 -09 52 16.5          20.3 N EC019H36
        PK09B050  C2009 01 22.51117 15 17 08.08 -09 52 18.0          19.7 N EC019H36
        PK09B050  C2009 02 02.48785 15 25 27.25 -10 19 33.3          19.9 N EC019H36
        PK09B050  C2009 02 02.51010 15 25 28.13 -10 19 35.9          20.2 N EC019H36
    
    Observer details:
    H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        P/2002 O8 = 2009 B5 (NEAT)
    Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5
    T 2002 May 8.61614 TT                                   MPC
    q   3.2293889            (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.12169156     Peri.  222.28101     +0.44997049     +0.86696044
    a   4.0330079      Node    75.50177     -0.74866054     +0.49700035
    e   0.1992605      Incl.   12.78567     -0.48686133     +0.03701683
    P   8.10
    
    Epoch 2010 June 13.0 TT = JDT 2455360.5
    T 2010 June 8.03898 TT                                  MPC
    q   3.2133783            (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.12217682     Peri.  222.45264     +0.45162171     +0.86609843
    a   4.0223221      Node    75.44098     -0.74758613     +0.49842237
    e   0.2011136      Incl.   12.78998     -0.48698338     +0.03806126
    P   8.07
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    010522 691  0.2-  0.2+    020804 428  0.5-  0.3-    020910 428  1.1+  0.2+
    010522 691  0.0   0.1-    020804 474  0.0   0.0     020910 428  1.3+  0.0
    010522 691  0.2-  0.3+    020804 474  0.2-  0.1-    021008 322 (6.2+  4.8-)
    010611 691  0.4+  0.6+    020804 474  0.1+  0.4-    021009 322 (2.5+  1.9+)
    010611 691  0.0   0.4+    020805 644  0.3-  0.0     021009 322  0.3+  0.2-
    010611 691  0.6+  0.2-    020805 644  0.5-  0.1+    021009 322 (1.6-  5.0-)
    020705 704  0.1-  0.2-    020805 644  0.2-  0.2+    021026 704  0.9-  1.0-
    020705 704  1.1-  0.4-    020805 428  0.1-  0.1+    021026 704  1.6+  0.4-
    020705 704  1.0-  1.3-    020805 428  0.1+  0.0     021026 704  0.3+  0.6+
    020716 644  0.2-  0.2-    020807 360  0.5+  0.3-    021026 704 (0.0   2.1-)
    020716 644  0.1+  0.1-    020807 360  0.0   0.6-    021106 360  0.5+  0.3+
    020716 644  0.4-  0.3-    020807 360  0.2+  0.5-    021106 360  0.9+  0.1+
    020729 644  0.0   0.0     020807 213  1.5-  0.3+    030926 360  0.1-  0.2+
    020729 644  0.1-  0.2+    020807 213 (0.4+  2.2+)   030926 360  1.4-  1.0-
    020729 644  0.2+  0.1+    020807 213 (5.6-  2.2-)   030926 360 (1.7-  2.3-)
    020803 644  0.2-  0.2-    020807 213 (2.2-  0.3-)   030930 360  0.4+  0.5+
    020803 644  1.0-  0.7+    020813 644  0.0   0.3+    031002 360  0.6+  0.2+
    020803 644  0.1-  0.1+    020813 644  0.2-  0.3+    031002 360  0.3-  0.0
    020803 620  1.3-  0.5-    020813 644  0.7+  0.0     031002 360  0.1+  0.3+
    020803 620 (2.5-  3.9-)   020813 322  0.2-  0.2-    031019 360  0.2+  1.0+
    020803 118  1.2-  0.7-    020813 322  0.3-  0.5-    031019 360  0.6-  0.1+
    020803 118  0.9-  0.3+    020813 322  0.6-  0.1+    031024 360  0.2-  0.2+
    020803 118  1.0-  0.1-    020813 170  1.1+  1.0-    031024 360  0.3-  0.6+
    020804 844  0.4-  0.2+    020813 170  0.6+  1.8+    031024 360  0.9-  0.6+
    020804 844  0.2-  1.1+    020814 213  0.1-  0.1-    031027 699  1.6-  0.6+
    020804 844  0.6-  0.2-    020814 213 (3.6-  0.2-)   031027 699  0.7+  1.1+
    020804 844  0.9+  0.4-    020814 213  0.4+  0.6+    031027 699  1.1-  0.2+
    020804 734  0.0   0.2-    020828 322  0.3+  0.6-    031027 699  0.2-  0.5+
    020804 734  0.4+  0.3-    020828 322  0.4+  0.2-    031101 204  0.1+  0.2+
    020804 474  0.2-  0.4-    020828 322  0.6+  0.5-    031119 204  1.0+  1.4+
    020804 474  0.1+  0.4-    020903 428  1.4+  0.2+    090122 H36  0.3+  0.4-
    020804 474  0.1-  0.4-    020903 428  1.3+  0.2+    090122 H36  1.4+  0.9+
    020804 474  0.3+  0.2-    020908 360  0.7+  0.0     090202 H36  0.0   0.5+
    020804 474  0.3+  0.2-    020908 360  0.6+  0.5-    090202 H36  0.5-  0.8+
    020804 474  0.1-  0.2-    020909 372  0.3+  0.9+
    020804 428  0.6-  0.4+    020909 372  0.9+  1.1+
    
    Ephemeris:
        P/2002 O8 = 2009 B5 (NEAT)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    2009 01 29    15 22.20   -10 09.4    3.837    3.765    78.4    14.8  19.7
    2009 02 08    15 29.12   -10 30.6    3.673    3.747    86.7    15.2  19.6
    2009 02 18    15 34.80   -10 45.9    3.507    3.730    95.3    15.3  19.4
    2009 02 28    15 39.04   -10 55.6    3.343    3.713   104.2    15.0  19.3
    2009 03 10    15 41.65   -11 00.0    3.186    3.695   113.4    14.3  19.2
    2009 03 20    15 42.48   -10 59.9    3.039    3.678   123.1    13.1  19.1
    2009 03 30    15 41.45   -10 55.8    2.906    3.661   133.1    11.5  19.0
    2009 04 09    15 38.55   -10 49.0    2.791    3.644   143.4     9.4  18.8
    2009 04 19    15 33.96   -10 40.7    2.699    3.627   153.9     7.0  18.8
    2009 04 29    15 27.98   -10 32.5    2.631    3.611   164.2     4.4  18.7
    2009 05 09    15 21.08   -10 26.4    2.592    3.594   171.9     2.3  18.6
    2009 05 19    15 13.87   -10 24.0    2.581    3.578   168.3     3.3  18.6
    2009 05 29    15 06.97   -10 27.1    2.599    3.562   158.6     6.0  18.6
    2009 06 08    15 01.00   -10 37.1    2.644    3.546   148.1     8.7  18.6
    2009 06 18    14 56.39   -10 54.7    2.711    3.530   137.8    11.1  18.6
    2009 06 28    14 53.47   -11 20.1    2.799    3.515   127.8    13.2  18.7
    2009 07 08    14 52.41   -11 53.0    2.901    3.500   118.3    14.8  18.8
    2009 07 18    14 53.21   -12 32.8    3.016    3.485   109.2    16.0  18.8
    2009 07 28    14 55.83   -13 18.6    3.138    3.470   100.5    16.7  18.9
    2009 08 07    15 00.17   -14 09.3    3.265    3.455    92.2    17.1  19.0
    2009 08 17    15 06.09   -15 03.7    3.392    3.441    84.2    17.0  19.0
    2009 08 27    15 13.45   -16 01.0    3.518    3.427    76.6    16.7  19.1
    2009 09 06    15 22.13   -16 59.9    3.640    3.414    69.1    16.0  19.1
    2009 09 16    15 31.99   -17 59.4    3.756    3.401    61.9    15.1  19.2
    2009 09 26    15 42.92   -18 58.6    3.863    3.388    54.9    14.0  19.2
    2009 10 06    15 54.81   -19 56.5    3.961    3.375    48.0    12.7  19.3
    2009 10 16    16 07.57   -20 52.4    4.048    3.363    41.3    11.3  19.3
    2009 10 26    16 21.10   -21 45.3    4.122    3.351    34.6     9.7  19.3
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-C19
    

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