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    M.P.E.C. 2009-H14                                Issued 2009 Apr. 18, 15:06 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 C/2009 G1 (STEREO)
    
    Observations:
        CK09G010  C2009 04 10.79899 22 35 59.35 -01 07 09.1          14.5 N EH014D90
        CK09G010  C2009 04 10.80258 22 35 59.70 -01 07 16.8          14.6 N EH014D90
        CK09G010  C2009 04 10.80440 22 35 59.87 -01 07 20.2          14.5 N EH014D90
        CK09G010  C2009 04 10.80803 22 36 00.28 -01 07 27.6          14.5 N EH014D90
        CK09G010  C2009 04 14.14272 22 41 56.43 -03 01 48.2                 EH014204
        CK09G010  C2009 04 14.14547 22 41 56.78 -03 01 53.7                 EH014204
        CK09G010  C2009 04 14.14906 22 41 57.17 -03 02 01.6          13.7 N EH014204
        CK09G010  C2009 04 14.70804 22 42 58.68 -03 21 50.0          14.7 N EH014E94
        CK09G010  C2009 04 14.71649 22 42 59.74 -03 22 08.7          14.4 N EH014E94
        CK09G010  C2009 04 14.72497 22 43 00.47 -03 22 26.3          13.8 N EH014E94
        CK09G010  C2009 04 15.80547 22 45 01.58 -04 01 43.2          10.9 T EH014349
        CK09G010  C2009 04 15.80937 22 45 02.06 -04 01 52.4                 EH014349
        CK09G010  C2009 04 17.81719 22 48 52.70 -05 17 05.5                 EH014367
        CK09G010  C2009 04 17.81858 22 48 52.75 -05 17 08.9                 EH014367
        CK09G010  C2009 04 17.81997 22 48 52.99 -05 17 13.4          12.4 T EH014367
    
    Observer details:
    204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 reflector
        + CCD.
    349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
    367 Yatsuka.  Observer H. Abe.  0.26-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
    D90 RAS Observatory, Moorook.  Observer E. Bryssinck.  0.25-m Ritchey-Chretien
        + CCD.
    E94 Possum Observatory, Gisborne.  Observer J. Drummond.  0.41-m f/5.2
        reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/2009 G1 (STEREO)
    T 2009 Apr. 16.477 TT                                   MPC
    q   1.12951              (2000.0)            P               Q
                       Peri.  175.412       +0.530032       -0.228044
                       Node   120.670       -0.805091       +0.167099
    e   1.0            Incl.  108.275       -0.266263       -0.959205
    From 33 observations 2009 Apr. 9-17.
    
    Ephemeris:
        C/2009 G1 (STEREO)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    2009 04 09    22 32.90   -00 08.6    1.702    1.136    40.1    34.6  10.7
    2009 04 14    22 41.68   -02 56.7    1.623    1.130    43.5    37.6  10.6
    2009 04 19    22 51.21   -06 02.9    1.541    1.130    47.1    40.6  10.5
    2009 04 24    23 01.71   -09 30.9    1.458    1.136    51.0    43.5  10.4
    2009 04 29    23 13.48   -13 24.5    1.375    1.147    55.0    46.0  10.3
    2009 05 04    23 26.87   -17 47.6    1.295    1.164    59.2    48.0  10.2
    2009 05 09    23 42.40   -22 42.8    1.221    1.186    63.4    49.5  10.2
    2009 05 14    00 00.73   -28 10.9    1.156    1.213    67.7    50.4  10.2
    2009 05 19    00 22.80   -34 07.7    1.104    1.244    71.9    50.6  10.2
    2009 05 24    00 49.80   -40 22.4    1.067    1.279    75.9    50.1  10.2
    2009 05 29    01 23.24   -46 34.9    1.049    1.318    79.4    49.1  10.3
    2009 06 03    02 04.63   -52 16.7    1.052    1.359    82.2    47.7  10.4
    2009 06 08    02 54.67   -56 55.8    1.075    1.403    84.3    46.0  10.6
    2009 06 13    03 51.68   -60 06.3    1.118    1.450    85.5    44.3  10.9
    2009 06 18    04 50.86   -61 40.2    1.178    1.498    85.8    42.6  11.1
    2009 06 23    05 46.19   -61 51.3    1.253    1.548    85.4    40.9  11.4
    2009 06 28    06 33.73   -61 06.0    1.338    1.600    84.4    39.2  11.7
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-H14
    

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