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    • MPEC 2009-J16 : COMET C/2009 F2 (McNAUGHT)

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    M.P.E.C. 2009-J16                                Issued 2009 May 4, 14:33 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 C/2009 F2 (McNAUGHT)

Observations:
    CK09F020  C2009 05 01.96200 10 49 46.89 -37 08 47.7          18.0 N EJ016I32
    CK09F020  C2009 05 01.97619 10 49 46.95 -37 08 38.6          18.0 N EJ016I32
    CK09F020  C2009 05 03.41001 10 49 52.52 -36 54 33.2          18.0 N EJ016474
    CK09F020  C2009 05 03.41400 10 49 52.54 -36 54 30.7          18.3 N EJ016474
    CK09F020  C2009 05 03.41782 10 49 52.56 -36 54 28.6          18.2 N EJ016474
    CK09F020  C2009 05 03.42098 10 49 52.61 -36 54 27.8          18.4 N EJ016E16
    CK09F020  C2009 05 03.43953 10 49 52.56 -36 54 15.8          17.8 N EJ016E16
    CK09F020  C2009 05 04.41424 10 49 57.36 -36 44 41.4          17.8 T EJ016423
    CK09F020  C2009 05 04.44433 10 49 57.51 -36 44 24.1          17.7 T EJ016423

Observer details:
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observers A. C. Gilmore,
    P. M. Kilmartin.  Measurer P. M. Kilmartin.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
E16 Grove Creek Observatory, Trunkey.  Observers P. Camilleri, G. Sostero,
    E. Guido, E. Prosperi.  0.35-m f/6 reflector + CCD.
I32 Observatorio Beta Orionis, Rosario.  Observer F. Tifner.  0.25-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2009 F2 (McNaught)
T 2009 Nov. 14.2639 TT                                  MPC
q   5.875133             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.002837       Peri.  336.3532      -0.8733829      -0.0706086
                   Node   214.0683      -0.1781168      -0.8745858
e   0.983332       Incl.   59.3433      -0.4532954      +0.4797020
From 64 observations 2009 Mar. 19-May 4.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-J16

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