• Processing (Info)

    • MPEC 2009-U83 : COMET C/2009 T3 (LINEAR)

    The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

    A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page.

    Read MPEC 2009-U82 Read MPEC 2009-U84 

    M.P.E.C. 2009-U83                                Issued 2009 Oct. 24, 18:07 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 T3 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK09T030  C2009 10 18.90094 05 12 39.56 +22 53 20.7          17.7 N EU083585
    CK09T030  C2009 10 18.90388 05 12 39.16 +22 53 22.4          17.6 N EU083585
    CK09T030  C2009 10 18.90535 05 12 38.71 +22 53 23.0          17.7 N EU083585
    CK09T030  C2009 10 18.90683 05 12 38.52 +22 53 24.1          17.4 N EU083585
    CK09T030  C2009 10 18.90977 05 12 37.95 +22 53 26.9          17.5 N EU083585
    CK09T030  C2009 10 18.91125 05 12 37.73 +22 53 27.6          17.3 N EU083585
    CK09T030  C2009 10 19.85125 05 09 41.26 +23 04 22.9          18.4 T EU083215
    CK09T030  C2009 10 19.85248 05 09 41.01 +23 04 23.9          18.3 T EU083215
    CK09T030  C2009 10 19.85371 05 09 40.76 +23 04 25.1          18.0 T EU083215
    CK09T030  C2009 10 20.32482 05 08 09.80 +23 09 55.9          18.7 T EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 20.32796 05 08 09.22 +23 09 58.5          18.8 T EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 20.32909 05 08 08.98 +23 09 59.4          18.8 T EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 20.33035 05 08 08.74 +23 10 00.3          18.8 T EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 20.33151 05 08 08.51 +23 10 00.7          18.7 T EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 20.33274 05 08 08.24 +23 10 01.7          18.7 T EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 20.33393 05 08 08.01 +23 10 02.4          18.8 T EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 20.33523 05 08 07.79 +23 10 03.4          18.8 T EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 23.34541 04 57 48.38 +23 45 00.0          19.0 T EU083704
    CK09T030  C2009 10 23.35876 04 57 45.37 +23 45 08.2          19.1 T EU083704
    CK09T030  C2009 10 23.37212 04 57 42.35 +23 45 17.1          19.4 T EU083704
    CK09T030  C2009 10 23.38562 04 57 39.44 +23 45 27.8          19.3 T EU083704
    CK09T030  C2009 10 23.39903 04 57 36.52 +23 45 36.2          19.5 T EU083704
    CK09T030  C2009 10 23.92633 04 55 40.97 +23 51 38.8          19.0 N EU083J40
    CK09T030  C2009 10 23.94399 04 55 37.01 +23 51 50.8          18.8 N EU083J40
    CK09T030  C2009 10 23.96749 04 55 31.79 +23 52 07.4          17.9 N EU083J40
    CK09T030  C2009 10 24.32776 04 54 11.33 +23 56 14.8          17.4 T EU083H06
    CK09T030  C2009 10 24.33006 04 54 10.82 +23 56 16.5                 EU083H06
    CK09T030  C2009 10 24.33235 04 54 10.30 +23 56 18.4                 EU083H06
    CK09T030  C2009 10 24.40952 04 53 52.74 +23 57 10.9          19.0 N EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 24.41102 04 53 52.40 +23 57 12.2          19.0 N EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 24.41188 04 53 52.18 +23 57 12.4          19.1 N EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 24.41282 04 53 51.98 +23 57 13.1          19.1 N EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 24.41422 04 53 51.65 +23 57 14.0          19.1 N EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 24.41522 04 53 51.45 +23 57 14.7          19.0 N EU083H45
    CK09T030  C2009 10 24.41668 04 53 51.08 +23 57 15.6          19.0 N EU083H45

Observer details:
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observer V. Ponomarenko.  Measurer A. Baransky.
    0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, M. Blythe.  Measurer J. Stuart.  1.0-m f/2.15
    reflector + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observer H. Sato.  0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.
H45 Arkansas Sky Obs., Petit Jean Mountain South.  Observer P. C. Sherrod.
    0.51-m f/4.3 astrograph + CCD.
J40 Malaga.  Observer J. M. Ruiz.  0.20-m f/5 Newtonian reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2009 T3 (LINEAR)
T 2010 Jan. 11.963 TT                                   MPC
q   2.28179              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   32.407       +0.818053       +0.358426
                   Node    60.095       +0.351286       -0.930620
e   1.0            Incl.  148.742       +0.455398       +0.074006
From 82 observations 2009 Oct. 14-24.

Ephemeris:
    C/2009 T3 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2009 10 16    05 21.09   +22 19.9    1.817    2.489   121.6    19.9  17.8
2009 10 26    04 47.75   +24 15.1    1.608    2.447   139.0    15.5  17.4
2009 11 05    04 01.77   +25 49.1    1.458    2.408   158.5     8.7  17.1
2009 11 15    03 05.86   +26 15.9    1.392    2.375   171.4     3.6  17.0
2009 11 25    02 09.07   +25 10.4    1.421    2.346   153.5    10.8  17.0
2009 12 05    01 21.07   +23 03.5    1.535    2.322   133.1    18.1  17.1
2009 12 15    00 45.49   +20 47.7    1.710    2.304   114.8    22.8  17.3
2009 12 25    00 21.00   +18 55.0    1.922    2.291    99.0    25.1  17.5

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-U83

    Read MPEC 2009-U82 Read MPEC 2009-U84

    MPEC number:

    Enter an MPEC number in one of the following forms:

    • 1997-B01 (the full form)
    • J97B01 (the packed version of the full form)
    • B01 (the abbreviated form)