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    • MPEC 2009-U136: COMET C/2009 U5 (GRAUER)

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    M.P.E.C. 2009-U136                               Issued 2009 Oct. 30, 18:33 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,
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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2009 U5 (GRAUER)

Observations:
    CK09U050  C2009 10 27.10587 08 59 37.13 +18 04 01.7          19.3 N EU136204
    CK09U050  C2009 10 27.11375 08 59 37.32 +18 04 01.8                 EU136204
    CK09U050  C2009 10 27.44497 08 59 46.04 +18 04 13.8                 EU136H06
    CK09U050  C2009 10 27.45351 08 59 46.30 +18 04 13.4          19.2 T EU136H06
    CK09U050  C2009 10 27.80178 08 59 55.66 +18 04 25.0          19.1 T EU136349
    CK09U050  C2009 10 27.80911 08 59 55.87 +18 04 25.6                 EU136349
    CK09U050  C2009 10 29.18005 09 00 31.72 +18 05 20.0          19.6 T EU136215

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 reflector
    + CCD.
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observer H. Sato.  0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2009 U5 (Grauer)
T 2010 May 6.915 TT                                     MPC
q   6.18018              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   19.408       -0.745173       -0.557652
                   Node   121.167       +0.541315       -0.826093
e   1.0            Incl.   25.302       +0.389482       +0.081210
From 32 observations 2009 Oct. 23-29.

Ephemeris:
    C/2009 U5 (Grauer)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2009 10 26    08 59.12   +18 03.4    6.409    6.322    80.5     8.9  19.0
2009 11 05    09 03.26   +18 11.0    6.236    6.308    89.6     9.0  19.0
2009 11 15    09 06.50   +18 23.5    6.064    6.295    99.0     8.9  18.9
2009 11 25    09 08.77   +18 41.5    5.896    6.282   108.6     8.6  18.8
2009 12 05    09 10.02   +19 05.3    5.739    6.270   118.6     7.9  18.8
2009 12 15    09 10.23   +19 34.7    5.595    6.259   128.8     7.0  18.7
2009 12 25    09 09.43   +20 09.3    5.470    6.248   139.3     5.9  18.6

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-U136

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