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M.P.E.C. 2008-C02 Issued 2008 Feb. 1, 19:17 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/2007 VQ11 (CATALINA)
Observations:
PK07V11Q C2007 11 09.37089 04 09 02.37 +02 49 47.1 18.8 N EC002703
PK07V11Q C2007 11 09.37749 04 09 02.12 +02 49 44.4 18.8 N EC002703
PK07V11Q C2007 11 09.38404 04 09 01.87 +02 49 41.3 18.5 N EC002703
PK07V11Q C2007 11 09.39057 04 09 01.76 +02 49 39.3 19.0 N EC002703
PK07V11Q C2007 11 18.32937 04 04 15.01 +02 08 49.0 18.9 N EC002699
PK07V11Q C2007 11 18.34540 04 04 14.33 +02 08 44.8 19.1 N EC002699
PK07V11Q C2007 11 18.36144 04 04 13.82 +02 08 41.0 18.6 N EC002699
PK07V11Q C2007 11 18.37748 04 04 13.29 +02 08 36.5 19.0 N EC002699
PK07V11Q C2007 12 05.25095 03 54 24.15 +01 26 06.2 18.2 N EC002703
PK07V11Q C2007 12 05.25744 03 54 23.86 +01 26 06.2 18.1 N EC002703
PK07V11Q C2007 12 05.26397 03 54 23.61 +01 26 06.4 18.2 N EC002703
PK07V11Q C2007 12 05.27049 03 54 23.40 +01 26 06.1 18.1 N EC002703
PK07V11Q C2008 02 01.10347 03 53 25.90 +05 13 44.4 18.4 T EC002703
PK07V11Q C2008 02 01.10897 03 53 26.08 +05 13 48.3 18.4 T EC002703
PK07V11Q C2008 02 01.11441 03 53 26.26 +05 13 50.7 18.3 T EC002703
PK07V11Q C2008 02 01.11983 03 53 26.48 +05 13 52.6 18.8 T EC002703
PK07V11Q C2008 02 01.14433 03 53 27.27 +05 14 02.9 18.2 T EC002703
PK07V11Q C2008 02 01.15013 03 53 27.49 +05 14 06.0 18.1 T EC002703
PK07V11Q C2008 02 01.15595 03 53 27.74 +05 14 07.5 17.6 T EC002703
PK07V11Q C2008 02 01.18935 03 53 28.89 +05 14 21.3 19.0 T EC002673
PK07V11Q C2008 02 01.20336 03 53 29.40 +05 14 27.4 EC002673
PK07V11Q C2008 02 01.21065 03 53 29.68 +05 14 30.8 EC002673
PK07V11Q C2008 02 01.23148 03 53 30.45 +05 14 40.2 EC002673
Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood. Observer J. Young. 0.61-m f/16
Cassegrain + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS. Observers S. A. Karcz. Measurer B. W. Koehn.
0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey. Observers S. M. Larson, R. E. Hill, A. Boattini.
Measurers E. C. Beshore, A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer,
R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson. 0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
Orbital elements:
P/2007 VQ11 (CATALINA)
Epoch 2008 Feb. 24.0 TT = JDT 2454520.5
T 2008 Feb. 13.55683 TT MPC
q 2.6938084 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.07833425 Peri. 277.65290 +0.13790407 -0.98870872
a 5.4096387 Node 164.05741 +0.97189635 +0.12368123
e 0.5020354 Incl. 12.32491 +0.19078773 +0.08460513
P 12.58
Residuals in seconds of arc
071103 703 0.1- 0.5- 071109 703 0.2+ 1.0- 080201 703 0.6+ 0.7+
071103 703 0.4- 0.1+ 071118 699 0.8+ 0.4+ 080201 703 1.0+ 0.3+
071103 703 0.6- 0.8+ 071118 699 0.7- 0.0 080201 703 0.4- 0.1+
071103 703 0.8- 0.4+ 071118 699 0.3+ 0.1+ 080201 703 0.3- 0.7+
071106 D29 0.5+ 0.1- 071118 699 1.0+ 0.6- 080201 703 0.3+ 0.3-
071106 D29 1.2+ 0.1- 071205 703 0.6+ 0.4- 080201 673 1.0- 0.7-
071106 D29 0.5+ 0.2- 071205 703 0.4- 0.1- 080201 673 0.9- 0.6-
071106 D29 0.3+ 0.5+ 071205 703 0.7- 0.5+ 080201 673 0.7- 0.4-
071109 703 0.3+ 0.8+ 071205 703 0.4- 0.6+ 080201 673 0.5- 0.1+
071109 703 0.4- 0.1+ 080201 703 1.1+ 0.9-
071109 703 1.2- 1.0- 080201 703 0.9+ 0.7+
Ephemeris:
P/2007 VQ11 (Catalina)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2008 01 25 03 49.55 +04 24.3 2.183 2.698 111.1 19.9 18.0
2008 02 04 03 55.32 +05 34.7 2.296 2.695 103.0 20.9 18.1
2008 02 14 04 03.16 +06 48.9 2.415 2.694 95.4 21.4 18.2
2008 02 24 04 12.84 +08 04.1 2.539 2.695 88.2 21.5 18.3
2008 03 05 04 24.12 +09 17.8 2.663 2.698 81.3 21.3 18.4
2008 03 15 04 36.81 +10 28.1 2.788 2.703 74.8 20.8 18.5
2008 03 25 04 50.69 +11 33.3 2.912 2.710 68.5 20.0 18.7
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