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MPEC 2007-U87 : COMET P/2007 R2 (GIBBS)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-U87                                Issued 2007 Oct. 30, 15:09 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 R2 (GIBBS)

Observations:
    PK07R020  C2007 10 18.03889 03 35 51.26 +21 01 34.7          17.8 T EU087585
    PK07R020  C2007 10 18.04578 03 35 51.23 +21 01 35.5          17.9 T EU087585
    PK07R020  C2007 10 18.05071 03 35 51.17 +21 01 37.6          17.9 T EU087585
    PK07R020  C2007 10 24.31571 03 34 03.33 +21 09 07.3                 EU087G96
    PK07R020  C2007 10 24.32229 03 34 03.14 +21 09 07.7          18.8 T EU087G96
    PK07R020  C2007 10 24.32903 03 34 02.88 +21 09 07.6          18.6 T EU087G96
    PK07R020  C2007 10 24.33559 03 34 02.69 +21 09 07.9          18.9 T EU087G96

Observer details:
585 Kiev comet station.  Observer A. Baransky.  0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2007 R2 (Gibbs)
T 2007 Aug. 26.6699 TT                                  MPC
q   1.465892             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1544265      Peri.  353.0444      +0.9994620      -0.0325718
a   3.440763       Node     8.8249      +0.0311678      +0.9068298
e   0.573963       Incl.    1.4341      +0.0102094      +0.4202367
P   6.38
From 119 observations 2007 Sept. 10-Oct. 24.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-U87

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