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MPEC 2009-X21 : COMET C/2009 T3 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2009-X21                                Issued 2009 Dec. 8, 21:54 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 12 01.92302 01 34 30.67 +23 45 38.7          17.8 N EX021J47
    CK09T030  C2009 12 01.93001 01 34 28.68 +23 45 32.8          17.8 N EX021J47
    CK09T030  C2009 12 01.94138 01 34 25.41 +23 45 23.0          17.8 N EX021J47
    CK09T030  C2009 12 03.88613 01 25 46.17 +23 18 46.8          18.6 N EX021J47
    CK09T030  C2009 12 03.89924 01 25 42.74 +23 18 38.3          18.6 N EX021J47
    CK09T030  C2009 12 03.91287 01 25 39.19 +23 18 27.6          18.3 N EX021J47
    CK09T030  C2009 12 04.53823 01 22 58.37 +23 09 46.3          17.4 T EX021900
    CK09T030  C2009 12 04.54353 01 22 57.00 +23 09 42.4                 EX021900
    CK09T030  C2009 12 04.83593 01 21 42.82 +23 05 37.6          18.5 N EX021J40
    CK09T030  C2009 12 04.84033 01 21 41.69 +23 05 34.2          18.6 N EX021J40
    CK09T030  C2009 12 04.84619 01 21 40.06 +23 05 29.7          18.4 N EX021J40
    CK09T030  C2009 12 05.17595 01 20 17.59 +23 00 55.4                 EX021H06
    CK09T030  C2009 12 05.17709 01 20 17.31 +23 00 54.9          17.9 T EX021H06

Observer details:
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.26-m f/7.0 reflector + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observer H. Sato.  0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.
J40 Malaga.  Observer J. M. Ruiz.  0.20-m f/5 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
J47 Observatorio Nazaret.  Observer G. Muler.  Measurers J. M. Ruiz, G. Muler.
    0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2009 T3 (LINEAR)
T 2010 Jan. 12.0343 TT                                  MPC
q   2.281255             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   32.4414      +0.8182859      +0.3579259
                   Node    60.0939      +0.3507105      -0.9308363
e   1.0            Incl.  148.7439      +0.4554233      +0.0737081
From 302 observations 2009 Oct. 14-Dec. 5.

     Further observations of comet C/2009 U1 are extremely desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-X21

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