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Two new comets  have been discovered on images taken by the STEREO-A and STEREO-B satellites.

C/2008 W1 (STEREO) - Alan Watson
C/2009 A1 (STEREO) - Alan Watson

The comet C/2008 W1 belongs to the Kreutz cometary orbital group, while the comet C/2009 A1 does not belong to any known group.

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Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK08W010   2008 Nov.  19.97   0.0051   1.0      84.72     6.05   142.75     X
CK09A010   2009 Jan.  11.78   0.1271   1.0     102.33   340.01    51.47     X

Ephemeris:
    C/2009 A1 (STEREO)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2009 01 24    18 43.70   -38 49.8    0.922    0.488    29.4    82.4  17.7
2009 01 29    18 43.55   -45 21.1    0.984    0.631    37.4    71.4  19.0
2009 02 03    18 47.14   -50 39.6    1.044    0.762    44.0    63.9  19.9
2009 02 08    18 52.91   -55 11.1    1.102    0.886    49.8    58.3  20.7
MPEC 2009 -B10

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