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Orbital elements:
C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
Epoch 2009 Mar. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454920.5
T 2009 Apr. 7.92113 TT MPC
q 0.5997203 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.0249668 Peri. 48.95658 +0.26039210 +0.59130508
+/-0.0000070 Node 105.96130 +0.45677051 -0.77190668
e 0.9850269 Incl. 127.45253 +0.85062133 +0.23349171

MPEC 2009 - L10


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Orbital elements:
C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
T 2009 Apr. 7.9213 TT MPC
q 0.599718 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.024986 Peri. 48.9571 +0.2603942 +0.5913021
Node 105.9614 +0.4567631 -0.7719108
e 0.985015 Incl. 127.4523 +0.8506247 +0.2334857
From 353 observations 2009 Mar. 14-May 27.

MPEC 2009 - K68


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Orbital elements:
C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
T 2009 Apr. 7.9213 TT MPC
q 0.599718 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.024986 Peri. 48.9571 +0.2603943 +0.5913021
Node 105.9614 +0.4567632 -0.7719107
e 0.985016 Incl. 127.4523 +0.8506246 +0.2334857
From 342 observations 2009 Mar. 14-May 21.

MPEC 2009 - K31


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Orbital elements:
C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
T 2009 Apr. 7.9214 TT MPC
q 0.599717 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.024995 Peri. 48.9574 +0.2603964 +0.5912992
Node 105.9614 +0.4567579 -0.7719142
e 0.985010 Incl. 127.4522 +0.8506268 +0.2334816
From 326 observations 2009 Mar. 14-May 17.

MPEC 2009 - K13


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Orbital elements:
C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
T 2009 Apr. 7.9216 TT MPC
q 0.599716 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.025005 Peri. 48.9577 +0.2603983 +0.5912968
Node 105.9613 +0.4567535 -0.7719171
e 0.985004 Incl. 127.4521 +0.8506286 +0.2334781
From 317 observations 2009 Mar. 14-May 11.

MPEC 2009 - J44


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Orbital elements:
C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
T 2009 Apr. 7.9214 TT MPC
q 0.599719 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.024983 Peri. 48.9571 +0.2603967 +0.5912969
Node 105.9611 +0.4567599 -0.7719151
e 0.985017 Incl. 127.4521 +0.8506256 +0.2334847
From 295 observations 2009 Mar. 14-Apr. 26.

MPEC 2009 - H65


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Orbital elements:
C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
T 2009 Apr. 7.923 TT MPC
q 0.59969 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.02514 Peri. 48.962 +0.260420 +0.591282
Node 105.963 +0.456690 -0.771947
e 0.98492 Incl. 127.451 +0.850656 +0.233418
From 290 observations 2009 Mar. 14-Apr. 10.

MPEC 2009 - H40


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Orbital elements:
C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
T 2009 Apr. 7.923 TT MPC
q 0.59970 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.02511 Peri. 48.961 +0.260412 +0.591288
Node 105.962 +0.456712 -0.771936
e 0.98494 Incl. 127.452 +0.850647 +0.233438
From 273 observations 2009 Mar. 14-Apr. 10.

MPEC 2009 - G36


Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   mag   

2009 05 09 00 34.22 +30 58.5 1.467 0.889 36.5 42.5 11.8
2009 05 14 00 23.48 +31 00.3 1.429 0.964 42.3 44.9 12.1
2009 05 19 00 12.22 +30 58.4 1.382 1.040 48.5 46.8 12.4
2009 05 24 00 00.05 +30 52.2 1.329 1.117 55.0 48.0 12.6
2009 05 29 23 46.53 +30 40.2 1.270 1.195 61.9 48.4 12.8


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The new comet, C/2009 E1 (Itagaki), was discovered by amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki (Takanezawa, Japan) on the 14th March, 2009.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 7th April, 2009 at a distance of approximately 0.6 AU from the Sun. The comet could reach 10th magnitude.

MPEC 2009 - E69
Ephemeris


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