Orbital elements: P/2009 K1 (Gibbs) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2009 June 25.90699 TT MPC q 1.3230493 (2000.0) P Q n 0.13988907 Peri. 27.05610 -0.94032821 +0.34003655 a 3.6751934 Node 172.78878 -0.32749855 -0.89439512 e 0.6400055 Incl. 5.74683 -0.09234474 -0.29057273 P 7.05
Orbital elements: P/2009 K1 (Gibbs) T 2009 June 25.8988 TT MPC q 1.323147 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1397475 Peri. 27.0484 -0.9403914 +0.3398616 a 3.677674 Node 172.7858 -0.3273332 -0.8944545 e 0.640222 Incl. 5.7467 -0.0922876 -0.2905948 P 7.05 From 74 observations 2009 Apr. 24-June 24.
Orbital elements: P/2009 K1 (Gibbs) T 2009 June 25.9440 TT MPC q 1.322497 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1404311 Peri. 27.0948 -0.9399972 +0.3409517 a 3.665731 Node 172.8059 -0.3283567 -0.8940715 e 0.639227 Incl. 5.7450 -0.0926665 -0.2904962 P 7.02 From 68 observations 2009 Apr. 24-June 1.
Orbital elements: P/2009 K1 (Gibbs) T 2009 June 25.934 TT MPC q 1.32261 (2000.0) P Q n 0.140267 Peri. 27.086 -0.940074 +0.340740 a 3.66859 Node 172.802 -0.328158 -0.894146 e 0.63948 Incl. 5.745 -0.092594 -0.290516 P 7.03 From 64 observations 2009 Apr. 24-May 26.
Orbital elements: P/2009 K1 (Gibbs) T 2009 June 27.565 TT MPC q 1.30005 (2000.0) P Q n 0.165299 Peri. 28.758 -0.925120 +0.379511 a 3.28818 Node 173.515 -0.364540 -0.879623 e 0.60463 Incl. 5.682 -0.106133 -0.286767 P 5.96 From 51 observations 2009 Apr. 24-May 20.
Alex Gibbs (Mt. Lemmon survey) announced the discovery of a new comet on the 16th May, 2009. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 15th June, 2009, at a distance of about 1.5 AU from the Sun.