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RE: Comet C/2009 T1 (McNaught)

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 T1 (McNaught)
Epoch 2009 Oct. 16.0 TT = JDT 2455120.5
T 2009 Oct. 8.49721 TT                                  MPC
q   6.2206485            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0001930      Peri.  282.55022     +0.12792035     +0.56794926
 +/-0.0000378      Node    54.39632     +0.54943744     +0.64191903
e   0.9987993      Incl.   89.89774     -0.82568449     +0.51514425

MPEC 2009 - Y10

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 T1 (McNaught)
T 2009 Oct. 10.1832 TT                                  MPC
q   6.221804             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  282.7003      +0.1293940      +0.5678347
                   Node    54.3812      +0.5511260      +0.6403312
e   1.0            Incl.   89.9021      -0.8243284      +0.5172424
From 50 observations 2009 Oct. 9-Nov. 27.

MPEC 2009 - W141

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 T1 (McNaught)
T 2009 Oct. 8.7613 TT                                   MPC
q   6.222821             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  282.5715      +0.1281006      +0.5683822
                   Node    54.3637      +0.5496942      +0.6413998
e   1.0            Incl.   89.9071      -0.8254856      +0.5153135
From 41 observations 2009 Oct. 9-Nov. 10.

MPEC 2009 - V55

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 T1 (McNaught)
T 2009 Oct. 8.064 TT                                    MPC
q   6.22345              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  282.508       +0.127464       +0.568642
                   Node    54.356       +0.548991       +0.641929
e   1.0            Incl.   89.910       -0.826052       +0.514367
From 35 observations 2009 Oct. 9-Nov. 5.

MPEC 2009 - V15

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 T1 (McNaught)
T 2009 Oct. 2.154 TT                                    MPC
q   6.23039              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  281.970       +0.122013       +0.570860
                   Node    54.285       +0.543011       +0.646364
e   1.0            Incl.   89.932       -0.830814       +0.506293
From 30 observations 2009 Oct. 9-18.

MPEC 2009 - U45

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 T1 (McNaught)
T 2010 Jan. 1.675 TT                                    MPC
q   6.02476              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  290.736       +0.206431       +0.518760
                   Node    56.066       +0.636085       +0.573125
e   1.0            Incl.   89.352       -0.743493       +0.634362
From 24 observations 2009 Oct. 9-11.

MPEC 2009 - T47

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Comet C/2009 T1 (McNaught) was discovered by R. McNaught (Siding Spring Survey) on the 9th October, 2009.
With this new comet, Rob McNaught now has 53 comet discoveries to his credit.

The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 25th March, 2010, at a distance of 5.57 AU from the Sun.

Ephemeris

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 T1 (McNaught)
T 2010 Mar. 25.069 TT                                   MPC
q   5.56975              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  300.574       +0.280940       +0.418664
                   Node    59.778       +0.732213       +0.488212
e   1.0            Incl.   88.081       -0.620432       +0.765748
From 17 observations 2009 Oct. 9-11.

MPEC 2009 - T36