[IAUC] CBET 1347: 20080422 : COMET P/2008 G2 (SHOEMAKER)

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1347
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COMET P/2008 G2 (SHOEMAKER)
     While examining Apr. 10 single-night observations of minor planets
reported by the Catalina Sky Survey to the Minor Planet Center, T. B. Spahr
identified a candidate (first observation given below) for comet P/1994 J3
= 1994k = 1994 XXVIII (Shoemaker, a.k.a. Shoemaker 4; cf. IAUC 5991, 5998,
etc.).  The undersigned then identified a corresponding candidate in the
Catalina data from Apr. 1.  In each case the observer was R. A. Kowalski,
and nothing was reported about the object's appearance.  The indicated
correction to the prediction on MPC 56803 (ephemeris on MPC 60734) is
-1.7 days.

     2008 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.
     Apr. 10.30664   15 06 27.21   +11 53 06.5   18.6

The available astrometry, orbital elements (extracted below), residuals and
an ephemeris appear on MPEC 2008-H20.

                     Epoch = 2009 Mar. 30.0 TT
     T = 2009 Apr. 9.8193 TT          Peri. = 191.9226
     e = 0.508053                     Node  =  92.9484  2000.0
     q = 2.935352 AU                  Incl. =  24.7619
  a = 5.966803 AU      n = 0.0676225 deg/day      P = 14.58 years


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2008 April 22                    (CBET 1347)              Brian G. Marsden