[IAUC] CBET 1637: 20081229 : COMET P/2008 X1 = 2003 F6 (HILL)

[IAUC mailing list]

                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1637
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
IAUSUBS en CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions)
CBAT en CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science)
URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html


COMET P/2008 X1 = 2003 F6 (HILL)
     M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, reports his identification of images of
comet P/2008 X1 on three NEAT frames from 2003 Mar. 24, the object being
clearly cometary with a coma diameter of 8" and a 12" tail in p.a. 240 deg.
He then recognized four LONEOS observations on 2003 Apr. 1.
The first of each set of observations, designated P/2003 F6, are:

     2003 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.
     Mar. 24.35873   12 53 50.03   +23 29 40.9   19.8
     Apr.  1.28612   12 48 08.21   +24 15 50.2   19.2

     Further details, including observations on 2008 Dec. 26 and
a linked 2003-2008 orbit, are given on MPEC 2008-Y60.  The comet is
at perihelion on 2002 Aug. 19.1 and 2009 May 7.8 TT.


NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes
      superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars.

                         (C) Copyright 2008 CBAT
2008 December 29                 (CBET 1637)              Brian G. Marsden