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Post Info TOPIC: Comet P/2008 T4 (Hill)


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Orbital elements:
P/2008 T4 (Hill)
Epoch 2009 Jan. 9.0 TT = JDT 2454840.5
T 2008 Dec. 23.91678 TT MPC
q 2.5118708 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.10510150 Peri. 1.24757 +0.69561908 -0.71421970
a 4.4469621 Node 44.68329 +0.65817101 +0.59033815
e 0.4351490 Incl. 6.32654 +0.28796706 +0.37602006
P 9.38
MPEC 2008 -X61

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Comet P/2008 T4 (Hill) was discovered by R.E. Hill (Catalina Sky Survey) on the 8th October, 2008.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 21st September, 2008 at a distance of 2.4 AU from the Sun, and a 9.2 year period.

(MPEC 2008-T90)
Ephemeris


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