* Astronomy

Comet P/2001 CV8 = 2009 D1 (LINEAR)
Periodic comet P/2001 CV8 (LINEAR)  was recovered by Jim V. Scotti (Spacewatch II) on the  19th February, 2009.
The comet P/2001 CV8 (LINEAR) was discovered by LINEAR on the 1st February, 2001 and had received the designation of asteroid 2001 CV8, before  the cometary nature was discovered by additional observations.
The orbital elements of comet P/2009 D1 (LINEAR) indicate a perihelion passage on the 10th October, 2008, at a distance of 2.16 AU from the Sun, and a 7.64 year orbital period.

Orbital elements:
    P/2001 CV8 = 2009 D1 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2001 Feb. 20.0 TT = JDT 2451960.5
T 2001 Feb. 12.27294 TT                                 MPC
q   2.1519939            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.12904653     Peri.  151.42308     -0.87779619     -0.47903427
a   3.8782740      Node   359.95400     +0.40415683     -0.74044715
e   0.4451156      Incl.    9.04202     +0.25715969     -0.47144903
P   7.64

MPEC 2009 -D39
Ephemeris