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Orbital elements:
    P/2009 S2 (McNaught)
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5
T 2009 June 23.63760 TT                                 MPC
q   2.2036375            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.11607730     Peri.  230.37347     +0.91102858     +0.07380054
a   4.1620234      Node   121.61400     -0.02666958     +0.99233904
e   0.4705370      Incl.   28.44927     -0.41147984     +0.09907931
P   8.49

MPEC 2009 - S154

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Comet P/2009 S2 (McNaught) was discovered by R. McNaught (Siding Spring Survey) on the 20th September, 2009.
This latest  discovery now means the amateur astronomer has 52 comets to his credit.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate that it is a periodic comet that had a perihelion passage on the 23rd June, 2009, at a distance of 2.2 AU from the Sun, and a orbital period of 8.49 years.

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Orbital elements:
    P/2009 S2 (McNaught)
T 2009 June 23.6201 TT                                  MPC
q   2.203599             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1160966      Peri.  230.3660      +0.9110208      +0.0739095
a   4.161561       Node   121.6146      -0.0267902      +0.9923362
e   0.470488       Incl.   28.4493      -0.4114892      +0.0990262
P   8.49
From 35 observations 2009 Aug. 3-Sept. 24.

MPEC 2009 - S90

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