Electronic Telegram No. 3153
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
CBAT Director:  Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
 20 Oxford St.; Cambridge, MA  02138; U.S.A.
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COMET P/2012 M1 = P/2003 O2 (LINEAR)
     H. Sato (Tokyo, Japan) reports the recovery of comet P/2003 O2 (cf. IAUCs
8172, 8174) on stacked 60-s exposures taken with a 0.51-m f/6.8 astrograph
located at the RAS Observatory near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.  He notes a 10" coma
on June 18, and an 8" coma with no tail visible on June 20; the total V-band
magnitudes listed below are as measured within a circular aperture of radius
4".9.

     2012 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.   Observer
     June 18.43592    2 53 48.47   +23 13 16.2          Sato
          18.43928    2 53 49.22   +23 13 19.6            "
          18.44264    2 53 49.88   +23 13 23.8   19.3     "
          20.43958    3 00 02.78   +23 52 21.2            "
          20.44407    3 00 03.58   +23 52 25.7   19.4     "

The indicated correction to the prediction by S. Nakano in the International
Comet Quarterly's 2011/2012 Comet Handbook (p. H12) is Delta(T) = +0.11 day.
The linked orbital elements below by G. V. Williams, along with residuals
and an ephemeris, appear on MPEC 2012-M28.

                    Epoch = 2012 June  2.0 TT
     T = 2012 June 10.75779 TT        Peri. =  32.85481
     e = 0.6469392                    Node  = 344.74084 2000.0
     q = 1.4989370 AU                 Incl. =  14.69021
       a =  4.2455488 AU   n = 0.11266871   P =   8.75 years


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2012 June 21                     (CBET 3153)              Daniel W. E. Green