Electronic Telegram No. 3774
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/2014 A1 = P/2007 H3 (GARRADD)
     M. Masek, Liberec, Czech Republic, reports the recovery of this comet
(cf. IAUC 8833) on unfiltered CCD images taken with a 0.3-m f/10 reflector at
Malargue, Argentina; there is no evidence of a coma in thirty-five stacked
40-s exposures, with the available astrometry tabulated below:

     2014 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.
     Jan.  6.31408   16 23 18.79   -32 12 08.8   18.8
           6.32284   16 23 20.35   -32 12 09.5   19.0
           7.32109   16 26 16.58   -32 12 19.4   19.4
           7.33981   16 26 19.90   -32 12 19.5   19.4

The indicated correction to the prediction by G. V. Williams on MPC 75731 is
Delta(T) = -0.03 day.  Williams also identified a single-night set of
astrometry obtained via the NEAT program on 2001 June 30; perihelion occurred
on 2001 Jan. 25.5223 TT.  The following linked orbital elements by Williams
are from 80 observations spanning 2001 June 30-2014 Jan. 7 (mean residual
0".6).  Additional data appear on MPEC 2014-A49.

                    Epoch = 2014 Mar.  4.0 TT
     T = 2014 Mar.  1.28566 TT        Peri. = 350.03047
     e = 0.4773119                    Node  = 263.67638 2000.0
     q = 1.8307104 AU                 Incl. =  25.20468
       a =  3.5024907 AU   n = 0.15036217   P =   6.56 years


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2014 January 7                   (CBET 3774)              Daniel W. E. Green