December 26, 2008A12:50:43 UT Orbital elements: C/2008 X3 (LINEAR) T 2008 Oct. 10.45170 TT Sato q 1.9002544 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00397596 Peri. 140.72920 -0.62062478 -0.70288217 a 39.4615748 Node 337.72566 +0.25288210 +0.24011906 e 0.9518454 Incl. 66.47435 +0.74220989 -0.66955172 P 247.89 From 30 observations 2008 Dec. 4-25, mean residual 0".50. Residuals in seconds of arc 081204 704 0.5- 0.3- 081205 G96 0.6- 1.1+ 081209 372 0.1- 0.8+ 081204 704 0.9+ 0.1+ 081206 B18 0.2+ 1.0- 081223 349 0.3- 0.5+ 081204 704 0.2+ 0.6+ 081206 B18 0.1- 0.9- 081223 349 0.4- 0.4+ 081204 704 0.4+ 0.1- 081206 B18 0.2+ 1.0- 081223 349 0.1+ 0.0 081204 704 0.1- 0.2+ 081206 H06 0.3+ 0.5- 081225 H45 (2.8+ 1.6-) 081205 G96 0.6- 0.3+ 081206 349 0.6+ 0.5- 081225 H45 (3.0+ 0.1-) 081205 H36 0.1+ 0.3+ 081206 349 0.4+ 0.3- 081225 H45 (3.3+ 2.0+) 081205 G96 0.6- 0.8+ 081206 349 0.1+ 0.5- 081225 H45 0.6+ 0.6- 081205 H36 0.2+ 0.1- 081207 372 0.4+ 0.4- 081225 H45 0.3+ 0.4- 081205 G96 1.2- 1.0+ 081208 A77 0.0 0.2+ 081225 H45 0.2+ 0.6+ 081205 H36 0.1+ 0.1- 081208 A77 0.3- 0.2+ 081225 H45 0.6- 0.3- December 25, 2008A15:21:52 UT Orbital elements: C/2008 X3 (LINEAR) T 2008 Oct. 10.48321 TT Sato q 1.9006244 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00387925 Peri. 140.74658 -0.62087827 -0.70269290 a 40.1147684 Node 337.73028 +0.25291516 +0.23998274 e 0.9526203 Incl. 66.47375 +0.74198659 -0.66979920 P 254.07 From 29 observations 2008 Dec. 4-25, mean residual 0".67. December 09, 2008A11:09:21 UT Orbital elements: C/2008 X3 (LINEAR) T 2008 Oct. 18.2656 TT Sato q 1.970984 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 145.4701 -0.6832901 -0.6440646 Node 338.1243 +0.2590867 +0.2265291 e 1.0 Incl. 67.3833 +0.6826337 -0.7306609 From 18 observations 2008 Dec. 4-6, mean residual 0".49. December 06, 2008A5:38:30 UT Orbital elements: C/2008 X3 (LINEAR) T 2008 Nov. 19.9277 TT Sato q 2.111819 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 162.2659 -0.8481665 -0.3971894 Node 338.2556 +0.2931663 +0.1991500 e 1.0 Incl. 71.1061 +0.4412109 -0.8958682 From 15 observations 2008 Dec. 4-6, mean residual 0".39. --