Electronic Telegram No. 1605 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html COMET P/2008 X2 (LINEAR) G. Hug, Scranton, KS, U.S.A., reports his recovery of comet P/2004 CB (cf. IAUC 8314) as an essentially stellar object on his CCD images obtained with a 0.56-m reflector. The indicated correction to the prediction on MPC 56803 is Delta(T) = +0.16 day. PK08X020 C2008 12 04.38549 09 38 28.71 +34 42 44.7 19.7 Nr H36 PK08X020 C2008 12 04.38954 09 38 29.10 +34 42 47.1 19.7 Nr H36 PK08X020 C2008 12 04.39441 09 38 29.57 +34 42 51.1 19.3 Nr H36 PK08X020 C2008 12 04.39927 09 38 30.05 +34 42 53.8 19.5 Nr H36 PK08X020 C2008 12 04.40333 09 38 30.48 +34 42 56.9 19.5 Nr H36 PK08X020 C2008 12 05.29700 09 40 01.34 +34 53 43.8 19.5 Nr H36 PK08X020 C2008 12 05.32912 09 40 04.52 +34 54 07.5 19.7 Nr H36 PK08X020 C2008 12 05.33805 09 40 05.39 +34 54 14.1 19.3 Nr H36 PK08X020 C2008 12 05.35773 09 40 07.34 +34 54 28.7 19.6 Nr H36 PK08X020 C2008 12 05.36422 09 40 07.98 +34 54 33.3 19.6 Nr H36 The following orbital elements by B. G. Marsden, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, are from 338 observations, 2004-2008 (mean residual 0".4): Epoch = 2004 Mar. 16.0 TT T = 2004 Apr. 2.1633 TT Peri. = 149.6559 e = 0.689403 Node = 66.4876 2000.0 q = 0.912180 AU Incl. = 19.1473 a = 2.936863 AU n = 0.1958297 P = 5.03 years Epoch = 2009 Mar. 30.0 TT T = 2009 Apr. 15.9744 TT Peri. = 149.7295 e = 0.688978 Node = 66.4497 2000.0 q = 0.913706 AU Incl. = 19.1479 a = 2.937753 AU n = 0.1957407 P = 5.04 years NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2008 CBAT 2008 December 5 (CBET 1605) Daniel W. E. Green