Electronic Telegram No. 1405 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 L1 (LARSEN) R. S. McMillan, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, reports that J. V. Scotti has recovered comet P/1997 V1 (Larsen; cf. IAUC 6767) with the Spacewatch 1.8-m f/2.7 reflector at Kitt Peak (recovery observation below). On June 9.4 UT Scotti described the coma as of diameter 9", and there was a faint tail extending 0'.15 in p.a. 243 deg; on June 10.4 he gave the coma diameter as 10", the tail extending 0'.11 in p.a. 252 deg. The indicated correction to the prediction on MPC 54170 (ephemeris on MPC 62064) is Delta T = -2.0 days. 2008 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag. June 9.44185 00 25 34.60 +13 29 14.0 20.2 The available astrometry, orbital elements (extracted below) and an ephemeris appear on MPEC 2008-L45. Epoch = 2008 Sept. 11.0 TT T = 2008 Aug. 25.1744 TT Peri. = 133.7286 e = 0.333226 Node = 234.8163 2000.0 q = 3.271999 AU Incl. = 12.1214 a = 4.907208 AU n = 0.0906677 deg/day P = 10.9 years NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2008 CBAT 2008 June 10 (CBET 1405) Brian G. Marsden