Hi Lawrence....in this case, all that Guide wants is the designation (not name):
cC/2007 W1
entered exactly that way.

Clay
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Dr. P. Clay Sherrod
Arkansas Sky Observatories
MPC/ H43 (Conway)
MPC/ H41 (Petit Jean Mountain)
MPC/ H45 (Petit Jean Mtn. South)
http://www.arksky.org/

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From: "Lawrence Harris" <lawrence@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:08 AM
Subject: [guide-user] cometary elements from MPC (or not)


>I was hoping to do some astrometry of comet Boattini tonight. From Guide I get
> the name: Boattini (c/2007 W1).
> I enter the name, followed by a large number of variations, into the MPC
> ephemeris generator - but no. Empty files each time.
>
> Can anyone remind me how MPC want the name to be presented.....?
>
> TIA
>
> Lawrence Harris
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