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MPEC 2006-D07 : COMET C/2006 A1 (POJMANSKI)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-D07                                Issued 2006 Feb. 18, 15:11 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

                  Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
                  Supported in part by the TABASGO Foundation
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                          COMET C/2006 A1 (POJMANSKI)

Observations:
    CK06A010  C2006 02 07.75600 20 20 09.68 -48 11 56.2          10.5 N ED007427
    CK06A010  C2006 02 07.76075 20 20 09.27 -48 11 38.9          10.6 N ED007427
    CK06A010  C2006 02 07.78776 20 20 06.97 -48 10 00.8          10.9 N ED007427
    CK06A010  C2006 02 07.79873 20 20 06.06 -48 09 21.9          10.0 N ED007427
    CK06A010  C2006 02 14.31841 20 12 48.13 -40 08 49.9          11.0 N ED007844
    CK06A010  C2006 02 14.31992 20 12 48.17 -40 08 37.7          10.8 N ED007844
    CK06A010  C2006 02 14.32142 20 12 47.90 -40 08 30.9          11.0 N ED007844
    CK06A010  C2006 02 14.32293 20 12 47.95 -40 08 23.6          11.0 N ED007844
    CK06A010  C2006 02 14.32419 20 12 47.78 -40 08 18.3          11.0 N ED007844
    CK06A010  C2006 02 14.32757 20 12 47.86 -40 07 56.8           9.7 N ED007844
    CK06A010  C2006 02 14.32832 20 12 47.85 -40 07 52.6          10.0 N ED007844
    CK06A010  C2006 02 14.32929 20 12 47.83 -40 07 47.3          10.0 N ED007844
    CK06A010  C2006 02 14.33024 20 12 47.73 -40 07 42.4          10.0 N ED007844
    CK06A010  C2006 02 14.33106 20 12 47.74 -40 07 38.3          10.0 N ED007844
    CK06A010  C2006 02 17.77203 20 11 17.49 -34 34 03.7          11.7 N ED007415
    CK06A010  C2006 02 17.77341 20 11 17.42 -34 33 55.5          11.7 N ED007415
    CK06A010  C2006 02 17.78314 20 11 17.27 -34 32 52.4          14.2 N ED007415

Observer details:
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
427 Stockport.  Observer M. Mattiazzo.  0.28-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
844 Los Molinos.  Observer S. Roland.  0.46-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 A1 (Pojmanski)
T 2006 Feb. 22.1810 TT                                  MPC
q   0.555403             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  351.1865      -0.8401857      -0.1554298
                   Node   211.3418      -0.4164482      -0.4287357
e   1.0            Incl.   92.7398      -0.3473599      +0.8899591
From 121 observations 2006 Jan. 4-Feb. 17.

Ephemeris:
    C/2006 A1 (Pojmanski)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2006 02 14    20 13.03   -40 36.7    0.984    0.586    34.6    73.0   7.1
2006 02 15    20 12.34   -39 07.7    0.966    0.579    34.5    74.8   7.0
2006 02 16    20 11.81   -37 33.8    0.948    0.573    34.4    76.6   7.0
2006 02 17    20 11.44   -35 54.5    0.931    0.568    34.3    78.4   6.9
2006 02 18    20 11.25   -34 09.9    0.913    0.564    34.2    80.2   6.8
2006 02 19    20 11.25   -32 19.6    0.897    0.560    34.1    82.0   6.8
2006 02 20    20 11.45   -30 23.8    0.880    0.558    34.1    83.6   6.7
2006 02 21    20 11.86   -28 22.2    0.865    0.556    34.1    85.3   6.6
2006 02 22    20 12.47   -26 15.0    0.850    0.555    34.1    86.8   6.6
2006 02 23    20 13.31   -24 02.2    0.837    0.556    34.2    88.2   6.6
2006 02 24    20 14.36   -21 44.2    0.824    0.557    34.2    89.4   6.5
2006 02 25    20 15.64   -19 21.1    0.812    0.559    34.4    90.4   6.5
2006 02 26    20 17.14   -16 53.3    0.802    0.562    34.6    91.3   6.5
2006 02 27    20 18.87   -14 21.4    0.793    0.566    34.9    92.0   6.5
2006 02 28    20 20.81   -11 45.9    0.786    0.571    35.2    92.4   6.5
2006 03 01    20 22.96   -09 07.5    0.779    0.577    35.6    92.6   6.5
2006 03 02    20 25.33   -06 26.9    0.775    0.584    36.0    92.6   6.6
2006 03 03    20 27.89   -03 44.8    0.772    0.591    36.6    92.3   6.6
2006 03 04    20 30.65   -01 02.3    0.771    0.599    37.2    91.9   6.7
2006 03 05    20 33.60   +01 40.1    0.771    0.608    37.8    91.2   6.7
2006 03 06    20 36.72   +04 21.3    0.773    0.618    38.5    90.3   6.8
2006 03 07    20 40.02   +07 00.7    0.776    0.628    39.2    89.3   6.8
2006 03 08    20 43.47   +09 37.5    0.782    0.638    40.0    88.1   6.9
2006 03 09    20 47.07   +12 11.1    0.788    0.650    40.8    86.8   7.0
2006 03 10    20 50.82   +14 40.7    0.796    0.661    41.6    85.3   7.1
2006 03 11    20 54.69   +17 06.1    0.806    0.674    42.4    83.8   7.2
2006 03 12    20 58.68   +19 26.7    0.817    0.686    43.2    82.3   7.3
2006 03 13    21 02.79   +21 42.3    0.829    0.699    44.0    80.7   7.3
2006 03 14    21 06.99   +23 52.7    0.842    0.713    44.7    79.0   7.4
2006 03 15    21 11.29   +25 57.6    0.856    0.726    45.5    77.4   7.6
2006 03 16    21 15.67   +27 57.2    0.871    0.740    46.2    75.7   7.7
2006 03 17    21 20.13   +29 51.3    0.888    0.755    46.8    74.1   7.8
2006 03 18    21 24.66   +31 40.0    0.905    0.769    47.5    72.5   7.9
2006 03 19    21 29.24   +33 23.4    0.922    0.784    48.1    70.9   8.0
2006 03 20    21 33.88   +35 01.7    0.941    0.799    48.6    69.3   8.1
2006 03 21    21 38.56   +36 35.1    0.960    0.814    49.1    67.7   8.2
2006 03 22    21 43.28   +38 03.6    0.980    0.829    49.6    66.2   8.3
2006 03 23    21 48.03   +39 27.5    1.000    0.845    50.0    64.8   8.4
2006 03 24    21 52.81   +40 47.0    1.021    0.860    50.4    63.3   8.5
2006 03 25    21 57.60   +42 02.3    1.042    0.876    50.8    62.0   8.6
2006 03 26    22 02.40   +43 13.7    1.063    0.892    51.1    60.6   8.7
2006 03 27    22 07.22   +44 21.2    1.085    0.907    51.4    59.3   8.8
2006 03 28    22 12.03   +45 25.2    1.107    0.923    51.7    58.0   8.9
2006 03 29    22 16.84   +46 25.8    1.129    0.939    52.0    56.8   9.0
2006 03 30    22 21.64   +47 23.2    1.152    0.955    52.2    55.6   9.1
2006 03 31    22 26.43   +48 17.6    1.174    0.972    52.4    54.5   9.2
2006 04 01    22 31.21   +49 09.2    1.197    0.988    52.5    53.4   9.3
2006 04 02    22 35.97   +49 58.1    1.220    1.004    52.7    52.3   9.4
2006 04 03    22 40.70   +50 44.4    1.243    1.020    52.8    51.3   9.5
2006 04 04    22 45.41   +51 28.5    1.266    1.036    52.9    50.3   9.6
2006 04 05    22 50.08   +52 10.3    1.289    1.053    52.9    49.3   9.7

2006 04 10    23 12.96   +55 10.5    1.405    1.134    53.1    44.9  10.2
2006 04 15    23 34.81   +57 32.3    1.519    1.216    53.0    41.2  10.6
2006 04 20    23 55.53   +59 26.2    1.631    1.297    52.6    38.0  11.0
2006 04 25    00 15.04   +60 59.7    1.740    1.377    52.2    35.3  11.3
2006 04 30    00 33.37   +62 18.3    1.846    1.457    51.8    32.9  11.6
2006 05 05    00 50.52   +63 26.1    1.947    1.536    51.4    30.9  11.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-D07

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