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MPEC 2006-D38 : COMET P/2006 D1 (HILL)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-D38                                Issued 2006 Feb. 24, 18:18 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 P/2006 D1 (HILL)

Observations:
    PK06D010  C2006 02 22.36014 12 25 45.91 +02 37 03.0          20.3 T ED038703
    PK06D010  C2006 02 22.37056 12 25 45.37 +02 37 01.6          19.1 T ED038703
    PK06D010  C2006 02 22.38715 12 25 44.58 +02 36 54.4          20.0 T ED038703
    PK06D010  C2006 02 22.40365 12 25 43.57 +02 36 50.5          19.5 T ED038703
    PK06D010  C2006 02 22.45610 12 25 41.12 +02 36 33.8          19.1 T ED038703
    PK06D010  C2006 02 22.46480 12 25 40.62 +02 36 31.5          19.1 T ED038703
    PK06D010  C2006 02 22.47343 12 25 40.36 +02 36 26.8          19.7 T ED038703
    PK06D010  C2006 02 22.48211 12 25 39.86 +02 36 23.8          19.4 T ED038703
    PK06D010  C2006 02 23.27876 12 25 03.11 +02 32 09.2          20.0 T ED038734
    PK06D010  C2006 02 23.28465 12 25 02.82 +02 32 06.9          20.1 T ED038734
    PK06D010  C2006 02 23.29055 12 25 02.49 +02 32 04.9          20.3 T ED038734
    PK06D010  C2006 02 23.31368 12 25 01.38 +02 31 57.7          19.8 N ED038649
    PK06D010  C2006 02 23.33580 12 25 00.27 +02 31 50.6          19.6 N ED038649
    PK06D010  C2006 02 23.35766 12 24 59.23 +02 31 43.7          19.5 N ED038649
    PK06D010  C2006 02 23.35995 12 24 59.30 +02 31 42.8          20.0 N ED038673
    PK06D010  C2006 02 23.40891 12 24 56.84 +02 31 28.1                 ED038673
    PK06D010  C2006 02 23.41597 12 24 56.56 +02 31 26.3                 ED038673
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.25467 12 24 16.41 +02 27 02.9          20.3 N ED038651
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.26012 12 24 16.12 +02 27 00.6          20.5 N ED038651
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.26558 12 24 15.86 +02 26 59.1          20.4 N ED038651
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.34485 12 24 11.71 +02 26 33.8          19.9 T ED038734
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.35072 12 24 11.37 +02 26 31.0          19.7 T ED038734
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.35659 12 24 11.10 +02 26 30.2          19.4 T ED038734
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.36338 12 24 10.81 +02 26 28.1                 ED038682
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.38028 12 24 09.92 +02 26 22.9                 ED038682
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.39719 12 24 09.06 +02 26 18.0                 ED038682
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.40152 12 24 08.74 +02 26 15.8          20.2 T ED038H36
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.41066 12 24 08.32 +02 26 12.9          20.1 T ED038H36
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.41810 12 24 07.90 +02 26 10.2          20.0 T ED038H36
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.46028 12 24 05.87 +02 25 58.0          19.6 T ED038G96
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.46685 12 24 05.54 +02 25 56.0                 ED038G96
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.47396 12 24 05.14 +02 25 53.9                 ED038G96
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.48062 12 24 04.82 +02 25 51.5                 ED038G96

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian
    reflector + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
682 Kanab.  Observer E. Sheridan.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observers G. Hug, D. Tibbets.  Measurer D. Tibbets.
    0.7-m reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2006 D1 (Hill)
T 2005 Nov. 6.000 TT                                    MPC
q   1.74153              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.072367       Peri.  115.649       -0.451044       -0.892485
a   5.70307        Node     1.202       +0.699085       -0.357035
e   0.69463        Incl.   14.846       +0.554832       -0.275673
P  13.6
From 33 observations 2006 Feb. 22-24.

Ephemeris:
    P/2006 D1 (Hill)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2006 02 24    12 24.47   +02 28.4    1.178    2.095   150.2    13.6  19.6
2006 03 06    12 15.33   +01 40.8    1.187    2.153   162.1     8.1  19.7
2006 03 16    12 05.02   +01 00.1    1.221    2.213   174.2     2.6  19.9
2006 03 26    11 54.98   +00 23.5    1.281    2.275   173.6     2.8  20.1
2006 04 05    11 46.47   -00 12.1    1.367    2.339   161.9     7.6  20.4
2006 04 15    11 40.35   -00 49.3    1.477    2.404   150.9    11.7  20.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-D38

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