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MPEC 2006-D46 : COMET P/2006 D1 (HILL)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-D46                                Issued 2006 Feb. 25, 17:02 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  C2005 12 05.46683 11 47 03.26 +15 07 20.8          18.7 N ED046703
    PK06D010  C2005 12 05.47380 11 47 03.84 +15 07 16.1          19.3 N ED046703
    PK06D010  C2005 12 05.48082 11 47 04.70 +15 07 08.7          19.7 N ED046703
    PK06D010  C2005 12 05.51443 11 47 07.87 +15 06 43.9          18.8 N ED046703
    PK06D010  C2005 12 05.52352 11 47 08.53 +15 06 36.9          18.5 N ED046703
    PK06D010  C2005 12 05.53276 11 47 09.36 +15 06 30.1          19.1 N ED046703
    PK06D010  C2005 12 05.54199 11 47 10.37 +15 06 21.2          19.1 N ED046703
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.39825 12 24 09.10 +02 26 18.0          20.1 T ED046701
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.41909 12 24 07.97 +02 26 12.0          19.3 T ED046701
    PK06D010  C2006 02 24.43992 12 24 06.90 +02 26 05.3          20.6 T ED046701

Observer details:
701 Junk Bond Observatory, Sierra Vista.  Observer D. Healy.  0.81-m f/4.4
    Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  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.  Observations
    identified by A. Doppler.

Orbital elements:
    P/2006 D1 (Hill)
T 2005 Oct. 26.0298 TT                                  MPC
q   1.892749             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0749797      Peri.  118.2192      -0.4868079      -0.8734947
a   5.569808       Node     0.9562      +0.6586521      -0.3708274
e   0.660177       Incl.   17.4624      +0.5737556      -0.3154268
P  13.1
From 41 observations 2005 Dec. 5-2006 Feb. 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    1.328    2.241   150.2    12.7  20.1
2006 03 06    12 15.38   +01 40.0    1.329    2.293   162.1     7.7  20.2
2006 03 16    12 05.10   +00 57.4    1.355    2.347   174.2     2.4  20.4
2006 03 26    11 54.96   +00 18.2    1.409    2.403   173.6     2.6  20.6
2006 04 05    11 46.17   -00 19.9    1.490    2.460   161.9     7.3  20.8
2006 04 15    11 39.58   -00 59.4    1.596    2.519   150.8    11.2  21.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-D46

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