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MPEC 2006-E08 : COMET C/2006 A2 (CATALINA)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-E08                                Issued 2006 Mar. 3, 15:23 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 A2 (CATALINA)

Observations:
    CK06A020  C2006 02 19.82159 03 09 15.97 +22 32 07.1                 EE008118
    CK06A020  C2006 02 19.83463 03 09 15.93 +22 32 03.2                 EE008118
    CK06A020  C2006 03 03.16660 03 08 36.15 +21 45 04.7          19.9 N EE008651
    CK06A020  C2006 03 03.18165 03 08 36.26 +21 45 00.7          19.9 N EE008651
    CK06A020  C2006 03 03.19670 03 08 36.14 +21 44 57.7          19.9 N EE008651

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Vilagi.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 A2 (Catalina)
T 2005 May 19.9107 TT                                   MPC
q   5.315568             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  140.9857      +0.0360681      +0.9065393
                   Node   233.2229      +0.7337923      +0.2616741
e   1.0            Incl.  148.3260      +0.6784158      -0.3312299
From 74 observations 2006 Jan. 21-Mar. 3.

Ephemeris:
    C/2006 A2 (Catalina)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2006 02 24    03 08.84   +22 13.6    5.869    5.707    75.8     9.7  19.4
2006 03 06    03 08.67   +21 34.8    6.073    5.734    65.6     9.1  19.5
2006 03 16    03 09.53   +21 03.0    6.265    5.762    55.6     8.2  19.6
2006 03 26    03 11.21   +20 36.9    6.439    5.790    45.9     7.1  19.6
2006 04 05    03 13.56   +20 15.4    6.593    5.820    36.5     5.9  19.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-E08

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