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MPEC 2006-E43 : COMET C/2006 A1 (POJMANSKI)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-E43                                Issued 2006 Mar. 11, 14:37 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 03 03.83814 20 30 12.53 -01 28 40.1                 EE043349
    CK06A010  C2006 03 03.83868 20 30 12.61 -01 28 34.7                 EE043349
    CK06A010  C2006 03 03.84006 20 30 12.84 -01 28 21.4                 EE043349
    CK06A010  C2006 03 03.84061 20 30 12.95 -01 28 16.0           5.9 T EE043349
    CK06A010  C2006 03 04.83475 20 33 07.06 +01 13 12.7                 EE043D70
    CK06A010  C2006 03 04.84271 20 33 08.41 +01 14 29.7                 EE043349
    CK06A010  C2006 03 04.84296 20 33 08.46 +01 14 32.2                 EE043349
    CK06A010  C2006 03 04.84630 20 33 09.06 +01 15 04.8                 EE043349
    CK06A010  C2006 03 04.84655 20 33 09.10 +01 15 07.0           6.2 T EE043349
    CK06A010  C2006 03 04.85723 20 33 11.08 +01 16 51.2                 EE043D70
    CK06A010  C2006 03 04.86392 20 33 12.30 +01 17 56.6           6.5 T EE043D70
    CK06A010  C2006 03 05.43951 20 34 58.11 +02 51 01.2          10.9 N EE043850
    CK06A010  C2006 03 05.44837 20 34 59.82 +02 52 27.2          10.4 N EE043850
    CK06A010  C2006 03 05.45733 20 35 01.45 +02 53 54.0          10.6 N EE043850
    CK06A010  C2006 03 05.46630 20 35 03.17 +02 55 19.9          10.7 N EE043850
    CK06A010  C2006 03 05.50881 20 35 11.15 +03 02 12.9          10.5 N EE043H06
    CK06A010  C2006 03 05.51410 20 35 12.12 +03 03 03.5          10.7 N EE043H06
    CK06A010  C2006 03 06.23079 20 37 29.14 +04 58 13.3           9.2 N EE043J79
    CK06A010  C2006 03 06.23240 20 37 29.54 +04 58 27.7           9.2 N EE043J79
    CK06A010  C2006 03 06.23532 20 37 30.13 +04 58 55.1           9.3 N EE043J79
    CK06A010  C2006 03 06.50608 20 38 23.27 +05 42 10.4           6.4 T EE043H06
    CK06A010  C2006 03 06.50674 20 38 23.40 +05 42 16.6                 EE043H06
    CK06A010  C2006 03 06.50784 20 38 23.59 +05 42 27.4          10.8 N EE043H06
    CK06A010  C2006 03 06.52979 20 38 27.92 +05 45 57.4          10.7 N EE043H06
    CK06A010  C2006 03 07.50312 20 41 45.19 +08 19 52.3           6.3 T EE043H06
    CK06A010  C2006 03 07.50640 20 41 45.90 +08 20 22.5                 EE043H06
    CK06A010  C2006 03 07.50734 20 41 46.09 +08 20 31.5          10.8 N EE043H06
    CK06A010  C2006 03 07.52073 20 41 48.82 +08 22 37.1          10.8 N EE043H06
    CK06A010  C2006 03 08.50903 20 45 18.26 +10 55 59.2          10.9 N EE043H06
    CK06A010  C2006 03 08.52268 20 45 21.04 +10 58 05.5          10.9 N EE043H06

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observer D. T. Durig.  0.30-m f/5.8
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
D70 Tosa.  Observer S. Shimomoto.  0.20-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory.  Observers M. Suzuki, E. Guido, G. Sostero.
    Measurers M. Suzuki, E. Guido.  0.09-m f/4.6 refractor + CCD, 0.25-m f/3.4
    reflector + CCD.
J79 Observatorio Calarreona, Aguilas.  Observer F. Montalban.  0.25-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 A1 (Pojmanski)
Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5
T 2006 Feb. 22.18158 TT                                 MPC
q   0.5553965            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0004167      Peri.  351.18786     -0.84018545     -0.15537510
 +/-0.0000108      Node   211.34279     -0.41646339     -0.42878217
e   0.9997686      Incl.   92.73593     -0.34734228     +0.88994631
From 170 observations 2006 Jan. 4-Mar. 8, mean residual 0".55.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000798
and +0.000800 (+/- 0.000011) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-E43

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