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MPEC 2006-K13 : COMET C/2006 K1 (McNAUGHT)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-K13                                Issued 2006 May 18, 20:22 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 K1 (McNAUGHT)

Observations:
    CK06K010  C2006 05 17.71978 22 53 07.97 -60 38 18.1          17.6 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 17.73117 22 53 08.72 -60 38 23.2          18.0 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 17.74247 22 53 09.44 -60 38 27.1          17.8 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 17.75383 22 53 10.00 -60 38 31.0          17.7 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 17.80447 22 53 13.86 -60 38 50.3                 EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 17.80536 22 53 13.86 -60 38 51.0          18.0 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 17.80630 22 53 13.89 -60 38 51.5          17.5 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 17.80716 22 53 13.92 -60 38 51.3          17.7 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 17.82446 22 53 15.31 -60 38 58.5          17.4 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 17.82516 22 53 15.25 -60 38 58.7          17.0 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.32668 22 53 51.52 -60 42 10.5          18.5 T EK013I77
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.33249 22 53 51.93 -60 42 11.4          17.9 T EK013I77
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.33408 22 53 51.82 -60 42 11.0          18.6 T EK013I77
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.34150 22 53 52.32 -60 42 13.9          18.6 T EK013I77
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.34663 22 53 53.10 -60 42 14.3          18.9 T EK013807
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.35716 22 53 53.85 -60 42 18.4          18.8 T EK013807
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.36703 22 53 54.62 -60 42 22.3          18.9 T EK013807
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.52725 22 54 06.10 -60 43 21.1          18.0 T EK013474
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.53561 22 54 06.73 -60 43 25.3          18.1 T EK013474
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.55120 22 54 07.79 -60 43 30.6          18.1 T EK013474
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.55958 22 54 08.40 -60 43 34.3          17.6 T EK013474
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.68198 22 54 17.32 -60 44 21.9          17.9 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.68286 22 54 17.50 -60 44 22.1          17.7 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.68374 22 54 17.37 -60 44 22.9          17.8 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.68462 22 54 17.66 -60 44 22.3          17.9 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.68549 22 54 17.47 -60 44 22.8          17.4 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.76602 22 54 23.38 -60 44 53.8          17.7 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.77508 22 54 24.13 -60 44 58.1          17.9 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.78423 22 54 24.48 -60 45 00.7          17.4 T EK013E12
    CK06K010  C2006 05 18.79331 22 54 25.33 -60 45 04.9          17.8 T EK013E12

Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  0.6-m f/6.4
    reflector + CCD.
807 Cerro Tololo.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  1.0-m f/10.0 reflector + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.
I77 CEAMIG-REA Observatory, Belo Horizonte.  Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel.
    Measurer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 K1 (McNaught)
T 2007 May 20.951 TT                                    MPC
q   1.42581              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    7.358       +0.584690       -0.595931
                   Node    48.990       +0.702200       +0.031966
e   1.0            Incl.   46.843       +0.406267       +0.802399
From 27 observations 2006 May 17-18.

Ephemeris:
    C/2006 K1 (McNaught)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2006 05 15    22 49.81   -60 21.7    4.444    4.667    96.5    12.4  17.4
2006 05 25    23 01.68   -61 26.7    4.256    4.573   101.9    12.5  17.2
2006 06 04    23 12.45   -62 42.7    4.077    4.479   106.9    12.5  17.1
2006 06 14    23 21.82   -64 09.1    3.908    4.383   111.5    12.4  16.9
2006 06 24    23 29.32   -65 44.9    3.752    4.288   115.4    12.4  16.7
2006 07 04    23 34.32   -67 28.0    3.611    4.191   118.4    12.3  16.5

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-K13

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