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MPEC 2006-P17 : COMET C/2006 M4 (SWAN)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-P17                                Issued 2006 Aug. 4, 16:18 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 C/2006 M4 (SWAN)

Observations:
    CK06M040  C2006 07 24.19255 09 20 36.41 +02 12 04.7          12.7 T EP017F84
    CK06M040  C2006 07 27.19514 09 24 32.27 +03 14 07.3          13.8 N EP017F84

Observer details:
F84 Hibiscus Observatory, Punaauia.  Observers N. Teamo, S. F. Hoenig.
    Measurer S. F. Hoenig.  0.35-m f/3.88 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 M4 (SWAN)
T 2006 Sept. 28.715 TT                                  MPC
q   0.78240              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   62.630       -0.221550       +0.847763
                   Node   148.728       +0.149951       -0.458671
e   1.0            Incl.  111.827       +0.963551       +0.266307
From 50 observations 2006 July 12-27.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-P17

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