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MPEC 2006-P39 : COMET C/2006 K1 (McNAUGHT)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-P39                                Issued 2006 Aug. 11, 18:42 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 07 29.60933 23 42 58.40 -70 02 36.9          16.8 T EP039423
    CK06K010  C2006 07 29.63444 23 42 57.99 -70 02 47.9          17.6 T EP039423
    CK06K010  C2006 08 04.63351 23 41 37.90 -70 44 19.2          18.4 N EP039415
    CK06K010  C2006 08 04.63914 23 41 37.65 -70 44 22.3          18.9 N EP039415
    CK06K010  C2006 08 07.60311 23 40 33.87 -71 03 23.1          17.3 T EP039423
    CK06K010  C2006 08 07.62134 23 40 33.31 -71 03 29.8          17.1 T EP039423
    CK06K010  C2006 08 07.65475 23 40 32.57 -71 03 42.2          18.7 N EP039415
    CK06K010  C2006 08 07.66176 23 40 32.28 -71 03 44.8          18.2 N EP039415
    CK06K010  C2006 08 10.64544 23 39 11.98 -71 21 45.4          17.2 T EP039E12
    CK06K010  C2006 08 10.65396 23 39 11.95 -71 21 47.8          18.0 T EP039E12
    CK06K010  C2006 08 10.66248 23 39 11.26 -71 21 50.6          17.2 T EP039E12
    CK06K010  C2006 08 10.67104 23 39 10.87 -71 21 52.8          17.2 T EP039E12
    CK06K010  C2006 08 10.67958 23 39 10.80 -71 21 55.2          18.4 T EP039E12
    CK06K010  C2006 08 10.68544 23 39 10.69 -71 21 58.3          17.2 T EP039E12
    CK06K010  C2006 08 10.69389 23 39 10.33 -71 22 01.5          17.5 T EP039E12
    CK06K010  C2006 08 10.70237 23 39 09.93 -71 22 04.1          17.6 T EP039E12
    CK06K010  C2006 08 10.71095 23 39 09.54 -71 22 07.2          16.9 T EP039E12
    CK06K010  C2006 08 11.64985 23 38 41.43 -71 27 30.9          18.4 N EP039415
    CK06K010  C2006 08 11.65830 23 38 41.21 -71 27 33.7          18.8 N EP039415

Observer details:
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 K1 (McNaught)
Epoch 2007 Aug. 8.0 TT = JDT 2454320.5
T 2007 July 20.57266 TT                                 MPC
q   4.4255491            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0003326      Peri.  296.44381     +0.63908805     +0.02513059
 +/-0.0000192      Node    72.11546     +0.52779611     +0.71267480
e   1.0014721      Incl.   53.87725     -0.55946200     +0.70104428
Residuals in seconds of arc
060517 E12  1.8+  0.2+    060520 E12  0.0   0.1+    060710 423  0.5-  0.1+
060517 E12  1.3+  0.6-    060520 E12  0.2+  0.2-    060710 423  0.3-  0.3-
060517 E12  0.6+  0.2-    060520 E12  0.4+  0.0     060716 423  0.1+  0.3-
060517 E12  1.3-  0.3+    060520 E12  0.2+  0.0     060716 423  0.0   0.1-
060517 E12  0.5+  0.3+    060522 E12  0.2-  0.7-    060722 423  0.4-  0.2-
060517 E12  0.0   0.1-    060522 E12  1.2-  0.1+    060722 423  0.0   0.1+
060517 E12  0.3-  0.2-    060522 E12  0.9-  0.1+    060726 415  0.4+  0.0
060517 E12  0.5-  0.3+    060522 E12  0.1-  0.4-    060726 415  0.5+  0.2+
060517 E12  0.6+  0.3-    060523 E12  0.3-  0.4-    060728 423  0.0   0.7-
060517 E12  0.2-  0.3-    060523 E12  0.0   0.1-    060728 423  0.5-  0.1+
060518 I77 (0.7-  2.7-)   060523 E12  0.4-  0.1-    060729 423  1.1+  0.0
060518 I77  0.7-  1.4-    060523 E12  0.6-  0.0     060729 423  0.2+  0.1+
060518 I77 (2.4-  0.3-)   060625 423  0.0   0.2-    060804 415  0.5+  0.8+
060518 I77 (2.6-  0.4-)   060625 423  0.1+  0.0     060804 415  0.2-  0.0
060518 807  0.0   0.6+    060627 423  0.5-  0.3-    060807 423  0.3-  0.1+
060518 807  0.0   0.5+    060627 423  0.2-  0.1-    060807 423  0.7-  0.3+
060518 807  0.5+  0.4+    060703 E12  0.8+  0.0     060807 415  0.1-  0.4+
060518 474  0.3-  1.0+    060703 E12  1.8+  0.1+    060807 415  0.6-  0.5+
060518 474  0.1-  0.0     060704 415  0.4+  0.3+    060810 E12  0.3+  1.2-
060518 474  0.6-  0.7+    060704 415  0.3+  0.1+    060810 E12  1.5+  0.6-
060518 474  0.5-  0.3+    060704 423  0.5-  0.0     060810 E12  0.5-  0.4-
060518 E12  0.0   0.2-    060704 423  0.5-  0.3+    060810 E12  1.1-  0.4+
060518 E12  0.8+  0.1-    060705 423  0.1+  0.4-    060810 E12  0.1-  1.0+
060518 E12  0.6-  0.6-    060705 423  0.6-  0.1+    060810 E12  0.3+  0.1-
060518 E12  1.1+  0.4+    060706 415  0.7+  0.0     060810 E12  0.2-  0.3-
060518 E12  0.8-  0.2+    060706 415  0.1-  0.2+    060810 E12  0.8-  0.0
060518 E12  0.4+  0.4+    060707 423  0.2-  0.0     060810 E12  1.4-  0.1-
060518 E12  1.2+  0.5-    060707 423  0.2+  0.2+    060811 415  1.0+  0.1-
060518 E12  1.0-  0.5+    060708 423  0.5-  0.1-    060811 415  1.3+  0.0
060518 E12  0.5+  0.2-    060708 423  0.2-  0.2+

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000016
and +0.001057 (+/- 0.000019) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-P39

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