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MPEC 2006-R53 : COMET C/2006 P1 (McNAUGHT)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-R53                                Issued 2006 Sept. 15, 17:28 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 P1 (McNAUGHT)

Observations:
    CK06P010  C2006 09 10.04196 16 20 44.70 -15 46 27.8          15.7 T ER053844
    CK06P010  C2006 09 10.06152 16 20 44.56 -15 46 26.5          15.8 T ER053844
    CK06P010  C2006 09 11.41243 16 20 37.99 -15 42 19.1                 ER053E12
    CK06P010  C2006 09 12.38091 16 20 34.93 -15 39 28.3          15.4 T ER053E12
    CK06P010  C2006 09 13.12824 16 20 33.48 -15 37 22.3          16.8 T ER053673
    CK06P010  C2006 09 13.14271 16 20 33.44 -15 37 19.8                 ER053673
    CK06P010  C2006 09 13.15752 16 20 33.40 -15 37 17.5                 ER053673
    CK06P010  C2006 09 13.36268 16 20 33.19 -15 36 38.6          17.1 T ER053423
    CK06P010  C2006 09 13.37095 16 20 33.19 -15 36 36.8          17.3 T ER053423
    CK06P010  C2006 09 13.37646 16 20 33.16 -15 36 35.9          15.1 T ER053E12
    CK06P010  C2006 09 15.36317 16 20 33.93 -15 31 01.4          16.9 T ER053423
    CK06P010  C2006 09 15.37069 16 20 33.98 -15 31 00.2          17.3 T ER053423

Observer details:
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
844 Los Molinos.  Observer R. Salvo.  0.46-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 P1 (McNaught)
T 2007 Jan. 12.8294 TT                                  MPC
q   0.170787             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  155.9738      +0.1267515      -0.1735179
                   Node   267.4139      +0.6752580      +0.7363165
e   1.0            Incl.   77.8597      +0.7266091      -0.6540104
From 118 observations 2006 Aug. 7-Sept. 15.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-R53

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