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MPEC 2006-S63 : 2006 SQ78

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M.P.E.C. 2006-S63                                Issued 2006 Sept. 26, 15:44 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.

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                                   2006 SQ78

Observations:
     K06S78Q* C2006 09 25.30439 03 29 30.55 +32 13 48.1          18.6 V ES063703
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.30493 03 29 30.51 +32 13 46.3          19.1 V ES063703
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.31282 03 29 29.83 +32 13 26.4          19.4 V ES063703
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.31338 03 29 29.68 +32 13 24.5          19.1 V ES063703
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.32127 03 29 29.07 +32 13 05.0          19.5 V ES063703
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.32182 03 29 29.04 +32 13 04.9          19.1 V ES063703
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.32972 03 29 28.46 +32 12 44.2          19.5 V ES063703
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.33025 03 29 28.42 +32 12 43.0          18.9 V ES063703
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.36536 03 29 25.29 +32 11 15.9          18.6 V ES063703
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.38008 03 29 24.14 +32 10 40.8          18.8 V ES063703
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.38743 03 29 23.42 +32 10 21.2          19.0 V ES063703
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.46721 03 29 16.38 +32 07 01.1          20.0 R ES063734
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.47184 03 29 16.00 +32 06 48.1          19.7 R ES063734
     K06S78Q 5C2006 09 25.47569 03 29 15.97 +32 06 41.1          19.2 R ES063673
     K06S78Q 5C2006 09 25.47789 03 29 15.78 +32 06 35.8                 ES063673
     K06S78Q 5C2006 09 25.48449 03 29 15.20 +32 06 19.4                 ES063673
     K06S78Q 5C2006 09 25.48970 03 29 14.75 +32 06 06.0                 ES063673
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.91450 03 28 40.97 +31 48 08.5          19.2 R ES063585
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.92443 03 28 40.23 +31 47 45.3          19.1 R ES063585
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.93325 03 28 39.37 +31 47 22.0          19.1 R ES063585
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.94618 03 28 38.30 +31 46 49.4          19.0 R ES063585
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.95248 03 28 37.66 +31 46 33.6          19.2 R ES063585
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 25.95748 03 28 37.34 +31 46 21.0          19.0 R ES063585
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.02292 03 28 32.02 +31 43 33.6                 ES063J95
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.02668 03 28 31.72 +31 43 23.8                 ES063J95
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.03181 03 28 31.24 +31 43 11.2          20.0 R ES063J95
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.03791 03 28 30.50 +31 42 56.9          19.6 R ES063118
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.04167 03 28 30.17 +31 42 47.4          19.9 R ES063118
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.04504 03 28 29.89 +31 42 38.8          19.8 R ES063118
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.24012 03 28 14.21 +31 34 20.2          19.3 R ES063649
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.24249 03 28 14.05 +31 34 14.2          19.6 R ES063649
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.24486 03 28 13.81 +31 34 08.2          19.5 R ES063649
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.24722 03 28 13.64 +31 34 02.2          19.5 R ES063649
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.29967 03 28 09.20 +31 31 49.6          19.8 R ES063854
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.30638 03 28 08.61 +31 31 33.4          19.8 R ES063854
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.31309 03 28 08.01 +31 31 16.1          19.8 R ES063854
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.31761 03 28 07.31 +31 31 05.1          19.9 R ES063850
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.32041 03 28 07.18 +31 30 56.3          20.4 R ES063734
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.32187 03 28 07.03 +31 30 52.6          20.1 R ES063734
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.32333 03 28 06.82 +31 30 49.8          20.2 R ES063734
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.32480 03 28 06.76 +31 30 45.2          20.1 R ES063734
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.32626 03 28 06.63 +31 30 41.0          20.1 R ES063734
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.33273 03 28 05.90 +31 30 26.2          20.1 R ES063850
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.34788 03 28 04.58 +31 29 46.7          19.8 R ES063850
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.36299 03 28 03.18 +31 29 08.5          19.7 R ES063850
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.37808 03 28 01.82 +31 28 29.5          19.9 R ES063850
     K06S78Q  C2006 09 26.39316 03 28 00.43 +31 27 50.5          20.2 R ES063850

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers L. Kornos, J. Vilagi.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observer A. Baransky.  0.70-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian
    reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observers D. Tibbets, G. Hug.  Measurer G. Hug.
    0.7-m reflector + CCD.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observers D. T. Durig, I. H. Gray.
    0.30-m f/5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + 1530x1020 CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 SQ78                                                Earth MOID = 0.1899 AU
Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5                MPC
M 105.51641              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.77196230     Peri.   32.27048     -0.54403767     +0.78802593
a   1.1768975      Node   208.26773     -0.83900512     -0.51486973
e   0.3385485      Incl.   37.47846     -0.00966606     +0.33752672
P   1.28           H   18.8           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
060925 703  0.4+  1.1+    060925 673  0.2-  0.0     060926 649  0.4+  0.3-
060925 703  0.4+  0.6+    060925 585  0.7-  0.5-    060926 854  0.6-  0.0
060925 703  0.2+  0.1+    060925 585  0.7+  1.3+    060926 854  0.6-  0.8+
060925 703  1.1-  0.4-    060925 585  0.6-  0.2+    060926 854  0.7-  0.5+
060925 703  0.4-  0.5-    060925 585  0.0   0.1+    060926 850  0.5+  0.3+
060925 703  0.2-  0.8+    060925 585  1.3-  0.2+    060926 734  0.3+  0.0
060925 703  0.9+  0.5-    060925 585  0.2+  0.2+    060926 734  0.0   0.0
060925 703  0.9+  0.4-    060926 J95  0.2+  0.0     060926 734  1.0-  1.0+
060925 703  1.0-  0.8-    060926 J95  0.5+  0.3-    060926 734  0.1-  0.1+
060925 703  0.4+  0.6+    060926 J95  0.0   0.1+    060926 734  0.1-  0.4-
060925 703  0.7-  0.8-    060926 118  0.0   0.3-    060926 850  0.1-  0.0
060925 734  0.1+  0.5+    060926 118  0.0   0.3-    060926 850  0.5+  0.6-
060925 734  0.3+  0.9-    060926 118  0.2+  0.3-    060926 850  0.0   0.0
060925 673  0.1-  0.0     060926 649  0.3-  0.2-    060926 850  0.1+  0.1-
060925 673  0.1-  0.2+    060926 649  0.3+  0.2-    060926 850  0.2-  0.2-
060925 673  0.2-  0.3+    060926 649  0.1-  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2006 SQ78                a,e,i = 1.18, 0.34, 37                  q = 0.7785
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 09 22    03 33.45   +34 24.1    0.594   1.3879   118.3    39.6    19.9
2006 10 02    03 18.99   +27 06.1    0.536   1.4245   133.5    30.6    19.5
2006 10 12    02 58.02   +17 38.7    0.501   1.4573   151.2    19.2    19.1
2006 10 22    02 33.51   +06 57.0    0.499   1.4861   167.5     8.3    18.7
2006 11 01    02 09.76   -02 58.4    0.535   1.5109   162.4    11.5    19.0
2006 11 11    01 50.50   -10 31.3    0.604   1.5317   146.8    20.7    19.7
2006 11 21    01 37.41   -15 26.2    0.697   1.5485   132.9    27.9    20.2
2006 12 01    01 30.59   -18 14.3    0.804   1.5612   121.1    32.7    20.7
2006 12 11    01 29.18   -19 34.1    0.917   1.5698   111.2    35.8    21.1
2006 12 21    01 32.16   -19 54.7    1.032   1.5745   102.7    37.6    21.4
2006 12 31    01 38.65   -19 35.8    1.146   1.5751    95.1    38.4    21.6
2007 01 10    01 47.93   -18 50.8    1.253   1.5717    88.4    38.7    21.8
2007 01 20    01 59.46   -17 47.9    1.354   1.5642    82.4    38.6    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-S63

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