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MPEC 2006-U84 : COMET P/2006 R2 (CHRISTENSEN)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-U84                                Issued 2006 Oct. 30, 18:38 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                         COMET P/2006 R2 (CHRISTENSEN)

Observations:
    PK06R020  C2006 10 13.47094 23 04 21.62 -19 13 47.0          19.4 T EU084423
    PK06R020  C2006 10 13.51796 23 04 20.90 -19 13 54.2          18.9 T EU084423
    PK06R020  C2006 10 18.45871 23 03 29.40 -19 22 51.1          18.6 T EU084423
    PK06R020  C2006 10 27.17115 23 03 06.74 -19 27 31.6          17.9 T EU084703
    PK06R020  C2006 10 27.18684 23 03 06.79 -19 27 31.2          18.3 T EU084703
    PK06R020  C2006 10 27.19468 23 03 06.75 -19 27 31.4          18.0 T EU084703
    PK06R020  C2006 10 29.48217 23 03 15.78 -19 26 24.6          20.0 N EU084415
    PK06R020  C2006 10 29.49270 23 03 15.82 -19 26 24.4          20.6 N EU084415

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.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2006 R2 (Christensen)
T 2006 June 15.0005 TT                                  MPC
q   3.039090             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1158298      Peri.  188.8256      +0.8438340      +0.5041635
a   4.167951       Node   139.1558      -0.4735869      +0.8607204
e   0.270843       Incl.   16.3174      -0.2523086      +0.0705660
P   8.51
From 114 observations 2006 Aug. 30-Oct. 29.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-U84

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