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MPEC 2006-U87 : COMET C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-U87                                Issued 2006 Oct. 30, 18:50 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 C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)

Observations:
    CK06S030  C2006 10 25.89051 23 57 04.10 +08 46 11.2          19.1 T EU087561
    CK06S030  C2006 10 25.89583 23 57 03.94 +08 46 10.9          19.0 T EU087561
    CK06S030  C2006 10 25.90000 23 57 03.84 +08 46 11.6          19.2 T EU087561
    CK06S030  C2006 10 28.99848 23 56 08.74 +08 39 44.2          19.6 N EU087213
    CK06S030  C2006 10 29.00581 23 56 08.58 +08 39 43.6          19.5 N EU087213

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
561 Piszkesteto.  Observer J. Kelemen.  0.6-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)
T 2012 Apr. 15.4392 TT                                  MPC
q   5.131988             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  140.0630      -0.2150213      -0.9650598
                   Node    38.3363      -0.9463155      +0.2437829
e   1.0            Incl.  166.0292      -0.2413561      -0.0960705
From 81 observations 2006 Aug. 29-Oct. 29.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-U87

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