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MPEC 2006-Y01 : COMET C/2006 V1 (CATALINA)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-Y01                                Issued 2006 Dec. 16, 02:35 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 V1 (CATALINA)

Observations:
    CK06V010  C2006 12 11.16768 11 08 57.54 +07 50 31.2          17.2 N EY001118
    CK06V010  C2006 12 11.17234 11 08 57.63 +07 50 29.5          17.4 N EY001118
    CK06V010  C2006 12 11.17699 11 08 57.69 +07 50 27.9          17.5 N EY001118
    CK06V010  C2006 12 16.04870 11 10 20.82 +07 23 41.5                 EY001246
    CK06V010  C2006 12 16.04929 11 10 20.83 +07 23 41.4                 EY001246
    CK06V010  C2006 12 16.05377 11 10 20.90 +07 23 39.6                 EY001246
    CK06V010  C2006 12 16.05521 11 10 20.91 +07 23 39.3                 EY001246
    CK06V010  C2006 12 16.05692 11 10 20.92 +07 23 39.6                 EY001246
    CK06V010  C2006 12 16.05841 11 10 20.98 +07 23 38.3                 EY001246
    CK06V010  C2006 12 16.06005 11 10 21.00 +07 23 38.2                 EY001246

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Vilagi.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  Measurer M. Tichy.
    1.06-m KLENOT Telescope + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 V1 (Catalina)
T 2007 Nov. 26.380 TT                                   MPC
q   2.66889              (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.00370        Peri.  253.528       -0.596023       +0.774305
                   Node   335.717       -0.382269       -0.506485
e   0.99012        Incl.   31.133       -0.706135       -0.379375
From 71 observations 2006 Nov. 11-Dec. 16.

Ephemeris:
    C/2006 V1 (Catalina)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2006 12 11    11 08.91   +07 51.5    4.209    4.381    93.5    13.0  17.5
2006 12 21    11 11.44   +06 57.4    3.984    4.309   102.7    12.9  17.3
2006 12 31    11 12.59   +06 07.3    3.765    4.237   112.3    12.4  17.1
2007 01 10    11 12.22   +05 21.4    3.556    4.166   122.3    11.5  17.0
2007 01 20    11 10.20   +04 40.1    3.363    4.095   132.7    10.2  16.8
2007 01 30    11 06.48   +04 03.5    3.190    4.025   143.5     8.4  16.6
2007 02 09    11 01.17   +03 31.3    3.042    3.955   154.5     6.2  16.4
2007 02 19    10 54.47   +03 03.2    2.921    3.886   165.7     3.6  16.2
2007 03 01    10 46.80   +02 38.2    2.830    3.818   174.8     1.4  16.1

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

                       (Last issue was M.P.E.C. 2006-X72)

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-Y01

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