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MPEC 2007-A47 : COMET P/2007 A2 = 2006 WY182 (CHRISTENSEN)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-A47                                Issued 2007 Jan. 13, 00:41 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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                  COMET P/2007 A2 = 2006 WY182 (CHRISTENSEN)

Observations:
    PK06WI2Y  C2006 11 24.44384 09 10 34.89 +20 19 07.1          20.1 N EA047G96
    PK06WI2Y  C2006 11 24.45032 09 10 35.04 +20 19 03.2          20.6 N EA047G96
    PK06WI2Y  C2006 11 24.45689 09 10 35.18 +20 18 59.7          20.7 N EA047G96
    PK06WI2Y  C2006 11 24.46332 09 10 35.29 +20 18 56.5          20.4 N EA047G96
    PK06WI2Y  C2006 11 25.46206 09 10 58.22 +20 09 59.2          20.5 N EA047G96
    PK06WI2Y  C2006 11 25.46829 09 10 58.29 +20 09 56.4          20.4 N EA047G96
    PK06WI2Y  C2006 11 25.47452 09 10 58.47 +20 09 52.5          20.2 N EA047G96
    PK06WI2Y  C2006 11 25.48081 09 10 58.58 +20 09 49.2          19.9 N EA047G96
    PK07A020  C2007 01 12.94971 08 59 10.26 +13 08 01.7          19.6 N EA047A13
    PK07A020  C2007 01 12.96826 08 59 08.68 +13 07 53.6          19.5 N EA047A13
    PK07A020  C2007 01 12.98644 08 59 07.72 +13 07 44.0          19.9 N EA047A13

Observer details:
A13 Observatoire Naef, Marly.  Observer P. Kocher.  0.5-m f/3.3 Hypergraph
    + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. C. Beshore.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2007 A2 = 2006 WY182 (Christensen)
T 2007 Jan. 17.5046 TT                                  MPC
q   2.795797             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0619049      Peri.  186.8829      -0.6038476      -0.6996057
a   6.328771       Node   301.0412      +0.7509331      -0.3385681
e   0.558240       Incl.   26.4771      +0.2673342      -0.6292245
P  15.9
From 28 observations 2006 Nov. 24-2007 Jan. 12.

Ephemeris:
    P/2007 A2 = 2006 WY182 (Christensen)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 01 10    09 01.45   +13 32.4    1.873    2.796   155.2     8.5  19.3
2007 01 20    08 53.17   +12 11.3    1.830    2.796   166.2     4.8  19.3
2007 01 30    08 43.99   +10 54.6    1.817    2.797   173.0     2.5  19.3
2007 02 09    08 34.99   +09 43.5    1.834    2.801   165.9     4.9  19.3
2007 02 19    08 27.13   +08 39.2    1.879    2.807   155.1     8.5  19.4
2007 03 01    08 21.22   +07 41.5    1.951    2.815   144.2    11.9  19.4
2007 03 11    08 17.71   +06 49.6    2.045    2.825   133.8    14.7  19.6
2007 03 21    08 16.74   +06 02.1    2.156    2.837   124.1    16.9  19.7
2007 03 31    08 18.25   +05 16.9    2.281    2.850   115.0    18.5  19.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-A47

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