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MPEC 2007-B50 : COMET P/2006 W1 (GIBBS)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-B50                                Issued 2007 Jan. 26, 16:52 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 W1 (GIBBS)

Observations:
    PK06W010  C2007 01 13.71187 08 42 11.17 +04 58 34.2                 EB050349
    PK06W010  C2007 01 13.71619 08 42 10.96 +04 58 35.8                 EB050349
    PK06W010  C2007 01 13.72050 08 42 10.76 +04 58 37.3          19.2 T EB050349
    PK06W010  C2007 01 14.75499 08 41 22.50 +05 04 55.1                 EB050349
    PK06W010  C2007 01 14.75929 08 41 22.28 +05 04 56.7                 EB050349
    PK06W010  C2007 01 14.76361 08 41 22.07 +05 04 58.2          19.2 T EB050349
    PK06W010  C2007 01 16.08044 08 40 20.31 +05 13 08.6          19.0 T EB050561
    PK06W010  C2007 01 16.08472 08 40 20.05 +05 13 11.3          18.8 T EB050561
    PK06W010  C2007 01 16.08854 08 40 19.92 +05 13 10.5          18.6 T EB050561
    PK06W010  C2007 01 16.34849 08 40 07.61 +05 14 50.9          19.0 T EB050699
    PK06W010  C2007 01 16.36225 08 40 06.92 +05 14 55.6                 EB050699
    PK06W010  C2007 01 16.37602 08 40 06.26 +05 15 00.2                 EB050699
    PK06W010  C2007 01 16.38979 08 40 05.58 +05 15 07.6                 EB050699
    PK06W010  C2007 01 16.67345 08 39 52.22 +05 16 56.7                 EB050322
    PK06W010  C2007 01 16.68822 08 39 51.56 +05 17 03.9                 EB050322
    PK06W010  C2007 01 16.70424 08 39 50.72 +05 17 10.3                 EB050322
    PK06W010  C2007 01 25.25521 08 33 02.70 +06 14 28.5          19.1 T EB050703
    PK06W010  C2007 01 25.26493 08 33 02.19 +06 14 32.7          19.0 T EB050703
    PK06W010  C2007 01 25.27466 08 33 01.54 +06 14 35.3          19.1 T EB050703
    PK06W010  C2007 01 25.28443 08 33 01.33 +06 14 40.2          19.1 T EB050703

Observer details:
322 Perth Observatory, Bickley-MCT.  Observer T. Greig.  0.35-m f/11
    Cassegrain + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
561 Piszkesteto Stn. (Konkoly).  Observer J. Kelemen.  0.6-m Schmidt + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  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 W1 (Gibbs)
T 2006 Mar. 29.5281 TT                                  MPC
q   1.700193             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0708889      Peri.  230.5623      +0.8907544      -0.4315383
a   5.782078       Node   154.0434      +0.4473378      +0.8879007
e   0.705955       Incl.   19.0124      -0.0802836      +0.1593960
P  13.9
From 103 observations 2006 Nov. 16-2007 Jan. 25.

Ephemeris:
    P/2006 W1 (Gibbs)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 01 20    08 37.23   +05 38.6    2.402    3.357   163.6     4.8  19.2
2007 01 30    08 29.33   +06 48.3    2.457    3.427   168.0     3.4  19.3
2007 02 09    08 22.05   +08 01.4    2.544    3.496   162.3     4.9  19.5
2007 02 19    08 15.99   +09 13.4    2.660    3.565   152.4     7.4  19.6
2007 03 01    08 11.59   +10 20.5    2.803    3.634   141.9     9.7  19.8
2007 03 11    08 09.05   +11 20.4    2.969    3.702   131.4    11.6  20.0
2007 03 21    08 08.41   +12 11.6    3.154    3.769   121.4    13.0  20.3
2007 03 31    08 09.57   +12 53.5    3.352    3.837   111.8    14.0  20.5

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-B50

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