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MPEC 2007-C30 : COMET C/2006 P1 (McNAUGHT)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-C30                                Issued 2007 Feb.  9, 15:50 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 P1 (McNAUGHT)

Observations:
    CK06P010  C2007 01 28.42124 21 01 34.24 -49 49 00.4           7.6 N EC030415
    CK06P010  C2007 01 28.42253 21 01 34.46 -49 49 03.4           9.0 N EC030415
    CK06P010  C2007 01 28.42348 21 01 34.55 -49 49 07.9           7.7 N EC030415
    CK06P010  C2007 01 28.42430 21 01 34.86 -49 49 10.1           8.7 N EC030415
    CK06P010  C2007 02 03.34727 21 17 32.69 -53 51 55.0           9.6 N EC030467
    CK06P010  C2007 02 03.34775 21 17 32.72 -53 51 56.0           9.6 N EC030467
    CK06P010  C2007 02 03.34909 21 17 32.94 -53 51 58.5           9.6 N EC030467
    CK06P010  C2007 02 03.34955 21 17 33.04 -53 52 00.2           9.6 N EC030467
    CK06P010  C2007 02 03.46177 21 17 50.72 -53 55 39.5                 EC030E03
    CK06P010  C2007 02 03.46362 21 17 50.87 -53 55 42.1                 EC030E03
    CK06P010  C2007 02 03.46443 21 17 51.10 -53 55 44.3           4.0 T EC030E03
    CK06P010  C2007 02 03.46551 21 17 51.21 -53 55 46.2                 EC030E03
    CK06P010  C2007 02 08.44529 21 30 30.10 -56 15 56.2           5.0 T EC030E03
    CK06P010  C2007 02 08.44696 21 30 30.43 -56 15 59.3                 EC030E03
    CK06P010  C2007 02 08.44825 21 30 30.57 -56 16 01.5                 EC030E03
    CK06P010  C2007 02 08.44962 21 30 30.75 -56 16 03.0                 EC030E03

Observer details:
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
467 Auckland Observatory.  Observer G. W. Christie.  0.4-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
E03 RAS Observatory, Victoria.  Observer M. Suzuki.  0.32-m f/9.0 reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 P1 (McNaught)
Epoch 2007 Jan. 20.0 TT = JDT 2454120.5
T 2007 Jan. 12.79916 TT                                 MPC
q   0.1707334            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0001059      Peri.  155.97561     +0.12689391     -0.17389265
 +/-0.0000043      Node   267.41478     +0.67529028     +0.73627645
e   1.0000181      Incl.   77.83634     +0.72655418     -0.65395592
From 209 observations 2006 Aug. 7-2007 Feb. 8, mean residual 0".46.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000032
and +0.000492 (+/- 0.000004) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-C30

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