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MPEC 2007-F86 : COMET P/2007 C1 (CHRISTENSEN)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-F86                                Issued 2007 Mar. 30, 16:27 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/2007 C1 (CHRISTENSEN)

Observations:
    PK07C010  C2007 03 17.88507 09 54 59.98 +27 27 32.8          18.6 N EF086170
    PK07C010  C2007 03 17.88688 09 54 59.93 +27 27 33.1          19.0 N EF086170
    PK07C010  C2007 03 17.88870 09 54 59.88 +27 27 32.3          19.0 N EF086170
    PK07C010  C2007 03 22.52669 09 54 14.93 +27 04 22.6          18.8 T EF086300
    PK07C010  C2007 03 22.53012 09 54 14.93 +27 04 21.7          18.8 T EF086300
    PK07C010  C2007 03 22.53355 09 54 14.95 +27 04 20.5          18.7 T EF086300
    PK07C010  C2007 03 22.53698 09 54 14.89 +27 04 19.4          18.9 T EF086300

Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Begues.  Observer J. Manteca.  0.36-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
300 Bisei Spaceguard Center--BATTeRS.  Observers A. Asami, S. Urakawa.
    1.0-m f/3.0 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2007 C1 (Christensen)
T 2007 Mar. 5.2749 TT                                   MPC
q   2.050747             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1511232      Peri.   95.6211      -0.8807193      -0.4589113
a   3.490723       Node    57.1139      +0.3602080      -0.8096325
e   0.412515       Incl.    8.0221      +0.3075445      -0.3659174
P   6.52
From 127 observations 2007 Feb. 9-Mar. 22.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-F86

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