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MPEC 2007-U06 : COMET C/2007 Q3 (SIDING SPRING)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-U06                                Issued 2007 Oct. 16, 20:54 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://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                        COMET C/2007 Q3 (SIDING SPRING)

Observations:
    CK07Q030  C2007 10 13.65080 03 20 44.15 -52 14 22.0          17.3 T EU006423
    CK07Q030  C2007 10 13.67863 03 20 43.36 -52 14 31.0          17.2 T EU006423
    CK07Q030  C2007 10 13.70326 03 20 42.69 -52 14 39.3          18.3 N EU006415
    CK07Q030  C2007 10 13.71170 03 20 42.45 -52 14 42.3          18.4 N EU006415
    CK07Q030  C2007 10 14.67668 03 20 14.66 -52 19 46.2          17.2 T EU006E12

Observer details:
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)
T 2009 Oct. 7.2527 TT                                   MPC
q   2.249790             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.    2.1286      -0.8683266      -0.1774319
                   Node   149.4445      +0.4405436      -0.7049431
e   1.0            Incl.   65.6557      +0.2278821      +0.6867118
From 67 observations 2007 Aug. 25-Oct. 14.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-U06

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