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MPEC 2006-N34 : COMET C/2006 K4 (NEAT)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-N34                                Issued 2006 July 14, 20:50 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.

                  Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
                  Supported in part by the TABASGO Foundation
             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 K4 (NEAT)

Observations:
    CK06K040  C2006 07 06.87295 20 28 20.77 +13 12 18.0          19.0 N EN034A79
    CK06K040  C2006 07 06.88032 20 28 20.35 +13 12 16.3          18.6 N EN034A79
    CK06K040  C2006 07 06.88797 20 28 19.93 +13 12 15.0          19.0 N EN034A79
    CK06K040  C2006 07 08.01751 20 27 25.22 +13 06 28.7          18.3 T EN034958
    CK06K040  C2006 07 08.06052 20 27 23.09 +13 06 14.9          18.7 T EN034958
    CK06K040  C2006 07 10.32292 20 25 31.38 +12 54 05.6          18.0 T EN034673
    CK06K040  C2006 07 10.32789 20 25 31.11 +12 54 04.2                 EN034673
    CK06K040  C2006 07 10.33773 20 25 30.63 +12 54 00.7                 EN034673
    CK06K040  C2006 07 10.34896 20 25 30.06 +12 53 57.2                 EN034673
    CK06K040  C2006 07 10.94847 20 25 00.06 +12 50 35.6          19.0 N EN034213
    CK06K040  C2006 07 10.95289 20 24 59.84 +12 50 34.0          19.2 N EN034213
    CK06K040  C2006 07 10.95378 20 24 59.79 +12 50 33.7          19.2 N EN034213

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
958 Observatoire de Dax.  Observer P. Dupouy.  Measurer C. Rinner.  0.3-m f/4
    reflector + CCD.
A79 Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory, Plana.  Observers F. Fratev, E. Mihaylova.
    Measurer F. Fratev.  0.25-m f/4.7 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 K4 (NEAT)
T 2007 Nov. 28.8363 TT                                  MPC
q   3.188419             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  233.5614      +0.0038806      -0.5533880
                   Node   116.5836      -0.3095377      +0.7913484
e   1.0            Incl.  111.3495      -0.9508793      -0.2598643
From 99 observations 2006 May 18-July 10.

Ephemeris:
    C/2006 K4 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2006 07 14    20 22.41   +12 32.6    4.703    5.554   143.6     6.2  16.8
2006 07 24    20 13.54   +11 23.4    4.594    5.487   148.7     5.5  16.7
2006 08 03    20 04.37   +09 59.0    4.517    5.420   150.0     5.4  16.6
2006 08 13    19 55.34   +08 21.4    4.474    5.353   147.1     5.9  16.5
2006 08 23    19 46.85   +06 33.5    4.464    5.286   140.7     7.0  16.5
2006 09 02    19 39.27   +04 38.9    4.486    5.219   132.3     8.2  16.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-N34

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