MPEC 2006-F15 : COMET C/2006 CK10 (CATALINA)
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M.P.E.C. 2006-F15 Issued 2006 Mar. 20, 22:21 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 CK10 (CATALINA) Observations: CK06C10K C2006 03 04.59475 13 01 34.80 +57 42 41.1 EF015D88 CK06C10K C2006 03 04.59654 13 01 34.23 +57 42 46.6 EF015D88 CK06C10K C2006 03 04.59832 13 01 33.81 +57 42 51.2 16.9 T EF015D88 CK06C10K C2006 03 05.53225 12 56 07.59 +58 28 16.9 EF015D88 CK06C10K C2006 03 05.53403 12 56 06.99 +58 28 22.0 EF015D88 CK06C10K C2006 03 05.53582 12 56 06.48 +58 28 27.7 17.3 T EF015D88 CK06C10K C2006 03 05.67951 12 55 14.16 +58 35 24.5 EF015349 CK06C10K C2006 03 05.68072 12 55 13.77 +58 35 28.4 17.5 T EF015349 CK06C10K C2006 03 12.89793 12 02 05.45 +63 39 37.9 17.7 N EF015A13 CK06C10K C2006 03 12.90102 12 02 03.86 +63 39 44.4 17.4 N EF015A13 CK06C10K C2006 03 12.90663 12 02 00.82 +63 39 56.7 17.6 N EF015A13 CK06C10K C2006 03 12.90839 12 02 00.04 +63 40 01.1 17.4 N EF015A13 CK06C10K C2006 03 12.90963 12 01 59.45 +63 40 02.2 17.3 N EF015A13 CK06C10K C2006 03 14.91182 11 43 49.08 +64 44 16.2 17.7 N EF015J97 CK06C10K C2006 03 15.85916 11 34 45.69 +65 10 47.3 17.2 N EF015J76 CK06C10K C2006 03 15.86550 11 34 42.02 +65 10 58.1 17.2 N EF015J76 CK06C10K C2006 03 15.86761 11 34 40.71 +65 11 01.8 17.0 N EF015J76 CK06C10K C2006 03 19.43551 10 58 26.50 +66 26 21.5 17.8 N EF015H06 CK06C10K C2006 03 19.45462 10 58 14.19 +66 26 38.7 17.7 N EF015H06 Observer details: 349 Ageo. Observer K. Kadota. 0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD. A13 Observatoire Naef, Marly. Observer P. Kocher. 0.5-m f/3.3 Hypergraph + CCD. D88 Hiratsuka. Observer Y. Sugiyama. 0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD. H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory. Observer M. Nicholson. 0.25-m f/3.8 refractor + CCD. J76 La Murta. Observers S. Pastor, J. A. Reyes. 0.40-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD. J97 Alginet. Observer T. Climent. 0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD. Orbital elements: C/2006 CK10 (Catalina) T 2006 July 3.2928 TT MPC q 1.752053 (2000.0) P Q z +0.004736 Peri. 143.4647 -0.0790085 +0.8479815 Node 243.8109 +0.7188677 +0.4127072 e 0.991703 Incl. 144.2632 +0.6906424 -0.3325659 From 99 observations 2006 Feb. 4-Mar. 19. Ephemeris: C/2006 CK10 (Catalina) Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2 2006 03 16 11 33.39 +65 14.5 1.601 2.231 116.7 23.5 18.4 2006 03 26 09 49.41 +66 59.0 1.656 2.158 106.1 26.4 18.5 2006 04 05 08 24.24 +64 19.6 1.764 2.089 94.0 28.5 18.6 2006 04 15 07 33.26 +59 52.5 1.905 2.024 81.9 29.4 18.7 2006 04 25 07 05.18 +55 20.2 2.061 1.964 70.2 28.8 18.8 2006 05 05 06 49.79 +51 16.8 2.219 1.910 59.2 27.0 18.8 2006 05 15 06 41.42 +47 47.5 2.365 1.863 48.9 24.1 18.8 2006 05 25 06 37.09 +44 48.3 2.494 1.824 39.1 20.5 18.8 2006 06 04 06 35.16 +42 13.3 2.597 1.792 30.0 16.4 18.7 Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2006 MPC M.P.E.C. 2006-F15


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