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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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