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    • MPEC 2006-G47 : COMET C/2006 E1 (McNAUGHT)

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    M.P.E.C. 2006-G47                                Issued 2006 Apr. 13, 20:19 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 E1 (McNAUGHT)

Observations:
    CK06E010  C2006 04 07.72400 19 44 58.32 -49 41 01.0          17.6 T EG047423
    CK06E010  C2006 04 07.75277 19 44 58.93 -49 41 16.4          17.8 T EG047423
    CK06E010  C2006 04 08.73639 19 45 19.82 -49 50 06.9          18.5 T EG047423
    CK06E010  C2006 04 08.76596 19 45 20.34 -49 50 22.7          18.4 T EG047423
    CK06E010  C2006 04 09.73038 19 45 40.17 -49 59 07.6          18.4 T EG047E12
    CK06E010  C2006 04 09.73310 19 45 40.03 -49 59 08.4          17.6 T EG047E12
    CK06E010  C2006 04 09.74486 19 45 40.42 -49 59 15.2          18.2 T EG047E12
    CK06E010  C2006 04 09.74759 19 45 40.32 -49 59 14.3          17.5 T EG047E12
    CK06E010  C2006 04 09.75935 19 45 40.68 -49 59 23.5          18.4 T EG047E12
    CK06E010  C2006 04 09.76206 19 45 40.75 -49 59 24.2          17.8 T EG047E12
    CK06E010  C2006 04 09.77382 19 45 41.00 -49 59 30.7          18.3 T EG047E12
    CK06E010  C2006 04 09.77654 19 45 40.96 -49 59 32.4          17.9 T EG047E12

Observer details:
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 E1 (McNaught)
T 2007 Jan. 2.0018 TT                                   MPC
q   6.053148             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  232.3171      +0.1473784      +0.0032334
                   Node    95.0216      -0.2385637      +0.9705871
e   1.0            Incl.   83.1616      -0.9598786      -0.2407286
From 27 observations 2006 Mar. 11-Apr. 9.

Ephemeris:
    C/2006 E1 (McNaught)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2006 04 05    19 43.95   -49 16.9    6.323    6.343    86.6     9.1  18.0
2006 04 15    19 47.25   -50 48.1    6.155    6.322    95.0     9.1  18.0
2006 04 25    19 49.19   -52 26.6    5.994    6.303   103.3     8.9  17.9
2006 05 05    19 49.50   -54 11.5    5.845    6.284   111.4     8.6  17.8
2006 05 15    19 47.92   -56 01.0    5.711    6.266   119.1     8.1  17.8
2006 05 25    19 44.21   -57 52.5    5.596    6.248   126.2     7.5  17.7
2006 06 04    19 38.12   -59 42.6    5.505    6.231   132.2     6.9  17.6

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-G47

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