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    • MPEC 2006-P16 : COMET C/2006 M1 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2006-P16                                Issued 2006 Aug. 4, 16:08 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 M1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK06M010  C2006 07 16.00800 19 47 00.15 +47 52 00.3                 EP016A32
    CK06M010  C2006 07 18.04300 19 45 42.13 +48 02 04.6          17.8 N EP016A32
    CK06M010  C2006 07 26.69282 19 40 04.43 +48 32 53.1                 EP016349
    CK06M010  C2006 07 26.69721 19 40 04.28 +48 32 53.8                 EP016349
    CK06M010  C2006 07 26.70186 19 40 04.10 +48 32 53.9          17.5 T EP016349
    CK06M010  C2006 07 29.99120 19 37 56.93 +48 39 29.9          17.6 N EP016232
    CK06M010  C2006 07 30.00186 19 37 56.51 +48 39 31.0          17.8 N EP016232
    CK06M010  C2006 07 30.01374 19 37 56.03 +48 39 32.0          17.5 N EP016232
    CK06M010  C2006 07 30.21013 19 37 48.64 +48 39 51.4                 EP016H47
    CK06M010  C2006 07 30.21807 19 37 48.33 +48 39 52.3                 EP016H47
    CK06M010  C2006 07 30.93861 19 37 20.81 +48 40 52.1                 EP016473
    CK06M010  C2006 07 31.87484 19 36 45.44 +48 42 00.6          17.2 N EP016213
    CK06M010  C2006 07 31.87855 19 36 45.33 +48 42 00.6          17.3 N EP016213
    CK06M010  C2006 08 01.91111 19 36 06.52 +48 42 58.1          17.5 N EP016A11
    CK06M010  C2006 08 01.91410 19 36 06.43 +48 42 59.8          17.6 N EP016A11
    CK06M010  C2006 08 01.92156 19 36 06.14 +48 43 00.1          17.5 N EP016A11
    CK06M010  C2006 08 01.92604 19 36 05.87 +48 42 59.7          17.7 N EP016A11
    CK06M010  C2006 08 01.93501 19 36 05.60 +48 43 00.7          17.6 N EP016A11
    CK06M010  C2006 08 02.11792 19 35 59.17 +48 43 09.3          17.1 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 02.13314 19 35 58.27 +48 43 09.9          17.5 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 02.14828 19 35 57.68 +48 43 10.8          17.8 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 02.16340 19 35 57.06 +48 43 11.6          18.0 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 03.08866 19 35 22.92 +48 43 46.7          17.9 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 03.10381 19 35 22.33 +48 43 46.3          17.1 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 03.11900 19 35 21.77 +48 43 46.7          17.6 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 03.13418 19 35 21.18 +48 43 47.7          18.3 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 04.09192 19 34 46.28 +48 44 09.9          17.8 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 04.10690 19 34 45.66 +48 44 10.2          17.7 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 04.12188 19 34 45.08 +48 44 10.2          18.1 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 04.13686 19 34 44.51 +48 44 10.4          17.9 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 04.15186 19 34 43.95 +48 44 10.9          17.7 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 04.16690 19 34 43.38 +48 44 11.3          18.0 N EP016850
    CK06M010  C2006 08 04.18195 19 34 42.84 +48 44 11.4          17.7 N EP016850

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
232 Masquefa Observatory.  Observer E. Reina.  0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
473 Remanzacco.  Observers G. Sostero, L. Donato, E. Guido.  0.45-m f/4.4
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observers D. T. Durig,
    J. C. Cockhren.  0.30-m f/9.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A11 Wormhout.  Observer S. Takbou.  0.20-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A32 Panker.  Observer H. Denzau.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
H47 Vicksburg.  Observer C. Bell.  0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 M1 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2007 Mar. 1.0 TT = JDT 2454160.5
T 2007 Feb. 13.91841 TT                                 MPC
q   3.5562884            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0064917      Peri.  122.89213     +0.71589246     +0.27648983
 +/-0.0000037      Node   231.61527     -0.15786352     +0.95856983
e   0.9769135      Incl.   54.87699     +0.68013020     -0.06853656
From 190 observations 2005 May 11-2006 Aug. 4, mean residual 0".50.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.006872
and +0.006441 (+/- 0.000004) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-P16

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