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    M.P.E.C. 2006-S42                                Issued 2006 Sept. 22, 15:06 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.
    
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                      Supported in part by the TABASGO Foundation
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                          COMET P/2005 JD108 (CATALINA-NEAT)
    
    Observations:
        PK05JA8D  C2006 08 17.48343 00 48 41.92 +07 57 09.3          19.9 T ES042644
        PK05JA8D  C2006 08 17.49337 00 48 41.81 +07 57 08.6          20.2 T ES042644
        PK05JA8D  C2006 08 17.50335 00 48 41.75 +07 57 08.9          20.5 T ES042644
        PK05JA8D  C2006 09 17.28465 00 38 56.44 +06 53 19.3          19.5 T ES042691
        PK05JA8D  C2006 09 17.30205 00 38 55.98 +06 53 16.3          19.5 T ES042691
        PK05JA8D  C2006 09 17.31938 00 38 55.50 +06 53 13.1          19.5 T ES042691
        PK05JA8D  C2006 09 17.32619 00 38 55.24 +06 53 10.8          18.6 T ES042703
        PK05JA8D  C2006 09 17.33835 00 38 54.81 +06 53 08.4          18.5 T ES042703
        PK05JA8D  C2006 09 17.35046 00 38 54.56 +06 53 06.9          18.5 T ES042703
        PK05JA8D  C2006 09 17.36265 00 38 54.20 +06 53 03.9          18.8 T ES042703
        PK05JA8D  C2006 09 19.32216 00 38 00.72 +06 46 52.8          18.8 T ES042699
        PK05JA8D  C2006 09 19.34410 00 37 59.98 +06 46 46.4                 ES042699
        PK05JA8D  C2006 09 19.36606 00 37 59.57 +06 46 44.0                 ES042699
        PK05JA8D  C2006 09 19.38799 00 37 58.91 +06 46 39.7                 ES042699
    
    Observer details:
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers M. Brown, R. Bambery, K. Lawrence,
        M. Hicks, E. Helin, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer R. S. McMillan.  0.9-m f/3
        reflector + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
        + CCD.
    703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        P/2005 JD108 (Catalina-NEAT)
    Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5
    T 2005 Aug. 10.48278 TT                                 MPC
    q   4.0288444            (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.06029378     Peri.   90.32384     +0.70140710     +0.71164273
    a   6.4410163      Node   224.30795     -0.67456725     +0.64469765
    e   0.3745017      Incl.    3.27531     -0.23018930     +0.27915867
    P  16.35
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    050512 703  1.5-  1.5-    050728 644  0.6+  0.0     050901 691  0.0   0.0
    050512 703  1.7-  0.2+    050728 644  0.1+  0.1-    050901 691  0.0   0.2-
    050512 703  0.5-  0.8-    050728 644  0.2+  0.1+    050901 691  0.4-  0.3-
    050512 703  0.3-  0.6-    050731 E12  0.3-  0.0     050905 048  0.2-  1.5+
    050513 699  0.6-  0.2-    050731 E12  0.7-  0.8-    050905 048  0.3+  1.9+
    050513 699  0.2-  0.9+    050731 E12  0.3+  1.1-    050905 048 (0.1+  2.1+)
    050513 699  0.6+  1.0-    050731 E12  0.9-  0.7-    050905 048  1.1-  0.4-
    050513 699  0.3-  0.4-    050801 599  0.8+  0.5+    050905 048  1.1+  0.7-
    050621 644  0.3+  0.6+    050801 599  0.5+  0.4+    050917 644  0.5+  0.6+
    050621 644  0.2+  0.0     050801 599  0.8+  0.4+    050917 644  0.5+  0.5+
    050621 644  0.3+  0.2+    050801 599  0.7+  0.4+    050917 644  0.4+  0.0
    050628 644  0.2+  0.2+    050803 D74  0.8+  0.2+    051022 415  0.4+  0.1+
    050628 644  0.4+  0.0     050803 D74  0.9+  0.4+    051022 415  0.3+  0.3+
    050628 644  0.3+  0.1+    050803 D74  0.0   0.2+    051026 215  0.8+  0.4-
    050630 651  0.1-  0.5+    050806 644  0.4+  0.0     051030 G96  0.2-  0.5-
    050630 651  0.2-  0.6+    050806 644  0.0   0.1-    051030 G96  0.0   0.3-
    050630 H06  0.2+  0.2+    050806 644  1.1-  0.9+    051030 G96  0.1-  0.0
    050630 H06  0.8-  0.6-    050808 I77  1.7-  0.5-    051030 G96  0.4-  0.6-
    050630 H06  0.2-  0.9+    050808 I77 (5.2+  5.6-)   051101 704  0.1+  0.0
    050630 673  1.0+  0.6+    050808 I77 (2.3+  0.1+)   051101 704  1.1-  0.1+
    050630 673  0.6+  0.5+    050813 213  0.2-  0.1+    051101 704  1.3+  1.1+
    050630 673  0.6+  0.5+    050813 213  0.3-  0.3+    051101 704  0.7-  0.4-
    050630 673  0.4+  0.5+    050813 213  0.4-  0.2+    051201 703  1.5-  0.0
    050705 644  0.4-  0.4-    050825 644  0.5+  0.2+    051201 703  1.1-  0.7-
    050705 644  0.1-  0.0     050825 644  0.3+  0.2+    051201 703  0.7-  0.0
    050705 644  0.1+  0.2-    050825 644  0.3+  0.1-    051201 703  0.3-  0.1-
    050706 691  0.2-  0.2-    050826 048  1.4+  1.8-    060817 644  1.1+  0.7+
    050706 691  0.3+  0.1+    050826 048  0.0   0.5+    060817 644  0.9+  0.5+
    050706 691  0.6-  0.1+    050826 048  0.5+  0.1-    060817 644  1.4+  1.3+
    050709 673  0.4+  0.2+    050826 048 (2.2+  0.2-)   060917 691  0.0   0.1-
    050709 673  0.6+  0.5+    050829 215  0.4+  0.9-    060917 691  0.4+  0.2+
    050709 673  0.7+  0.7+    050829 170  0.4+  0.0     060917 691  0.4+  0.2+
    050709 691  0.5-  0.1-    050829 170  0.4+  0.3-    060917 703  0.6-  0.8-
    050709 691  0.2-  0.0     050829 170  0.6+  0.3-    060917 703  2.0-  0.9-
    050709 691  0.1-  0.1+    050830 704  0.6+  0.3-    060917 703  0.7-  0.2-
    050715 415  0.8+  0.0     050830 704  0.1-  0.5+    060917 703  1.0-  0.9-
    050715 415  0.7+  0.3+    050830 704  0.2-  0.3-    060919 699  1.5-  0.2+
    050718 644  0.4+  0.0     050830 048  0.6-  1.2-    060919 699 (3.2-  2.0-)
    050718 644  0.4+  0.0     050830 048 (3.5-  2.7-)   060919 699  0.0   0.2-
    050718 644  0.1-  0.3-    050830 048 (2.5-  2.3-)   060919 699  0.5-  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
        P/2005 JD108 (Catalina-NEAT)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    2006 09 22    00 36.77   +06 38.2    3.547    4.532   167.5     2.8  19.3
    2006 10 02    00 31.96   +06 03.5    3.555    4.555   177.3     0.6  19.3
    2006 10 12    00 27.22   +05 27.9    3.592    4.577   169.7     2.2  19.4
    2006 10 22    00 22.95   +04 54.1    3.658    4.600   158.7     4.5  19.4
    2006 11 01    00 19.49   +04 24.5    3.753    4.623   147.8     6.6  19.5
    2006 11 11    00 17.11   +04 01.4    3.872    4.647   137.1     8.3  19.6
    2006 11 21    00 15.96   +03 46.1    4.012    4.670   126.7     9.8  19.7
    2006 12 01    00 16.13   +03 39.2    4.169    4.694   116.6    10.8  19.8
    2006 12 11    00 17.59   +03 41.1    4.339    4.718   106.8    11.5  19.9
    2006 12 21    00 20.30   +03 51.3    4.516    4.743    97.3    11.9  20.0
    2006 12 31    00 24.15   +04 09.3    4.697    4.767    88.1    11.9  20.1
    2007 01 10    00 29.03   +04 34.3    4.878    4.792    79.2    11.6  20.2
    2007 01 20    00 34.81   +05 05.5    5.054    4.817    70.6    11.1  20.3
    2007 01 30    00 41.37   +05 41.9    5.224    4.842    62.1    10.4  20.4
    2007 02 09    00 48.58   +06 22.6    5.383    4.868    53.9     9.4  20.5
    2007 02 19    00 56.35   +07 06.7    5.530    4.893    45.9     8.3  20.6
    2007 03 01    01 04.57   +07 53.5    5.662    4.919    38.0     7.1  20.7
    2007 03 11    01 13.13   +08 41.9    5.778    4.945    30.2     5.8  20.8
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-S42
    

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