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    M.P.E.C. 2006-S90                                Issued 2006 Sept. 29, 18:00 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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                           COMET C/2006 O2 (GARRADD)

Observations:
    CK06O020  C2006 09 21.79492 16 48 05.50 -15 06 55.3          18.2 T ES090215
    CK06O020  C2006 09 26.40798 16 59 24.77 -13 20 57.6          16.8 T ES090E12
    CK06O020  C2006 09 27.79402 17 02 49.38 -12 49 52.5          17.9 N ES090A77
    CK06O020  C2006 09 27.79773 17 02 50.21 -12 49 43.4          17.9 N ES090A77
    CK06O020  C2006 09 27.80635 17 02 51.33 -12 49 35.9          17.6 N ES090A77
    CK06O020  C2006 09 27.80780 17 02 51.70 -12 49 32.0          17.4 N ES090A77

Observer details:
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
A77 Observatoire Chante-Perdrix, Dauban.  Observer F. Kugel.  0.20-m f/5.5
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 O2 (Garradd)
T 2006 Oct. 5.4132 TT                                   MPC
q   1.554697             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.002556       Peri.   19.9890      +0.4602954      +0.5894090
                   Node   283.3608      -0.8786749      +0.1957284
e   0.996026       Incl.   43.0267      -0.1267224      +0.7837649
From 62 observations 2006 July 30-Sept. 27.

Ephemeris:
    C/2006 O2 (Garradd)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2006 09 22    16 48.60   -15 02.1    1.510    1.566    74.0    38.1  16.8
2006 10 02    17 13.20   -11 16.6    1.578    1.555    70.1    37.3  16.9
2006 10 12    17 37.97   -07 43.3    1.651    1.557    66.8    36.1  17.0
2006 10 22    18 02.90   -04 20.2    1.727    1.571    64.0    34.7  17.1
2006 11 01    18 27.98   -01 05.0    1.807    1.597    61.7    33.2  17.3
2006 11 11    18 53.19   +02 04.0    1.890    1.634    59.8    31.6  17.5
2006 11 21    19 18.51   +05 08.0    1.977    1.680    58.1    30.0  17.7
2006 12 01    19 43.92   +08 08.2    2.069    1.736    56.7    28.4  18.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-S90

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