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    M.P.E.C. 2006-S92                                Issued 2006 Sept. 29, 18:28 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 P1 (McNAUGHT)

Observations:
    CK06P010  C2006 09 22.37503 16 21 21.164-15 12 58.34         14.6 T ES092E12
    CK06P010  C2006 09 22.43183 16 21 21.773-15 12 49.98         14.6 T ES092E12
    CK06P010  C2006 09 23.38114 16 21 33.479-15 10 33.96         14.7 T ES092E12
    CK06P010  C2006 09 25.38166 16 22 01.995-15 05 53.98         14.6 T ES092E12
    CK06P010  C2006 09 25.83728 16 22 09.25 -15 04 55.0          15.8 N ES092J76
    CK06P010  C2006 09 25.84297 16 22 09.32 -15 04 53.9          15.9 N ES092J76
    CK06P010  C2006 09 25.84723 16 22 09.41 -15 04 53.5          15.9 N ES092J76
    CK06P010  C2006 09 26.38175 16 22 18.228-15 03 37.44         14.1 T ES092E12
    CK06P010  C2006 09 27.38680 16 22 35.865-15 01 22.21         14.9 T ES092E12

Observer details:
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observers D. M. Burton, R. H. McNaught.  Measurer
    R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.
J76 La Murta.  Observers S. Pastor, J. A. Reyes.  0.40-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 P1 (McNaught)
T 2007 Jan. 12.8244 TT                                  MPC
q   0.170779             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  155.9742      +0.1267905      -0.1736099
                   Node   267.4139      +0.6752652      +0.7363074
e   1.0            Incl.   77.8539      +0.7265956      -0.6539961
From 140 observations 2006 Aug. 7-Sept. 27.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-S92

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