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    M.P.E.C. 2006-T73                                Issued 2006 Oct. 13, 14:55 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET P/2006 Q2 (LONEOS)

Observations:
    PK06Q020  C2006 10 03.33054 23 20 46.75 +13 19 32.7          18.7 T ET073703
    PK06Q020  C2006 10 03.33587 23 20 47.25 +13 19 29.7          18.7 T ET073703
    PK06Q020  C2006 10 03.34118 23 20 47.50 +13 19 29.9          19.6 T ET073703
    PK06Q020  C2006 10 03.40093 23 20 52.04 +13 18 59.2          19.2 T ET073703
    PK06Q020  C2006 10 03.40876 23 20 52.65 +13 18 54.7          18.7 T ET073703
    PK06Q020  C2006 10 03.41659 23 20 53.26 +13 18 51.5          19.0 T ET073703
    PK06Q020  C2006 10 03.42448 23 20 53.88 +13 18 47.0          19.0 T ET073703
    PK06Q020  C2006 10 12.16134 23 33 02.19 +12 10 07.4          19.0 T ET073673
    PK06Q020  C2006 10 12.16979 23 33 02.85 +12 10 03.7                 ET073673
    PK06Q020  C2006 10 12.17604 23 33 03.36 +12 10 00.5                 ET073673
    PK06Q020  C2006 10 12.18310 23 33 03.91 +12 09 57.1                 ET073673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer S. M. Larson.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2006 Q2 (LONEOS)
T 2006 Sept. 2.8987 TT                                  MPC
q   1.337915             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1652146      Peri.   96.8553      +0.9476745      +0.3077228
a   3.289302       Node   245.2513      -0.3171722      +0.8773444
e   0.593253       Incl.    5.3686      -0.0362619      +0.3682030
P   5.97
From 143 observations 2006 Aug. 29-Oct. 12.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-T73

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