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    M.P.E.C. 2006-T74                                Issued 2006 Oct. 13, 14:58 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                         COMET P/2006 R2 (CHRISTENSEN)

Observations:
    PK06R020  C2006 10 07.89912 23 05 51.04 -18 57 59.5          17.4 N ET074585
    PK06R020  C2006 10 07.98170 23 05 49.35 -18 58 14.5          18.4 N ET074204
    PK06R020  C2006 10 10.45928 23 05 06.18 -19 05 58.3          18.8 T ET074423
    PK06R020  C2006 10 10.48712 23 05 05.71 -19 06 00.4          17.7 T ET074423
    PK06R020  C2006 10 10.55164 23 05 04.57 -19 06 14.1          20.2 N ET074415
    PK06R020  C2006 10 10.56007 23 05 04.34 -19 06 15.5          19.4 N ET074415
    PK06R020  C2006 10 11.19178 23 04 54.49 -19 08 07.4          17.5 T ET074673
    PK06R020  C2006 10 11.21065 23 04 54.14 -19 08 10.4                 ET074673
    PK06R020  C2006 10 11.22292 23 04 53.93 -19 08 12.4                 ET074673
    PK06R020  C2006 10 11.23773 23 04 53.65 -19 08 15.1                 ET074673
    PK06R020  C2006 10 11.40918 23 04 51.13 -19 08 36.2          18.1 T ET074423
    PK06R020  C2006 10 11.44341 23 04 50.51 -19 08 43.0          18.9 T ET074423
    PK06R020  C2006 10 12.45532 23 04 35.50 -19 11 20.1          18.9 T ET074423
    PK06R020  C2006 10 12.48166 23 04 35.19 -19 11 24.3          18.5 T ET074423

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observers L. Buzzi, F. Luppi.  0.60-m f/4.64
    reflector + CCD.
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m f/4 hyperbolic astrograph
    + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observer A. Baransky.  0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2006 R2 (Christensen)
T 2006 June 14.9082 TT                                  MPC
q   3.039161             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1158214      Peri.  188.8041      +0.8436733      +0.5044285
a   4.168152       Node   139.1589      -0.4738661      +0.8605748
e   0.270861       Incl.   16.3195      -0.2523220      +0.0704483
P   8.51
From 106 observations 2006 Aug. 30-Oct. 12.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-T74

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