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    • MPEC 2006-W06 : COMET C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)

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    M.P.E.C. 2006-W06                                Issued 2006 Nov. 16, 19:02 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.

             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 S3 (LONEOS)

Observations:
    CK06S030  C2006 11 08.94714 23 53 09.25 +08 17 51.0          19.9 N EW006213
    CK06S030  C2006 11 08.95220 23 53 09.16 +08 17 50.5          20.1 N EW006213
    CK06S030  C2006 11 10.23657 23 52 49.82 +08 15 22.8          19.5 T EW006673
    CK06S030  C2006 11 10.24549 23 52 49.71 +08 15 21.7                 EW006673
    CK06S030  C2006 11 10.25324 23 52 49.58 +08 15 20.8                 EW006673
    CK06S030  C2006 11 10.26238 23 52 49.46 +08 15 19.8                 EW006673

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)
T 2012 Apr. 17.4783 TT                                  MPC
q   5.154623             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  139.9073      -0.2120197      -0.9657247
                   Node    38.3581      -0.9470303      +0.2408534
e   1.0            Incl.  166.0367      -0.2412077      -0.0967749
From 87 observations 2006 Aug. 29-Nov. 10.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-W06

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