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    M.P.E.C. 2007-A11                                Issued 2007 Jan. 5, 03:06 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 W3 (CHRISTENSEN)

Observations:
    CK06W030  C2006 12 27.54755 06 28 55.69 +48 42 11.1                 EA011D88
    CK06W030  C2006 12 27.55352 06 28 55.44 +48 42 14.0                 EA011D88
    CK06W030  C2006 12 27.55949 06 28 55.05 +48 42 14.7          17.9 T EA011D88
    CK06W030  C2006 12 27.78395 06 28 42.32 +48 42 44.8          18.1 T EA011201
    CK06W030  C2006 12 27.79101 06 28 41.91 +48 42 46.8          18.6 T EA011201
    CK06W030  C2006 12 27.79707 06 28 41.60 +48 42 47.6          18.1 T EA011201
    CK06W030  C2006 12 31.23056 06 25 24.07 +48 50 34.2          19.0 T EA011673
    CK06W030  C2006 12 31.23542 06 25 23.78 +48 50 34.6                 EA011673
    CK06W030  C2006 12 31.24028 06 25 23.50 +48 50 35.1                 EA011673
    CK06W030  C2006 12 31.24514 06 25 23.22 +48 50 35.6                 EA011673
    CK06W030  C2006 12 31.71774 06 24 55.94 +48 51 34.6                 EA011349
    CK06W030  C2006 12 31.72360 06 24 55.62 +48 51 35.6                 EA011349
    CK06W030  C2006 12 31.72948 06 24 55.28 +48 51 36.2          17.8 T EA011349

Observer details:
201 Jonathan B. Postel Observatory.  Observer V. Pozzoli.  0.40-m f/9
    Cassegrain + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
D88 Hiratsuka.  Observer Y. Sugiyama.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 W3 (Christensen)
T 2009 July 6.6135 TT                                   MPC
q   3.125994             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  133.4910      +0.6756467      -0.0902764
                   Node   113.5477      -0.6489825      -0.5436725
e   1.0            Incl.  127.0471      +0.3497474      -0.8344282
From 114 observations 2006 Oct. 29-Dec. 31.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-A11

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