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    M.P.E.C. 2007-D04                                Issued 2007 Feb. 16, 16:00 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 C/2006 YC (CATALINA-CHRISTENSEN)

Observations:
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 08.41516 10 18 45.40 +03 14 53.1          18.4 T ED004673
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 08.41875 10 18 45.31 +03 14 54.7                 ED004673
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 08.43715 10 18 44.68 +03 15 06.5                 ED004673
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 10.29099 10 17 49.88 +03 36 08.1          18.6 T ED004703
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 10.29742 10 17 49.63 +03 36 11.7          18.7 T ED004703
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 10.30383 10 17 49.41 +03 36 16.1          18.6 T ED004703
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 10.31024 10 17 49.27 +03 36 20.3          18.8 T ED004703
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 15.87389 10 15 00.22 +04 40 33.7          18.3 T ED004215
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 15.87460 10 15 00.21 +04 40 34.7          18.4 T ED004215
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 16.28113 10 14 47.67 +04 45 19.6          18.8 T ED004G96
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 16.28543 10 14 47.55 +04 45 23.2                 ED004G96
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 16.28981 10 14 47.40 +04 45 26.2                 ED004G96
    CK06Y00C  C2007 02 16.29419 10 14 47.27 +04 45 29.4                 ED004G96

Observer details:
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  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.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 YC (Catalina-Christensen)
T 2006 Sept. 11.2942 TT                                 MPC
q   4.946741             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  335.4532      -0.7565868      -0.5121911
                   Node   154.2886      +0.6368934      -0.4363945
e   1.0            Incl.   69.5488      -0.1481328      +0.7397433
From 74 observations 2006 Dec. 16-2007 Feb. 16.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-D04

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