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    • MPEC 2007-E06 : COMET P/2007 C1 (CHRISTENSEN)

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    M.P.E.C. 2007-E06                                Issued 2007 Mar. 2, 16:30 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                         COMET P/2007 C1 (CHRISTENSEN)

Observations:
    PK07C010  C2007 02 22.98427 10 06 42.98 +27 55 13.1          18.6 N EE006J70
    PK07C010  C2007 02 24.70102 10 05 31.51 +27 58 23.5                 EE006349
    PK07C010  C2007 02 24.70534 10 05 31.32 +27 58 24.0          18.6 T EE006349

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
J70 Obs. Astronomico Vega del Thader, El Palmar.  Observer J. P. Navarro P.
    0.20-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2007 C1 (Christensen)
T 2007 Mar. 5.774 TT                                    MPC
q   2.04872              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.151335       Peri.   95.896       -0.882407       -0.455704
a   3.48746        Node    57.048       +0.357304       -0.810876
e   0.41255        Incl.    8.016       +0.306090       -0.367170
P   6.51
From 92 observations 2007 Feb. 9-24.

Ephemeris:
    P/2007 C1 (Christensen)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 03 01    10 02.69   +28 02.6    1.099    2.049   157.4    10.7  18.3
2007 03 11    09 57.29   +27 51.6    1.135    2.049   148.6    14.6  18.4
2007 03 21    09 54.42   +27 12.4    1.190    2.052   139.5    18.4  18.5
2007 03 31    09 54.66   +26 09.0    1.262    2.058   130.7    21.6  18.6
2007 04 10    09 58.03   +24 46.4    1.347    2.067   122.6    24.1  18.8
2007 04 20    10 04.25   +23 09.0    1.443    2.078   115.0    26.0  19.0
2007 04 30    10 12.91   +21 20.2    1.548    2.092   108.0    27.2  19.2

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-E06

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