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    • MPEC 2007-K71 : COMET C/2006 OF2 (BROUGHTON)

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    M.P.E.C. 2007-K71                                Issued 2007 May 31, 14:38 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://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                         COMET C/2006 OF2 (BROUGHTON)

Observations:
    CK06O02F  C2007 05 21.81281 22 05 53.76 -11 40 49.1          16.0 N EK071428
    CK06O02F  C2007 05 21.81383 22 05 53.76 -11 40 48.8          16.1 N EK071428
    CK06O02F  C2007 05 22.74504 22 06 07.56 -11 37 16.0                 EK071349
    CK06O02F  C2007 05 22.74741 22 06 07.60 -11 37 15.4                 EK071349
    CK06O02F  C2007 05 22.74976 22 06 07.65 -11 37 15.1          16.0 T EK071349
    CK06O02F  C2007 05 25.77305 22 06 48.68 -11 25 50.5          17.6 N EK071415
    CK06O02F  C2007 05 25.77868 22 06 48.74 -11 25 49.3          17.7 N EK071415

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
415 Kambah, near Canberra.  Observer D. Herald.  0.36-m f/3.9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.51-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 OF2 (Broughton)
Epoch 2008 Sept. 11.0 TT = JDT 2454720.5
T 2008 Sept. 15.69069 TT                                MPC
q   2.4314889            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0003531      Peri.   95.61165     +0.49678217     -0.80146590
 +/-0.0000082      Node   318.50789     +0.45178575     +0.56638380
e   1.0008584      Incl.   30.16969     +0.74101087     +0.19199427
From 156 observations 2006 June 23-2007 May 25, mean residual 0".35.

     The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000014
and -0.000672 (+/- 0.000008) AU^-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-K71

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