MPEC 2006-W22 : COMET C/2006 W1 (GIBBS)
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M.P.E.C. 2006-W22 Issued 2006 Nov. 18, 16:27 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
COMET C/2006 W1 (GIBBS)
Observations:
CK06W010 C2006 11 16.40896 08 59 27.60 +03 11 01.0 18.6 T EW022703
CK06W010 C2006 11 16.42164 08 59 27.74 +03 11 00.9 18.6 T EW022703
CK06W010 C2006 11 16.43428 08 59 28.06 +03 10 58.3 19.2 T EW022703
CK06W010 C2006 11 16.44700 08 59 28.32 +03 10 55.4 18.4 T EW022703
CK06W010 C2006 11 16.51373 08 59 29.63 +03 10 46.2 18.7 T EW022703
CK06W010 C2006 11 16.51756 08 59 29.75 +03 10 46.0 EW022703
CK06W010 C2006 11 16.52138 08 59 29.84 +03 10 45.8 EW022703
CK06W010 C2006 11 17.36336 08 59 46.03 +03 08 57.2 19.8 N EW022448
CK06W010 C2006 11 17.36792 08 59 46.27 +03 08 55.4 19.7 N EW022448
CK06W010 C2006 11 17.37248 08 59 46.33 +03 08 54.5 19.0 N EW022448
CK06W010 C2006 11 17.48229 08 59 48.26 +03 08 40.7 19.1 T EW022711
CK06W010 C2006 11 17.48812 08 59 48.40 +03 08 40.0 19.1 T EW022711
CK06W010 C2006 11 17.49394 08 59 48.42 +03 08 39.6 18.9 T EW022711
CK06W010 C2006 11 17.51021 08 59 48.76 +03 08 37.7 19.1 T EW022G96
CK06W010 C2006 11 17.51461 08 59 48.76 +03 08 37.0 19.1 T EW022G96
CK06W010 C2006 11 17.51890 08 59 48.91 +03 08 35.8 EW022G96
CK06W010 C2006 11 17.52325 08 59 48.98 +03 08 35.3 EW022G96
CK06W010 C2006 11 18.19405 09 00 01.03 +03 07 11.1 EW022J95
CK06W010 C2006 11 18.22672 09 00 01.63 +03 07 06.9 EW022J95
CK06W010 C2006 11 18.25013 09 00 02.00 +03 07 04.6 19.5 T EW022J95
CK06W010 C2006 11 18.47199 09 00 05.94 +03 06 38.7 18.8 T EW022711
CK06W010 C2006 11 18.47953 09 00 06.03 +03 06 37.7 18.8 T EW022711
CK06W010 C2006 11 18.48707 09 00 06.18 +03 06 36.8 18.9 T EW022711
Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory. Observer B. L. Stevens. 0.3-m
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey. Observer A. R. Gibbs. 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.
711 McDonald Observatory. Observer J. G. Ries. 0.76-m reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey. Observer S. M. Larson. 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.
J95 Great Shefford. Observer P. Birtwhistle. 0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2006 W1 (Gibbs)
T 2006 May 11.583 TT MPC
q 1.66452 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 236.258 +0.819374 -0.560740
Node 157.133 +0.572490 +0.811170
e 1.0 Incl. 17.855 -0.029692 +0.166054
From 23 observations 2006 Nov. 16-18.
Ephemeris:
C/2006 W1 (Gibbs)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2006 11 11 08 57.31 +03 24.8 2.620 2.841 92.5 20.4 18.6
2006 11 21 09 00.75 +03 02.0 2.575 2.934 101.4 19.3 18.7
2006 12 01 09 01.85 +02 51.5 2.533 3.028 110.9 17.7 18.8
2006 12 11 09 00.68 +02 54.8 2.499 3.122 121.0 15.7 18.9
2006 12 21 08 57.35 +03 13.1 2.478 3.216 131.6 13.2 19.0
2006 12 31 08 52.18 +03 46.4 2.475 3.310 142.5 10.4 19.2
Further observations are very desirable.
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2006 MPC M.P.E.C. 2006-W22
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