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MPEC 2006-W69 : COMET P/2006 T1 (LEVY)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-W69                                Issued 2006 Nov. 24, 15:31 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 P/2006 T1 (LEVY)

Observations:
    PK06T010  C2006 11 16.49687 12 07 16.11 -11 30 59.6          15.0 T EW069H06
    PK06T010  C2006 11 17.50270 12 10 05.85 -12 01 41.3          15.0 T EW069H06
    PK06T010  C2006 11 18.19667 12 12 02.27 -12 22 41.8          18.2 N EW069232
    PK06T010  C2006 11 18.20314 12 12 03.34 -12 22 53.4          18.0 N EW069232
    PK06T010  C2006 11 18.21059 12 12 04.57 -12 23 06.8          18.0 N EW069232
    PK06T010  C2006 11 18.23940 12 12 09.53 -12 23 59.5                 EW069J95
    PK06T010  C2006 11 18.24371 12 12 10.18 -12 24 07.3          17.4 N EW069J95
    PK06T010  C2006 11 19.50756 12 15 41.04 -13 01 52.5          17.8 T EW069G92
    PK06T010  C2006 11 19.52465 12 15 44.03 -13 02 23.4          18.3 T EW069G92
    PK06T010  C2006 11 21.46624 12 21 04.34 -13 59 22.4          18.9 N EW069850
    PK06T010  C2006 11 21.47240 12 21 05.51 -13 59 35.5          18.7 N EW069850
    PK06T010  C2006 11 22.44594 12 23 44.18 -14 27 40.4          18.5 N EW069850
    PK06T010  C2006 11 22.45747 12 23 46.40 -14 28 00.8          18.2 N EW069850
    PK06T010  C2006 11 23.44206 12 26 26.43 -14 56 07.9          19.5 N EW069850
    PK06T010  C2006 11 23.45161 12 26 28.04 -14 56 23.1          19.5 N EW069850
    PK06T010  C2006 11 23.46107 12 26 29.50 -14 56 39.2          19.3 N EW069850
    PK06T010  C2006 11 23.47051 12 26 30.84 -14 56 54.9          20.2 N EW069850

Observer details:
232 Masquefa Observatory.  Observer E. Reina.  0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observer D. T. Durig.  0.30-m f/4
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G92 Jarnac Observatory, Vail.  Observers D. Levy, W. Levy, T. Glinos.  0.64-m
    f/7.2 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observer M. Suzuki.  0.25-m f/3.4 reflector
    + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2006 T1 (Levy)
T 2006 Oct. 7.4284 TT                                   MPC
q   0.989461             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1880037      Peri.  179.4504      -0.1613159      -0.9370318
a   3.017809       Node   279.8051      +0.9042619      -0.0146104
e   0.672126       Incl.   18.3214      +0.3953322      -0.3489382
P   5.24
From 284 observations 2006 Oct. 2-Nov. 23.

     The above observations show the general correctness of the orbital
solution on MPEC 2006-W07, but further observations of this comet are still
very desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-W69

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