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MPEC 2006-W72 : COMET C/2006 U6 (SPACEWATCH)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-W72                                Issued 2006 Nov. 24, 15:49 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://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                         COMET C/2006 U6 (SPACEWATCH)

Observations:
    CK06U060   2006 11 12.47326 23 24 10.85 +00 18 32.0          18.8 T EW072372
    CK06U060   2006 11 12.49757 23 24 10.58 +00 18 22.9                 EW072372
    CK06U060  C2006 11 16.86012 23 23 12.56 -00 09 28.5          19.5 T EW072246
    CK06U060  C2006 11 16.86122 23 23 12.54 -00 09 28.7                 EW072246
    CK06U060  C2006 11 16.86374 23 23 12.52 -00 09 29.6                 EW072246
    CK06U060  C2006 11 16.86779 23 23 12.50 -00 09 30.0          19.4 T EW072246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  Measurer M. Tichy.
    1.06-m KLENOT Telescope + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 U6 (Spacewatch)
T 2008 June 5.239 TT                                    MPC
q   2.49985              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  276.535       -0.114092       -0.993465
                   Node   180.186       +0.473840       -0.057271
e   1.0            Incl.   84.931       -0.873189       +0.098729
From 94 observations 2006 Oct. 19-Nov. 16.

Ephemeris:
    C/2006 U6 (Spacewatch)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2006 11 21    23 22.49   -00 34.5    5.536    5.987   112.7     8.8  19.5
2006 12 01    23 21.54   -01 29.0    5.627    5.911   102.0     9.4  19.5
2006 12 11    23 21.71   -02 15.0    5.724    5.835    91.6     9.7  19.4
2006 12 21    23 22.97   -02 52.4    5.822    5.759    81.5     9.7  19.4
2006 12 31    23 25.27   -03 21.6    5.915    5.683    71.6     9.5  19.4
2007 01 10    23 28.51   -03 43.5    6.000    5.606    62.1     8.9  19.4
2007 01 20    23 32.60   -03 58.8    6.070    5.530    52.7     8.1  19.3
2007 01 30    23 37.45   -04 08.5    6.124    5.453    43.6     7.2  19.3

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-W72

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