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MPEC 2006-M26 : COMET C/2006 M1 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2006-M26                                Issued 2006 June 22, 20:32 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.

                  Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
                  Supported in part by the TABASGO Foundation
             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 M1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK06M010  C2006 06 18.32118 20 00 54.76 +44 01 01.4          18.4 N EM026704
    CK06M010  C2006 06 18.35198 20 00 54.03 +44 01 20.8          18.5 N EM026704
    CK06M010  C2006 06 18.36187 20 00 53.81 +44 01 26.9          18.8 N EM026704
    CK06M010  C2006 06 21.37410 19 59 51.53 +44 34 06.9          18.2 N EM026704
    CK06M010  C2006 06 21.38378 19 59 51.39 +44 34 12.4          18.4 N EM026704
    CK06M010  C2006 06 21.39349 19 59 51.16 +44 34 19.5          18.6 N EM026704
    CK06M010  C2006 06 21.40312 19 59 50.92 +44 34 25.7          18.6 N EM026704
    CK06M010  C2006 06 21.41291 19 59 50.63 +44 34 32.0          18.7 N EM026704
    CK06M010  C2006 06 21.95928 19 59 38.59 +44 40 12.7                 EM026J95
    CK06M010  C2006 06 21.98326 19 59 38.04 +44 40 29.9                 EM026J95
    CK06M010  C2006 06 21.99619 19 59 37.80 +44 40 38.2                 EM026J95
    CK06M010  C2006 06 22.01699 19 59 37.24 +44 40 51.2          17.9 N EM026J95
    CK06M010  C2006 06 22.29948 19 59 30.94 +44 43 49.1          17.5 T EM026673
    CK06M010  C2006 06 22.31973 19 59 30.46 +44 44 01.7                 EM026673
    CK06M010  C2006 06 22.32922 19 59 30.21 +44 44 07.5                 EM026673
    CK06M010  C2006 06 22.33403 19 59 30.11 +44 44 10.8                 EM026673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, L. Manguso,
    D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. Blythe, H. Love, G. Spitz.  Measurers J. Stuart,
    J. Kommers.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2006 M1 (LINEAR)
T 2006 Nov. 17.002 TT                                   MPC
q   4.09039              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  100.820       +0.561059       +0.461674
                   Node   236.028       -0.462859       +0.863111
e   1.0            Incl.   55.944       +0.686276       +0.204687
From 15 observations 2006 June 18-22.

Ephemeris:
    C/2006 M1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2006 06 14    20 02.16   +43 11.5    3.926    4.299   104.8    13.2  19.3
2006 06 24    19 58.85   +45 01.2    3.861    4.273   107.2    13.1  19.2
2006 07 04    19 54.19   +46 32.0    3.807    4.250   109.1    13.1  19.2
2006 07 14    19 48.54   +47 40.7    3.763    4.228   110.5    13.0  19.1
2006 07 24    19 42.39   +48 25.5    3.731    4.207   111.3    13.0  19.1
2006 08 03    19 36.33   +48 45.5    3.708    4.188   111.5    13.0  19.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-M26

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