C/2006 F2 ( Christensen )

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Updated on January 6, 2007

Profile Discovery Date March 23, 2006 Magnitude 19.7 mag Discoverer Eric J. Christensen (Mt. Lemmon Survey)

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 56954: Epoch 2006 Apr. 15.0 TT = JDT 2453840.5 T 2006 Mar. 30.3956 TT MPC q 4.296456 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0227704 Peri. 181.0068 -0.9871070 +0.1519387 a 12.327892 Node 8.2608 -0.1442961 -0.7086012 e 0.651485 Incl. 20.5109 -0.0692706 -0.6890566 P 43.3 From 58 observations 2006 Feb. 27-May 24, mean residual 0".5.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 10.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.