C/2006 U6 ( Spacewatch )

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Updated on October 3, 2010

Profile Discovery Date October 19, 2006 Magnitude 19.8 mag Discoverer Spacewatch program Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 66204: Epoch 2008 June 23.0 TT = JDT 2454640.5 T 2008 June 5.4817 TT MPC q 2.498390 (2000.0) P Q z +0.000508 Peri. 276.5991 -0.1152080 -0.9933362 +/-0.000001 Node 180.1852 +0.4745770 -0.0578890 e 0.998730 Incl. 84.8788 -0.8726419 +0.0996600 From 456 observations 2006 Sept. 15-2009 May 29, mean residual 1".0.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 9.5 + 5 log d + 7.5 log r

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.