[IAUC] CBET 3938: 20140826 : COMET P/2014 Q5 = P/2006 S6 (HILL)

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 3938
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
CBAT Director:  Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
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COMET P/2014 Q5 = P/2006 S6 (HILL)
     Krisztian Sarneczky, Konkoly Observatory, reports the recovery of comet
P/2006 S6 (cf. IAUC 8755) on images taken with the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at
the Piszkesteto Station of Konkoly Observatory (astrometry tabulated below).
On Aug. 24.98 UT, the comet showed a 12" coma with no tail in eight stacked
150-s exposures; on Aug. 25.95, the object appeared stellar, but the sky
conditions were not good.

     2014 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.   Observer
     Aug. 24.97928   22 53 04.94   -19 24 48.4   19.5   Sarneczky
          24.98419   22 53 04.72   -19 24 49.1   19.8     "
          24.98812   22 53 04.51   -19 24 49.3   20.0     "
          25.94008   22 52 18.73   -19 26 18.7   20.3     "
          25.94708   22 52 18.42   -19 26 19.0            "
          25.95250   22 52 18.12   -19 26 19.9   19.9     "
          25.98187   22 52 16.65   -19 26 22.3   20.2     "

The indicated correction to the prediction by G. V. Williams on MPC 79348 is
Delta(T) = -0.32 day.  The following linked orbital elements by Williams are
from 212 observations spanning 2006 Aug. 29-2014 Aug. 25 (mean residual 0".6);
additional elements and an ephemeris appear on MPEC 2014-Q53.

                    Epoch = 2015 Apr.  8.0 TT
     T = 2015 Apr. 18.58607 TT        Peri. =  31.40907
     e = 0.4262597                    Node  =   8.96559 2000.0
     q = 2.3837427 AU                 Incl. =  13.18568
       a =  4.1547416 AU   n = 0.11638260   P =   8.47 years


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2014 August 26                   (CBET 3938)              Daniel W. E. Green