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Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)

IAUC 8781: COMET C/2006 VZ_13 (LINEAR)

Discovery:

An apparently asteroidal object discovered by the LINEAR survey (discovery observations see MPEC 2006-W03) and  has been found to show a very condensed coma of mag 18.6-18.7 and diameter 8" (with no tail) on R-band CCD images taken by C. W. Hergenrother on Dec. 1.1 and 2.1 UT with the University of Arizona's 1.54-m Kuiper reflector in bright moonlight.