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M.P.E.C. 2010-C11 Issued 2010 Feb. 3, 22:13 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.
Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
COMET P/2010 A5 (LINEAR)
Observations:
PK10A050 C2010 01 21.76699 13 40 13.47 -17 39 01.0 17.8 N EC011372
PK10A050 C2010 01 21.77114 13 40 13.85 -17 39 06.2 17.8 N EC011372
PK10A050 C2010 01 21.77531 13 40 14.18 -17 39 08.1 17.2 N EC011372
PK10A050 C2010 01 21.78019 13 40 14.83 -17 39 13.1 18.3 N EC011372
PK10A050 C2010 01 23.16436 13 42 56.38 -17 58 31.2 17.0 N EC011585
PK10A050 C2010 01 23.16598 13 42 56.57 -17 58 33.1 17.0 N EC011585
PK10A050 C2010 01 24.75377 13 46 02.55 -18 20 35.1 17.3 N EC011372
PK10A050 C2010 01 24.75793 13 46 03.06 -18 20 39.1 17.4 N EC011372
PK10A050 C2010 01 24.77777 13 46 05.20 -18 20 55.9 17.0 T EC011349
PK10A050 C2010 01 24.78911 13 46 06.53 -18 21 05.1 EC011349
PK10A050 C2010 01 25.81765 13 48 06.99 -18 35 19.0 16.8 N EC011372
PK10A050 C2010 01 25.82182 13 48 07.43 -18 35 21.8 17.0 N EC011372
PK10A050 C2010 01 30.12372 13 56 32.19 -19 34 17.8 16.5 N EC011585
PK10A050 C2010 01 30.12734 13 56 32.72 -19 34 24.0 16.4 N EC011585
PK10A050 C2010 01 30.12916 13 56 32.88 -19 34 25.7 16.5 N EC011585
PK10A050 C2010 01 30.13278 13 56 33.33 -19 34 26.5 16.6 N EC011585
PK10A050 C2010 01 30.41906 13 57 07.12 -19 38 19.5 EC011H06
PK10A050 C2010 01 30.42246 13 57 07.49 -19 38 21.9 16.5 T EC011H06
Observer details:
349 Ageo. Observer K. Kadota. 0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
372 Geisei. Observers T. Seki, K. Muraoka, S. Shimomoto. 0.70-m f/7
reflector + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station. Observers A. Baransky, K. Barinova, A. Zhdanov.
0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill. Observer H. Sato. 0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
P/2010 A5 (LINEAR)
T 2010 Apr. 19.902 TT MPC
q 1.70724 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.089233 Peri. 307.170 -0.703930 +0.703228
a 4.95965 Node 277.762 -0.615576 -0.674102
e 0.65577 Incl. 5.778 -0.354328 -0.225958
P 11.0
From 114 observations 2010 Jan. 14-30.
Ephemeris:
P/2010 A5 (LINEAR)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2010 02 03 14 04.13 -20 26.5 1.477 1.885 97.9 31.2 16.6
2010 02 13 14 23.71 -22 36.4 1.352 1.843 102.9 31.5 16.3
2010 02 23 14 43.03 -24 37.3 1.236 1.807 108.0 31.4 16.0
2010 03 05 15 01.77 -26 26.3 1.131 1.775 113.3 30.9 15.8
2010 03 15 15 19.43 -28 00.8 1.036 1.749 119.0 29.8 15.5
2010 03 25 15 35.42 -29 17.6 0.953 1.729 125.0 28.2 15.3
2010 04 04 15 49.11 -30 14.2 0.881 1.716 131.5 25.9 15.1
2010 04 14 15 59.86 -30 47.8 0.822 1.708 138.7 22.8 14.9
2010 04 24 16 07.23 -30 56.1 0.776 1.708 146.5 18.9 14.8
Further observations of this comet are desirable.
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2010 MPC M.P.E.C. 2010-C11
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