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    M.P.E.C. 2010-A17                                Issued 2010 Jan. 6, 15:30 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.

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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                          COMET C/2009 W2 (BOATTINI)

Observations:
    CK09W020  C2009 12 07.93680 06 03 47.35 +40 14 08.9          19.0 N EA017473
    CK09W020  C2009 12 07.93958 06 03 47.11 +40 14 09.0          19.0 N EA017473
    CK09W020  C2009 12 23.63469 05 43 06.31 +40 07 26.7          18.4 N EA017372
    CK09W020  C2010 01 04.82247 05 27 23.06 +39 44 33.2          19.1 T EA017215
    CK09W020  C2010 01 04.82335 05 27 22.99 +39 44 33.1          19.7 T EA017215
    CK09W020  C2010 01 04.82423 05 27 22.93 +39 44 32.5          19.3 T EA017215

Observer details:
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observers T. Seki, K. Muraoka, S. Shimomoto.  0.70-m f/7
    reflector + CCD.
473 Remanzacco.  Observers L. Donato, V. Gonano, E. Guido, G. Sostero.  0.45-m
    f/4.4 Newtonian reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2009 W2 (Boattini)
T 2010 May 2.3806 TT                                    MPC
q   6.906566             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  121.3835      +0.2149457      +0.9725053
                   Node   199.5817      +0.7804100      -0.1158655
e   1.0            Incl.  164.4903      +0.5871614      -0.2020114
From 73 observations 2009 Nov. 21-2010 Jan. 4.

Ephemeris:
    C/2009 W2 (Boattini)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 01 04    05 28.41   +39 46.5    6.049    6.950   154.5     3.5  19.3
2010 01 14    05 16.40   +39 18.6    6.121    6.943   144.2     4.7  19.3
2010 01 24    05 05.69   +38 44.1    6.226    6.937   133.1     5.9  19.4
2010 02 03    04 56.56   +38 05.8    6.359    6.931   121.9     6.9  19.4
2010 02 13    04 49.13   +37 26.2    6.514    6.926   110.7     7.7  19.5
2010 02 23    04 43.39   +36 47.6    6.683    6.921    99.8     8.1  19.5
2010 03 05    04 39.24   +36 11.5    6.860    6.917    89.2     8.2  19.6
2010 03 15    04 36.55   +35 38.9    7.037    6.914    78.9     8.1  19.6
2010 03 25    04 35.14   +35 10.5    7.209    6.911    68.8     7.7  19.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-A17

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