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    M.P.E.C. 2010-C28                                Issued 2010 Feb.  9, 21:40 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 P/2009 Y2 (KOWALSKI)

Observations:
    PK09Y020  C2009 12 22.81041 00 40 53.91 +30 54 51.3          18.7 N EC028473
    PK09Y020  C2009 12 22.81736 00 40 54.37 +30 54 46.3          18.7 N EC028473
    PK09Y020  C2010 02 07.08214 01 51 45.57 +24 54 09.2          19.7 T EC028704
    PK09Y020  C2010 02 07.09478 01 51 46.95 +24 54 05.7          19.8 T EC028704
    PK09Y020  C2010 02 07.10792 01 51 48.27 +24 54 01.9          19.8 T EC028704
    PK09Y020  C2010 02 07.12086 01 51 49.86 +24 53 58.3          19.2 T EC028704
    PK09Y020  C2010 02 07.13351 01 51 51.15 +24 53 57.0          19.3 T EC028704
    PK09Y020  C2010 02 07.80740 01 53 05.35 +24 51 02.1          18.5 N EC028B82
    PK09Y020  C2010 02 07.81486 01 53 06.11 +24 51 00.0          18.5 N EC028B82
    PK09Y020  C2010 02 07.82377 01 53 07.06 +24 50 57.5          18.7 N EC028B82

Observer details:
473 Remanzacco.  Observers L. Donato, V. Gonano, E. Guido, G. Sostero.  0.45-m
    f/4.4 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, G. Spitz,
    R. Brungard, J. Paige, P. Festler.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
B82 Maidbronn.  Observer B. Haeusler.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski)
T 2010 Mar. 30.6982 TT                                  MPC
q   2.339083             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0594873      Peri.  171.9611      +0.2556444      -0.8309015
a   6.499097       Node   262.1295      +0.8569287      +0.4314156
e   0.640091       Incl.   29.9282      +0.4475702      -0.3514020
P  16.6
From 141 observations 2009 Dec. 20-2010 Feb. 7.

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-C28

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