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    • MPEC 2010-D51 : COMET P/2010 D1 (WISE)

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    M.P.E.C. 2010-D51                                Issued 2010 Feb. 19, 19:10 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 D1 (WISE)

Observations:
    PK10D010  C2009 11 09.41796 04 39 24.30 +07 43 53.3          18.0 N ED051703
    PK10D010  C2009 11 09.42523 04 39 24.04 +07 43 52.0          17.9 N ED051703
    PK10D010  C2009 11 09.43247 04 39 23.79 +07 43 49.6          17.8 N ED051703
    PK10D010  C2009 11 09.43970 04 39 23.58 +07 43 49.7          18.4 N ED051703
    PK10D010  C2009 12 10.33985 04 18 26.24 +06 41 54.3          17.6 N ED051703
    PK10D010  C2009 12 10.34720 04 18 26.02 +06 41 52.6          18.3 N ED051703
    PK10D010  C2009 12 10.35461 04 18 25.59 +06 41 52.4          18.4 N ED051703
    PK10D010  C2009 12 10.36220 04 18 25.27 +06 41 53.2          18.9 N ED051703
    PK10D010  S2010 02 17.34195 04 19 12.06 +10 55 42.7                 ED051C51
    PK10D010  s2010 02 17.34195 1 + 4077.2215 + 5486.1274 + 1003.1923   ED051C51
    PK10D010  S2010 02 17.47425 04 19 17.83 +10 56 26.9                 ED051C51
    PK10D010  s2010 02 17.47425 1 + 4064.6103 + 5498.3435 +  989.1420   ED051C51
    PK10D010  S2010 02 17.60655 04 19 23.32 +10 57 12.2                 ED051C51
    PK10D010  s2010 02 17.60655 1 + 4051.7786 + 5510.4357 +  973.8968   ED051C51
    PK10D010  S2010 02 17.73899 04 19 28.94 +10 57 57.1                 ED051C51
    PK10D010  s2010 02 17.73899 1 + 4040.6394 + 5506.0433 + 1042.2050   ED051C51
    PK10D010  S2010 02 17.87129 04 19 34.87 +10 58 41.2                 ED051C51
    PK10D010  s2010 02 17.87129 1 + 4028.0109 + 5517.3810 + 1032.1046   ED051C51
    PK10D010  S2010 02 18.13590 04 19 46.12 +11 00 04.9                 ED051C51
    PK10D010  s2010 02 18.13590 1 + 4001.8717 + 5541.1530 + 1003.7526   ED051C51
    PK10D010  S2010 02 18.20211 04 19 48.37 +11 00 27.6                 ED051C51
    PK10D010  s2010 02 18.20211 1 + 3996.4017 + 5538.7540 + 1038.0455   ED051C51
    PK10D010  C2010 02 19.22931 04 20 33.42 +11 06 01.4          21.5 T ED051291
    PK10D010  C2010 02 19.23993 04 20 33.89 +11 06 05.0          21.1 T ED051291
    PK10D010  C2010 02 19.25048 04 20 34.39 +11 06 08.5          21.3 T ED051291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer R. S. McMillan.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observers A. Boattini, E. C. Beshore.  Measurers
    E. C. Beshore, A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson.  0.68-m f/1.8 Schmidt + CCD.
C51 WISE.  Measurers A. Mainzer, E. Wright, J. Bauer, T. Grav, J. Dailey, J.
    Masiero, R. Cutri, R. McMillan, R. Walker.
    (http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/mission_sci.html)

Orbital elements:
    P/2010 D1 (WISE)
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5
T 2009 June 25.58992 TT                                 MPC
q   2.6689628            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.11667016     Peri.  225.90030     +0.88925439     -0.45411453
a   4.1479118      Node   160.90079     +0.45275306     +0.85678030
e   0.3565527      Incl.    9.64709     +0.06512527     +0.24435119
P   8.45
Residuals in seconds of arc
091109 703  0.2-  0.3-    091210 703  0.6-  0.7-    100217 C51 (1.2+  3.5+)
091109 703  0.2-  0.0     091210 703  0.8-  0.1+    100218 C51  0.1+  0.4+
091109 703  0.1-  0.8-    100217 C51 (4.3-  1.5-)   100218 C51 (8.6-  1.4+)
091109 703  0.5+  0.9+    100217 C51  1.5-  0.7-    100219 291  0.2-  0.1-
091210 703  0.1+  1.3+    100217 C51 (3.1-  1.2+)   100219 291  0.0   0.0
091210 703  1.3+  0.5-    100217 C51 (3.2-  2.7+)   100219 291  0.6+  0.1+

Ephemeris:
    P/2010 D1 (WISE)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 02 13    04 16.31   +10 32.0    2.690    3.020    99.9    18.8  19.9
2010 02 23    04 23.43   +11 26.6    2.851    3.048    91.8    18.9  20.1
2010 03 05    04 32.06   +12 20.2    3.014    3.075    84.2    18.7  20.3
2010 03 15    04 41.98   +13 11.4    3.176    3.103    76.8    18.2  20.4
2010 03 25    04 52.99   +13 59.0    3.335    3.132    69.7    17.4  20.6
2010 04 04    05 04.89   +14 41.9    3.490    3.161    62.9    16.4  20.7
2010 04 14    05 17.54   +15 19.6    3.638    3.191    56.2    15.1  20.8
2010 04 24    05 30.78   +15 51.2    3.778    3.221    49.7    13.8  21.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-D51

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