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    • MPEC 2010-F83 : COMET C/2010 DG56 (WISE)

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    M.P.E.C. 2010-F83                                Issued 2010 Mar. 27, 15:01 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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       URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2010 DG56 (WISE)

Observations:
    CK10D56G  C2010 03 21.00038 03 35 35.99 +03 19 58.6          20   T EF083I33
    CK10D56G  C2010 03 21.00152 03 35 35.94 +03 19 59.3                 EF083I33
    CK10D56G  C2010 03 21.00266 03 35 35.84 +03 19 59.6                 EF083I33
    CK10D56G  C2010 03 21.00836 03 35 35.53 +03 20 03.0                 EF083I33
    CK10D56G  C2010 03 21.01253 03 35 35.30 +03 20 05.2                 EF083I33
    CK10D56G  C2010 03 21.01701 03 35 35.01 +03 20 07.9                 EF083I33
    CK10D56G  C2010 03 24.24035403 32 43.032+03 49 02.07         20.1 T EF083568
    CK10D56G  C2010 03 24.24311703 32 42.891+03 49 03.51         20.1 T EF083568

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers M. Micheli, D. J. Tholen.  Measurer D. J. Tholen.
    2.24-m University of Hawaii reflector.
I33 SOAR, Cerro Pachon.  Observers J. M. Bauer, S. D. Points, P. E. Ugarte,
    A. A. Pasten.  Measurer J. M. Bauer.  4.1-m reflector + CCD.  Long. =
    289.2608, rho cos phi' = 0.86504, rho sin phi' = -0.50086.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 DG56 (WISE)
T 2010 May 15.6741 TT                                   MPC
q   1.590216             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.015764       Peri.  318.3565      +0.7035101      +0.7103280
                   Node     3.8552      +0.7077859      -0.7031488
e   0.974932       Incl.  160.4185      +0.0641302      -0.0318736
From 25 observations 2010 Feb. 18-Mar. 24.

Ephemeris:
    C/2010 DG56 (WISE)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 03 25    03 32.09   +03 55.7    2.211    1.734    49.3    25.8  20.1
2010 04 04    03 25.27   +05 17.1    2.353    1.685    38.3    21.6  20.1
2010 04 14    03 20.47   +06 29.4    2.464    1.646    27.9    16.6  20.1
2010 04 24    03 16.97   +07 34.2    2.540    1.617    18.3    11.3  20.1
2010 05 04    03 14.21   +08 33.2    2.579    1.598    10.5     6.6  20.1
2010 05 14    03 11.73   +09 27.6    2.579    1.590     9.4     6.0  20.1
2010 05 24    03 09.12   +10 18.2    2.539    1.594    16.4    10.4  20.0

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-F83

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