• Processing (Info)

    • MPEC 2010-G10 : COMET C/2010 E1 (GARRADD)

    The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

    A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page.

    Read MPEC 2010-G09 Read MPEC 2010-G11 

    M.P.E.C. 2010-G10                                Issued 2010 Apr. 3, 14:39 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 https://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2010 E1 (GARRADD)

Observations:
    CK10E010  C2010 03 22.85929 09 27 31.13 -17 54 33.5          18.7 N EG010J01
    CK10E010  C2010 03 22.88208 09 27 30.77 -17 53 53.1          18.3 N EG010J01
    CK10E010  C2010 03 26.82696 09 26 47.37 -15 57 56.6          18.3 N EG010213
    CK10E010  C2010 03 26.82934 09 26 47.34 -15 57 52.2          18.3 N EG010213
    CK10E010  C2010 03 26.83350 09 26 47.27 -15 57 44.6          18.3 N EG010213
    CK10E010  C2010 04 02.72543 09 26 22.55 -12 43 20.4          18.8 N EG010B18
    CK10E010  C2010 04 02.72753 09 26 22.54 -12 43 16.8          18.7 N EG010B18
    CK10E010  C2010 04 02.72962 09 26 22.54 -12 43 14.3          18.9 N EG010B18
    CK10E010  C2010 04 02.73170 09 26 22.54 -12 43 11.6          19.3 N EG010B18

Observer details:
213 Observatorio Montcabre.  Observer R. Naves.  Measurer M. Campas.  0.30-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
B18 Terskol.  Observers A. Baransky, M. Andreev, V. Ponomarenko, K. Churyumov,
    A. Sergeev.  Measurer A. Baransky.  0.6-m f/12.8 reflector + CCD.
J01 Observatorio Cielo Profundo, Oviedo.  Observer J. Gonzalez.  0.20-m f/7
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 E1 (Garradd)
T 2009 Nov. 8.092 TT                                    MPC
q   2.66366              (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.00795        Peri.  297.027       -0.394502       -0.901727
                   Node   169.270       +0.665724       -0.147848
e   0.97881        Incl.   71.739       -0.633388       +0.406238
From 69 observations 2010 Mar. 11-Apr. 2.

Ephemeris:
    C/2010 E1 (Garradd)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 03 25    09 27.08   -16 51.3    2.217    3.015   136.0    13.3  18.0
2010 04 04    09 26.41   -12 08.7    2.334    3.063   129.0    14.7  18.2
2010 04 14    09 27.90   -07 54.7    2.480    3.114   120.7    16.1  18.4
2010 04 24    09 31.28   -04 14.5    2.651    3.166   111.9    17.1  18.6
2010 05 04    09 36.28   -01 08.8    2.840    3.221   103.0    17.8  18.8
2010 05 14    09 42.61   +01 24.5    3.042    3.278    94.4    17.9  19.1
2010 05 24    09 50.03   +03 28.9    3.251    3.336    85.9    17.6  19.3
2010 06 03    09 58.31   +05 08.2    3.463    3.396    77.8    17.0  19.5
2010 06 13    10 07.26   +06 26.3    3.673    3.457    69.8    16.0  19.7
2010 06 23    10 16.73   +07 26.5    3.879    3.520    62.1    14.8  19.9

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.
     Further observations of comet P/2010 D1 are very desirable.
     Further observations of comet P/2010 D2 are very desirable.
     Further observations of comet C/2010 D4 are desirable.
     Further observations of comet C/2010 DG56 are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-G10

    Read MPEC 2010-G09 Read MPEC 2010-G11

    MPEC number:

    Enter an MPEC number in one of the following forms:

    • 1997-B01 (the full form)
    • J97B01 (the packed version of the full form)
    • B01 (the abbreviated form)