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    M.P.E.C. 2010-G40                                Issued 2010 Apr. 7, 14:35 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 https://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2010 E5 (SCOTTI)

Observations:
    CK10E050  C2010 03 17.06041 12 39 12.40 +01 29 32.0          19.2 N EG040473
    CK10E050  C2010 03 17.06180 12 39 12.37 +01 29 32.1          19.2 N EG040473
    CK10E050  C2010 03 23.94295 12 35 30.26 +01 23 36.2          19.6 T EG040215
    CK10E050  C2010 04 05.97512 12 28 20.93 +01 09 50.8          19.4 N EG040J01
    CK10E050  C2010 04 05.97975 12 28 20.81 +01 09 50.3          19.6 N EG040J01
    CK10E050  C2010 04 05.98438 12 28 20.66 +01 09 49.8          19.2 N EG040J01
    CK10E050  C2010 04 07.30346 12 27 38.52 +01 08 09.0                 EG040291
    CK10E050  C2010 04 07.30927 12 27 38.36 +01 08 08.0                 EG040291
    CK10E050  C2010 04 07.31565 12 27 38.17 +01 08 07.5                 EG040291

Observer details:
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer T. H. Bressi.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
473 Remanzacco.  Observers L. Donato, V. Gonano, E. Guido, G. Sostero.  0.45-m
    f/4.4 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
J01 Observatorio Cielo Profundo, Oviedo.  Observer J. Gonzalez.  0.20-m f/7
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 E5 (Scotti)
T 2009 Nov. 20.569 TT                                   MPC
q   3.87272              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.007889       Peri.  147.524       -0.955952       -0.277742
a  24.99218        Node    17.140       +0.148744       -0.737256
e   0.84504        Incl.   18.795       +0.253043       -0.615884
P 125
From 75 observations 2010 Mar. 14-Apr. 7.

Ephemeris:
    C/2010 E5 (Scotti)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 04 04    12 29.41   +01 12.3    3.028    4.019   171.3     2.2  18.9
2010 04 14    12 24.24   +00 58.4    3.080    4.041   161.1     4.6  19.0
2010 04 24    12 19.85   +00 39.4    3.159    4.065   150.6     7.0  19.1
2010 05 04    12 16.58   +00 14.6    3.262    4.090   140.4     9.0  19.2
2010 05 14    12 14.64   -00 16.6    3.387    4.116   130.5    10.8  19.3
2010 05 24    12 14.14   -00 54.2    3.529    4.143   121.0    12.1  19.4
2010 06 03    12 15.06   -01 37.8    3.685    4.171   111.9    13.0  19.5
2010 06 13    12 17.33   -02 27.1    3.852    4.201   103.2    13.6  19.7
2010 06 23    12 20.86   -03 21.5    4.024    4.232    94.8    13.8  19.8

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-G40

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