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    M.P.E.C. 2010-G113                               Issued 2010 Apr. 14, 20:41 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 F3 (SCOTTI)

Observations:
    CK10F030  C2010 04 04.88263 11 31 44.21 +04 57 48.4          19.8 N EG113473
    CK10F030  C2010 04 04.88541 11 31 44.16 +04 57 48.8          19.8 N EG113473
    CK10F030  C2010 04 12.23553 11 29 57.98 +05 12 34.7          20.0 T EG113291
    CK10F030  C2010 04 12.23962 11 29 58.06 +05 12 34.7                 EG113291
    CK10F030  C2010 04 12.24501 11 29 57.87 +05 12 35.8          20.5 T EG113291
    CK10F030  C2010 04 12.92929 11 29 49.18 +05 13 49.3          19.3 N EG113J01
    CK10F030  C2010 04 12.94293 11 29 48.98 +05 13 50.5          19.5 N EG113J01
    CK10F030  C2010 04 12.95866 11 29 48.75 +05 13 51.7          19.9 N EG113J01

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  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.  0.23-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 F3 (Scotti)
T 2010 Oct. 12.351 TT                                   MPC
q   5.21518              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   40.785       -0.952630       +0.302582
                   Node   156.773       -0.295325       -0.896227
e   1.0            Incl.    4.461       -0.072665       -0.324377
From 78 observations 2010 Mar. 20-Apr. 12.

Ephemeris:
    C/2010 F3 (Scotti)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 04 14    11 29.60   +05 15.7    4.521    5.390   147.1     5.8  19.1
2010 04 24    11 28.00   +05 29.7    4.594    5.372   136.9     7.4  19.1
2010 05 04    11 27.35   +05 37.1    4.687    5.354   127.0     8.7  19.1
2010 05 14    11 27.72   +05 37.3    4.797    5.338   117.4     9.7  19.2
2010 05 24    11 29.16   +05 30.1    4.919    5.322   108.1    10.4  19.2
2010 06 03    11 31.67   +05 15.7    5.050    5.308    99.2    10.9  19.3
2010 06 13    11 35.18   +04 54.6    5.186    5.295    90.6    11.1  19.3
2010 06 23    11 39.64   +04 27.2    5.322    5.282    82.3    11.0  19.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-G113

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