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    M.P.E.C. 2010-H53                                Issued 2010 Apr. 24, 16:49 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 F3 (SCOTTI)

Observations:
    CK10F030  C2010 04 05.87796 11 31 28.63 +04 59 57.9          19.7 N EH053473
    CK10F030  C2010 04 05.88541 11 31 28.50 +04 59 58.7          19.7 N EH053473
    CK10F030  C2010 04 14.89546 11 29 25.18 +05 17 13.1          18.6 N EH053585
    CK10F030  C2010 04 14.90176 11 29 25.08 +05 17 12.7          18.6 N EH053585

Observer details:
473 Remanzacco.  Observers L. Donato, V. Gonano, E. Guido, G. Sostero.  0.45-m
    f/4.4 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observer A. Baransky.  0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 F3 (Scotti)
T 2010 Oct. 15.324 TT                                   MPC
q   5.22203              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   41.004       -0.951175       +0.307119
                   Node   156.827       -0.299629       -0.894900
e   1.0            Incl.    4.477       -0.074081       -0.323778
From 89 observations 2010 Mar. 20-Apr. 17.

Ephemeris:
    C/2010 F3 (Scotti)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 04 24    11 28.00   +05 29.8    4.606    5.384   136.9     7.3  19.1
2010 05 04    11 27.33   +05 37.2    4.699    5.366   127.0     8.6  19.2
2010 05 14    11 27.70   +05 37.4    4.809    5.349   117.4     9.7  19.2
2010 05 24    11 29.13   +05 30.3    4.931    5.334   108.1    10.4  19.2
2010 06 03    11 31.63   +05 16.0    5.061    5.319    99.2    10.8  19.3
2010 06 13    11 35.13   +04 55.0    5.197    5.305    90.6    11.0  19.3
2010 06 23    11 39.58   +04 27.7    5.333    5.292    82.2    11.0  19.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-H53

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