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    M.P.E.C. 2010-J36                                Issued 2010 May 8, 14:37 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 E5 (SCOTTI)

Observations:
    CK10E050  C2010 04 07.87986 12 27 20.35 +01 07 22.4          19.5 N EJ036473
    CK10E050  C2010 04 07.88263 12 27 20.25 +01 07 22.1          19.5 N EJ036473
    CK10E050  C2010 05 03.82818 12 16 36.54 +00 15 06.7          19.8 N EJ036A79
    CK10E050  C2010 05 03.84094 12 16 36.38 +00 15 04.8          19.0 N EJ036A79

Observer details:
473 Remanzacco.  Observers L. Donato, V. Gonano, E. Guido, G. Sostero.  0.45-m
    f/4.4 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
A79 Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory, Plana.  Observer F. Fratev.  0.35-m f/3.4
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 E5 (Scotti)
T 2009 Nov. 20.7096 TT                                  MPC
q   3.888333             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0079664      Peri.  147.7393      -0.9566220      -0.2753265
a  24.829116       Node    17.0775      +0.1461374      -0.7362893
e   0.843396       Incl.   18.9231      +0.2520284      -0.6181209
P 124
From 106 observations 2010 Mar. 14-May 3.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-J36

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