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    M.P.E.C. 2010-L76                                Issued 2010 June 14, 16:57 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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                            COMET P/2010 K2 (WISE)

Observations:
    PK10K020  C2010 06 03.16626 10 37 04.71 -09 20 21.1                 EL076H06
    PK10K020  C2010 06 03.16990 10 37 05.28 -09 20 21.6          19.6 T EL076H06
    PK10K020  C2010 06 04.15953 10 39 29.71 -09 24 54.4          20.3 T EL076695
    PK10K020  C2010 06 04.18364 10 39 33.19 -09 25 00.9          20.5 T EL076695
    PK10K020  C2010 06 04.20781 10 39 36.70 -09 25 06.9          20.1 T EL076695

Observer details:
695 Kitt Peak.  Observers R. Probst, M. Trueblood, R. Crawford.  Measurer
    R. Crawford.  0.9-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observer H. Sato.  0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2010 K2 (WISE)
T 2010 July 7.624 TT                                    MPC
q   1.19683              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.201461       Peri.  328.584       -0.335974       +0.924376
a   2.88188        Node   281.251       -0.821448       -0.381435
e   0.58470        Incl.   10.616       -0.460808       +0.005995
P   4.89
From 47 observations 2010 May 27-June 4.

Ephemeris:
    P/2010 K2 (WISE)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 06 13    11 03.11   -10 13.8    0.712    1.233    89.3    55.5  19.2
2010 06 23    11 34.35   -11 25.1    0.702    1.210    87.5    57.1  19.1
2010 07 03    12 10.23   -12 47.3    0.695    1.198    86.7    57.9  19.0
2010 07 13    12 50.42   -14 12.7    0.694    1.199    86.8    57.9  19.0
2010 07 23    13 34.16   -15 31.8    0.703    1.211    87.6    56.9  19.1
2010 08 02    14 20.11   -16 34.7    0.726    1.235    88.8    55.3  19.2
2010 08 12    15 06.62   -17 14.7    0.764    1.269    90.0    53.0  19.4
2010 08 22    15 52.03   -17 29.6    0.819    1.312    90.9    50.4  19.7

     Further observations of this comet are very desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-L76

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