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  • MPEC 2010-M39 : COMET C/2010 D3 (WISE)

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    M.P.E.C. 2010-M39                                Issued 2010 June 22, 14:43 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 D3 (WISE)
    
    Observations:
        CK10D030  C2010 06 04.26038 08 26 39.84 -65 24 51.8          19.4 T EM039E85
        CK10D030  C2010 06 04.26397 08 26 40.55 -65 24 51.2          19.5 T EM039E85
        CK10D030  C2010 06 04.26757 08 26 40.94 -65 24 49.7          19.5 T EM039E85
        CK10D030  C2010 06 14.44175 08 52 36.89 -64 37 02.7                 EM039D90
        CK10D030  C2010 06 14.44512 08 52 37.48 -64 37 00.7                 EM039D90
        CK10D030  C2010 06 14.44850 08 52 37.92 -64 36 59.2          18.3 T EM039D90
    
    Observer details:
    D90 RAS Observatory, Moorook.  Observer H. Sato.  0.40-m f/3.8 reflector + CCD.
    E85 Farm Cove.  Observer J. McCormick.  0.35-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/2010 D3 (WISE)
    Epoch 2010 Sept. 1.0 TT = JDT 2455440.5
    T 2010 Sept. 3.97621 TT                                 MPC
    q   4.2473887            (2000.0)            P               Q
    z  +0.0000862      Peri.  304.65184     -0.33204381     -0.08025953
     +/-0.0000413      Node   255.23711     -0.14116445     -0.98092444
    e   0.9996337      Incl.   76.39194     -0.93264115     +0.17704703
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    100226 C51  1.5-  1.7+    100304 809  0.1-  0.0     100322 D90  0.4-  0.1-
    100226 C51 (0.3+  2.3-)   100308 E12 (2.5-  4.4+)   100323 D90  0.0   0.8+
    100226 C51  0.1-  0.0     100308 E12  0.4+  0.6-    100323 D90  0.2-  0.8+
    100227 C51 (2.2+  1.7+)   100308 E12  0.8+  1.1-    100514 D90  0.2-  0.1+
    100227 C51 (3.0-  3.9+)   100308 E12  0.9+  0.9-    100514 D90  0.0   0.1+
    100228 C51 (1.3-  2.6+)   100309 E12  0.1-  0.6+    100514 D90  0.0   0.1-
    100228 C51  0.0   1.6-    100309 E12  0.6+  0.1-    100604 E85  0.1-  0.0
    100228 C51 (6.6-  4.2-)   100321 I33  0.1-  0.4-    100604 E85  1.1+  0.5-
    100228 C51  0.8+  1.8+    100321 I33  0.5-  0.0     100604 E85  0.2+  0.0
    100228 C51  0.0   0.5-    100321 I33  0.3-  0.1-    100614 D90  0.4-  0.7-
    100228 C51 (1.7+  5.0-)   100321 I33  0.4-  0.0     100614 D90  0.1+  0.3+
    100228 C51 (3.5+  1.6-)   100321 I33  0.6-  0.2-    100614 D90  0.5-  0.8+
    100304 809  0.2-  0.0     100322 D90  0.8+  0.1+
    100304 809  0.1-  0.0     100322 D90  0.2+  0.1-
    
         The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.000004
    and +0.000175 (+/- 0.000041) AU^-1, respectively.
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-M39
    

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