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    • MPEC 2010-R99 : COMET C/2010 R1 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2010-R99                                Issued 2010 Sept. 12, 23:01 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
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                           COMET C/2010 R1 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK10R010  C2010 09 08.14533 18 30 22.50 -02 08 32.8                 ER099H06
    CK10R010  C2010 09 08.14911 18 30 22.37 -02 08 32.8                 ER099H06
    CK10R010  C2010 09 08.15289 18 30 22.28 -02 08 32.4          19.5 T ER099H06
    CK10R010  C2010 09 08.56075 18 30 09.97 -02 09 36.9          19.2 N ER099372
    CK10R010  C2010 09 08.56479 18 30 09.89 -02 09 37.3          19.3 N ER099372
    CK10R010  C2010 09 08.56854 18 30 09.80 -02 09 38.3          19.2 N ER099372
    CK10R010  C2010 09 12.83203 18 28 09.36 -02 20 53.2          20.5 N ER099160
    CK10R010  C2010 09 12.83551 18 28 09.22 -02 20 53.6          20.4 N ER099160
    CK10R010  C2010 09 12.83929 18 28 09.06 -02 20 54.2          20.6 N ER099160

Observer details:
160 Castelmartini.  Observers M. Jaeger, E. Prosperi, W. Vollmann.  Measurer
    E. Prosperi.  0.35-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observers T. Seki, K. Muraoka, S. Shimomoto.  0.70-m f/7
    reflector + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observer H. Sato.  0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 R1 (LINEAR)
T 2011 Nov. 28.457 TT                                   MPC
q   6.66247              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   96.009       -0.324533       -0.941276
                   Node   345.949       -0.945856       +0.323556
e   1.0            Incl.  157.437       +0.005824       +0.096497
From 35 observations 2010 Sept. 4-12.

Ephemeris:
    C/2010 R1 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 09 11    18 28.99   -02 16.0    6.899    7.279   108.4     7.5  18.8
2010 09 21    18 24.87   -02 42.2    7.040    7.253    98.3     7.9  18.8
2010 10 01    18 21.83   -03 07.4    7.187    7.228    88.3     8.0  18.9
2010 10 11    18 19.82   -03 30.8    7.334    7.203    78.6     7.8  18.9
2010 10 21    18 18.78   -03 51.9    7.475    7.178    69.0     7.4  18.9
2010 10 31    18 18.59   -04 10.1    7.605    7.154    59.6     6.9  19.0
2010 11 10    18 19.16   -04 25.0    7.720    7.131    50.5     6.2  19.0
2010 11 20    18 20.36   -04 36.2    7.815    7.107    41.7     5.3  19.0

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.
     Further observations of comet C/2010 M1 are extremely desirable.
     Further observations of comet P/2010 P4 are extremely desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-R99

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