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    • MPEC 2010-X74 : COMET C/2010 U3 (BOATTINI)

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    M.P.E.C. 2010-X74                                Issued 2010 Dec. 8, 16:40 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

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       URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                          COMET C/2010 U3 (BOATTINI)

Observations:
    CK10U030  C2010 11 27.52799 02 29 56.27 +09 09 01.5          19.6 NoEX074372
    CK10U030  C2010 11 27.53755 02 29 56.23 +09 09 01.8          19.7 NoEX074372
    CK10U030  C2010 11 27.54513 02 29 56.07 +09 09 02.6          19.6 NoEX074372
    CK10U030  C2010 11 27.56417 02 29 55.81 +09 09 00.9          19.5 NoEX074372
    CK10U030  C2010 11 28.63699 02 29 43.87 +09 08 54.1          19.2 TmEX074349
    CK10U030  C2010 11 28.66282 02 29 43.57 +09 08 53.8                mEX074349
    CK10U030 KC2010 12 04.74248 02 28 38.70 +09 08 40.3          19.3 TuEX074215
    CK10U030 KC2010 12 04.74424 02 28 38.77 +09 08 39.8          19.3 TuEX074215
    CK10U030 KC2010 12 04.74600 02 28 38.82 +09 08 40.2          18.8 TuEX074215

Observer details:
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observers T. Seki, K. Muraoka, S. Shimomoto.  0.70-m f/7
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 U3 (Boattini)
T 2019 Feb. 19.2529 TT                                  MPC
q   8.501687             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   87.5787      -0.3609835      -0.7461535
                   Node    43.0938      +0.0853179      -0.6237710
e   1.0            Incl.   54.9672      +0.9286613      -0.2327331
From 93 observations 2010 Oct. 31-Dec. 4.

Ephemeris:
    C/2010 U3 (Boattini)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 11 08    02 33 48.2 +09 13 09  17.3067 18.2876   171.6     0.5  19.8
...
2010 11 23    02 30 47.7 +09 09 38  17.3103 18.2252   157.3     1.2  19.8
...
2010 12 01    02 29 18.2 +09 08 46  17.3392 18.1919   149.0     1.6  19.8
...
2010 12 07    02 28 15.8 +09 08 41  17.3724 18.1669   142.8     1.9  19.8
2010 12 08    02 28 05.9 +09 08 44  17.3788 18.1627   141.7     1.9  19.8
2010 12 09    02 27 56.1 +09 08 47  17.3855 18.1586   140.7     2.0  19.8
...
2010 12 15    02 27 00.7 +09 09 28  17.4305 18.1336   134.5     2.2  19.8
...
2010 12 23    02 25 56.4 +09 11 19  17.5027 18.1003   126.1     2.5  19.8
...
2011 01 07    02 24 29.0 +09 17 55  17.6678 18.0378   110.6     2.9  19.8

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-X74

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