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MPEC 2010-A31 : COMET C/2010 A1 (HILL)

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M.P.E.C. 2010-A31                                Issued 2010 Jan. 7, 22:52 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 http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/2010 A1 (HILL)

Observations:
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.46381 09 11 26.44 +33 08 34.6          17.6 T EA031703
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.46997 09 11 26.08 +33 08 37.8          17.7 T EA031703
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.47618 09 11 25.72 +33 08 38.5          17.8 T EA031703
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.48228 09 11 25.44 +33 08 41.8          17.7 T EA031703
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.48838 09 11 25.33 +33 08 43.2          17.8 T EA031703
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.49448 09 11 25.08 +33 08 46.2          17.7 T EA031703
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.50065 09 11 24.72 +33 08 49.2          17.3 T EA031703
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.52757 09 11 23.65 +33 08 59.2          17.9 T EA031G96
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.52852 09 11 23.65 +33 09 00.1          17.7 T EA031G96
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.52947 09 11 23.57 +33 09 00.3          17.9 T EA031G96
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.53040 09 11 23.56 +33 09 00.1          17.8 T EA031G96
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.61328 09 11 20.71 +33 09 33.5          17.9 T EA031900
    CK10A010  C2010 01 06.62041 09 11 20.38 +33 09 35.2          17.9 T EA031900
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.07288 09 11 01.64 +33 12 33.1          18.4 N EA031J95
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.08551 09 11 01.15 +33 12 38.2          18.8 N EA031J95
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.17920 09 10 57.61 +33 13 15.3                 EA031H06
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.18470 09 10 57.28 +33 13 17.4                 EA031H06
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.19020 09 10 56.86 +33 13 19.9          18.8 T EA031H06
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.23808 09 10 54.98 +33 13 38.6                 EA031703
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.24439 09 10 54.69 +33 13 41.4          17.9 T EA031703
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.24688 09 10 54.58 +33 13 42.9                 EA031703
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.25012 09 10 54.51 +33 13 44.2                 EA031703
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.28371 09 10 53.12 +33 13 57.4          18.5 T EA031H01
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.29810 09 10 52.50 +33 14 03.1          18.7 T EA031H01
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.30902 09 10 52.02 +33 14 07.5          18.7 T EA031H01
    CK10A010  C2010 01 07.31649 09 10 51.69 +33 14 10.4          18.7 T EA031H01

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  Measurers J. D. Ahern,
    E. C. Beshore, A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.26-m f/7.0 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. C. Beshore.  Measurers J. D. Ahern,
    E. C. Beshore, A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observer H. Sato.  0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 A1 (Hill)
T 2010 June 24.055 TT                                   MPC
q   1.02031              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  219.047       -0.706221       +0.707655
                   Node     6.140       -0.587593       -0.568637
e   1.0            Incl.   11.782       -0.394951       -0.419377
From 25 observations 2010 Jan. 6-7.

Ephemeris:
    C/2010 A1 (Hill)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 01 04    09 12.98   +32 52.6    1.843    2.731   148.7    10.8  17.7
2010 01 14    09 05.39   +33 58.8    1.678    2.614   157.7     8.2  17.3
2010 01 24    08 54.30   +35 03.3    1.539    2.496   162.9     6.7  16.9
2010 02 03    08 40.27   +35 55.5    1.428    2.378   159.9     8.2  16.5
2010 02 13    08 24.53   +36 24.4    1.344    2.258   150.8    12.3  16.2
2010 02 23    08 09.03   +36 22.1    1.286    2.138   139.7    17.4  15.8
2010 03 05    07 55.83   +35 47.0    1.247    2.018   128.3    22.7  15.5
2010 03 15    07 46.56   +34 42.8    1.223    1.897   117.3    27.8  15.2
2010 03 25    07 42.19   +33 15.2    1.207    1.778   107.1    32.4  14.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-A31

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