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MPEC 2010-H56 : COMET C/2010 G3 (WISE)

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M.P.E.C. 2010-H56                                Issued 2010 Apr. 24, 17:02 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.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/2010 G3 (WISE)

Observations:
    CK10G030  S2010 04 15.46138 18 47 37.74 +47 51 06.6                 EH056C51
    CK10G030  s2010 04 15.46138 1 + 2284.6195 - 4168.0392 + 5002.8578   EH056C51
    CK10G030  S2010 04 15.52747 18 47 34.69 +47 52 15.8                 EH056C51
    CK10G030  s2010 04 15.52747 1 + 2281.7081 - 4134.6550 + 5031.8604   EH056C51
    CK10G030  S2010 04 15.59369 18 47 31.77 +47 53 28.0                 EH056C51
    CK10G030  s2010 04 15.59369 1 + 2293.1381 - 4158.9255 + 5006.6290   EH056C51
    CK10G030  S2010 04 15.65978 18 47 28.75 +47 54 36.6                 EH056C51
    CK10G030  s2010 04 15.65978 1 + 2289.7556 - 4123.3899 + 5037.2257   EH056C51
    CK10G030  S2010 04 15.72599 18 47 25.74 +47 55 44.1                 EH056C51
    CK10G030  s2010 04 15.72599 1 + 2301.4135 - 4148.1826 + 5011.3992   EH056C51
    CK10G030  S2010 04 15.79208 18 47 22.66 +47 56 55.0                 EH056C51
    CK10G030  s2010 04 15.79208 1 + 2297.9670 - 4113.0781 + 5041.6211   EH056C51
    CK10G030  S2010 04 15.85830 18 47 19.62 +47 58 01.6                 EH056C51
    CK10G030  s2010 04 15.85830 1 + 2309.4704 - 4138.0867 + 5015.9304   EH056C51
    CK10G030  S2010 04 15.92439 18 47 16.72 +47 59 11.3                 EH056C51
    CK10G030  s2010 04 15.92439 1 + 2305.7787 - 4102.5044 + 5046.8862   EH056C51
    CK10G030  S2010 04 16.05669 18 47 10.47 +48 01 29.4                 EH056C51
    CK10G030  s2010 04 16.05669 1 + 2313.6098 - 4091.4637 + 5052.4213   EH056C51
    CK10G030  S2010 04 16.18899 18 47 04.28 +48 03 48.2                 EH056C51
    CK10G030  s2010 04 16.18899 1 + 2321.6084 - 4080.3063 + 5057.8368   EH056C51
    CK10G030  C2010 04 17.70881 18 45 51.34 +48 30 17.0                 EH056372
    CK10G030  C2010 04 17.71491 18 45 50.87 +48 30 23.4                 EH056900
    CK10G030  C2010 04 17.71883 18 45 50.79 +48 30 27.5                 EH056372
    CK10G030  C2010 04 17.72637 18 45 50.40 +48 30 35.3          18.4 N EH056372
    CK10G030  C2010 04 17.72656 18 45 50.32 +48 30 34.3          18.9 T EH056900
    CK10G030  C2010 04 18.07670 18 45 32.90 +48 36 39.1          18.0 T EH056215
    CK10G030  C2010 04 18.07793 18 45 32.83 +48 36 40.9          18.8 T EH056215
    CK10G030  C2010 04 18.07916 18 45 32.76 +48 36 42.1          18.6 T EH056215
    CK10G030  C2010 04 21.38179 18 42 36.23 +49 33 42.8                 EH056H06
    CK10G030  C2010 04 21.38727 18 42 35.93 +49 33 48.2                 EH056H06
    CK10G030  C2010 04 21.39275 18 42 35.65 +49 33 53.9          18.2 T EH056H06
    CK10G030  C2010 04 23.04181 18 40 59.17 +50 02 07.2          18.4 N EH056585
    CK10G030  C2010 04 23.04389 18 40 59.01 +50 02 09.5          18.6 N EH056585
    CK10G030  C2010 04 23.04808 18 40 58.70 +50 02 15.0          18.2 N EH056585

Observer details:
215 Buchloe.  Observer W. Hasubick.  0.44-m f/4.6 reflector + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observers T. Seki, K. Muraoka, S. Shimomoto.  0.70-m f/7
    reflector + CCD.
585 Kiev comet station.  Observer A. Baransky.  0.7-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.26-m f/7.0 reflector + CCD.
C51 WISE.  Measurers A. Mainzer, E. Wright, J. Bauer, T. Grav, J. Dailey, J.
    Masiero, R. Cutri, R. McMillan, R. Walker.
    (http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/mission_sci.html)
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observer H. Sato.  0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 G3 (WISE)
T 2010 Mar. 4.231 TT                                    MPC
q   4.89775              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   70.176       +0.018662       -0.721002
                   Node   313.205       -0.766378       +0.434623
e   1.0            Incl.  108.141       +0.642119       +0.539684
From 47 observations 2010 Apr. 14-23.

Ephemeris:
    C/2010 G3 (WISE)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 04 24    18 40.01   +50 18.4    4.752    4.914    93.3    11.8  18.8
2010 05 04    18 27.91   +53 02.4    4.712    4.920    96.0    11.8  18.8
2010 05 14    18 12.08   +55 30.0    4.690    4.928    97.7    11.7  18.8
2010 05 24    17 52.57   +57 32.8    4.686    4.938    98.4    11.7  18.8
2010 06 03    17 29.96   +59 03.6    4.702    4.948    98.1    11.7  18.8
2010 06 13    17 05.44   +59 57.3    4.736    4.960    96.8    11.7  18.8
2010 06 23    16 40.72   +60 12.6    4.787    4.973    94.6    11.8  18.9

     Further observations of this comet are desirable.
     Further observations of comet C/2010 H1 are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-H56

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