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MPEC 2010-J91 : COMET C/2010 J4 (WISE)

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M.P.E.C. 2010-J91                                Issued 2010 May 14, 01:09 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 J4 (WISE)

Observations:
    CK10J040  S2010 05 12.24491 13 00 45.84 +65 19 03.2                 EJ091C51
    CK10J040  s2010 05 12.24491 1 -  428.0861 + 1611.2717 + 6693.5949   EJ091C51
    CK10J040  S2010 05 12.37709 12 54 50.68 +64 59 20.4                 EJ091C51
    CK10J040  s2010 05 12.37709 1 -  496.5173 + 1666.8992 + 6675.2874   EJ091C51
    CK10J040  S2010 05 12.44318 12 51 58.18 +64 49 15.1                 EJ091C51
    CK10J040  s2010 05 12.44318 1 -  531.3241 + 1694.7033 + 6665.7143   EJ091C51
    CK10J040  C2010 05 13.22399 12 21 57.53 +62 42 07.1                 EJ091658
    CK10J040  C2010 05 13.22625 12 21 52.87 +62 41 43.9                 EJ091658
    CK10J040  C2010 05 13.22851 12 21 48.26 +62 41 20.7                 EJ091658
    CK10J040  C2010 05 13.28105 12 20 00.58 +62 32 24.9          19.1 T EJ091926
    CK10J040  C2010 05 13.28515 12 19 52.38 +62 31 42.4          19.2 T EJ091926
    CK10J040  C2010 05 13.28926 12 19 44.13 +62 30 59.4          19.1 T EJ091926
    CK10J040  C2010 05 13.36364 12 17 15.90 +62 18 08.7          19.0 T EJ091691
    CK10J040  C2010 05 13.36661 12 17 09.99 +62 17 37.0          18.9 T EJ091691
    CK10J040  C2010 05 13.37225 12 16 59.10 +62 16 39.1          18.8 T EJ091691

Observer details:
658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observer D. D. Balam.  Measurers
    D. D. Balam, D. Bohlender, D. Monin, E. Chisholm, J. J. Kavelaars.  1.82-m
    Plaskett telescope + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer T. H. Bressi.  0.9-m f/3
    reflector + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  Measurer
    P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + 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)

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 J4 (WISE)
T 2010 May 3.289 TT                                     MPC
q   1.08599              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   84.477       -0.576192       -0.790454
                   Node   316.997       -0.816973       +0.549667
e   1.0            Incl.  162.260       -0.023641       +0.270275
From 12 observations 2010 May 12-13.

Ephemeris:
    C/2010 J4 (WISE)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 05 14    11 58.43   +60 27.6    0.417    1.100    91.0    66.7  19.5
2010 05 16    11 17.33   +54 47.8    0.469    1.106    88.8    66.1  19.8
2010 05 18    10 52.77   +49 50.7    0.528    1.113    86.6    65.1  20.1
2010 05 20    10 36.85   +45 43.0    0.592    1.120    84.3    64.0  20.4
2010 05 22    10 25.84   +42 18.4    0.658    1.129    82.1    62.6  20.6
2010 05 24    10 17.85   +39 28.7    0.726    1.138    79.9    61.2  20.9
2010 05 26    10 11.83   +37 06.5    0.796    1.148    77.8    59.6  21.1
2010 05 28    10 07.18   +35 06.1    0.866    1.159    75.7    57.9  21.3
2010 05 30    10 03.51   +33 22.9    0.937    1.171    73.7    56.2  21.5
2010 06 01    10 00.57   +31 53.5    1.007    1.183    71.7    54.4  21.7
2010 06 03    09 58.19   +30 35.3    1.078    1.197    69.7    52.7  21.9
2010 06 05    09 56.25   +29 26.3    1.148    1.210    67.8    50.9  22.1
2010 06 07    09 54.65   +28 24.7    1.218    1.225    65.8    49.1  22.3
2010 06 09    09 53.34   +27 29.5    1.287    1.240    63.9    47.3  22.5
2010 06 11    09 52.28   +26 39.6    1.355    1.256    62.0    45.6  22.6
2010 06 13    09 51.41   +25 54.1    1.423    1.272    60.2    43.8  22.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-J91

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