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MPEC 2010-M50 : COMET C/2010 L5 (WISE)

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M.P.E.C. 2010-M50                                Issued 2010 June 23, 18:53 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 L5 (WISE)

Observations:
    CK10L050  S2010 06 14.28890 03 12 19.87 -62 25 07.3                 EM050C51
    CK10L050  s2010 06 14.28890 1 + 1439.6872 - 1159.9082 - 6661.4266   EM050C51
    CK10L050  S2010 06 14.35499 03 13 15.41 -62 35 12.2                 EM050C51
    CK10L050  s2010 06 14.35499 1 + 1481.5590 - 1164.3279 - 6651.4427   EM050C51
    CK10L050  S2010 06 14.55351 03 16 06.19 -63 05 26.3                 EM050C51
    CK10L050  s2010 06 14.55351 1 + 1450.1026 - 1153.6173 - 6660.1812   EM050C51
    CK10L050  S2010 06 14.61973 03 17 04.89 -63 15 29.7                 EM050C51
    CK10L050  s2010 06 14.61973 1 + 1412.8692 - 1146.5734 - 6669.4568   EM050C51
    CK10L050  C2010 06 20.82995 06 19 36.09 -75 28 07.4          18.2 T EM050E12
    CK10L050  C2010 06 20.83322 06 19 45.52 -75 28 17.3                 EM050E12
    CK10L050  C2010 06 22.47357 07 40 38.99 -75 54 58.2                 EM050D96
    CK10L050  C2010 06 22.48145 07 41 02.86 -75 54 50.3                 EM050D96
    CK10L050  C2010 06 23.39430 08 24 13.68 -75 27 16.3                 EM050D90
    CK10L050  C2010 06 23.39716 08 24 21.24 -75 27 07.9                 EM050D90
    CK10L050  C2010 06 23.40383 08 24 39.25 -75 26 47.5          18.9 T EM050D90

Observer details:
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)
D90 RAS Observatory, Moorook.  Observer H. Sato.  0.40-m f/9.1
    Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
D96 Tzec Maun Observatory, Moorook.  Observers L. Buzzi, P. Concari, S. Foglia,
    G. Galli, M. Tombelli.  0.15-m f/7.3 refractor + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 L5 (WISE)
T 2010 Apr. 26.626 TT                                   MPC
q   0.83835              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  220.563       +0.921155       -0.304221
                   Node   206.152       +0.002663       -0.618758
e   1.0            Incl.  146.583       -0.389187       -0.724285
From 9 observations 2010 June 14-23.

Ephemeris:
    C/2010 L5 (WISE)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 06 23    08 06.05   -75 42.6    0.679    1.325   100.9    48.9  18.4
2010 06 28    10 44.94   -68 41.6    0.745    1.389   103.0    45.5  18.8
2010 07 03    11 45.33   -59 48.9    0.845    1.455   102.4    43.1  19.3
2010 07 08    12 14.38   -52 22.6    0.968    1.521   100.0    41.2  19.7
2010 07 13    12 31.95   -46 34.4    1.106    1.587    96.7    39.5  20.2
2010 07 18    12 44.28   -42 05.7    1.254    1.653    92.9    37.9  20.7
2010 07 23    12 53.84   -38 37.1    1.407    1.720    88.9    36.2  21.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-M50

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