MPEC 2010-Q17 : COMET C/2010 L4 (WISE)
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M.P.E.C. 2010-Q17 Issued 2010 Aug. 20, 20:39 UT
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URL http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
COMET C/2010 L4 (WISE)
Observations:
CK10L040 C2010 08 08.86362 20 06 34.53 +35 19 38.3 20.0 N EQ017160
CK10L040 C2010 08 08.86848 20 06 33.96 +35 19 31.4 EQ017160
CK10L040 C2010 08 08.87356 20 06 33.45 +35 19 24.1 EQ017160
CK10L040 C2010 08 08.96266 20 06 24.86 +35 17 06.4 EQ017204
CK10L040 C2010 08 09.07056 20 06 14.27 +35 14 19.5 19.5 N EQ017204
Observer details:
160 Castelmartini. Observers M. Jaeger, E. Prosperi, W. Vollmann. Measurer
E. Prosperi. 0.35-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
204 Schiaparelli Observatory. Observer L. Buzzi. 0.60-m f/4.64 reflector
+ CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2010 L4 (WISE)
Epoch 2010 Feb. 13.0 TT = JDT 2455240.5
T 2010 Feb. 23.59652 TT MPC
q 2.8252242 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.0125974 Peri. 95.75193 +0.23783767 +0.56028567
+/-0.0000040 Node 125.54211 -0.34302997 -0.71576937
e 0.9644096 Incl. 102.81560 +0.90871540 -0.41683830
Residuals in seconds of arc
100615 C51 (2.9- 0.8+) 100618 H21 0.5+ 0.9+ 100714 H10 0.9- 0.2-
100615 C51 1.0- 0.1- 100618 H36 1.4- 1.1+ 100714 H10 0.5- 0.0
100615 C51 1.2- 0.7- 100618 H10 0.9- 1.6- 100714 H10 0.4- 0.6-
100615 C51 1.2- 0.5- 100618 H36 (1.2- 2.5+) 100714 H10 0.8+ 0.6-
100615 C51 (1.5- 2.6+) 100618 H10 (2.1+ 0.1+) 100714 H10 0.6- 0.6-
100615 C51 1.3- 0.9+ 100618 H10 0.8+ 0.1+ 100714 H10 0.2- 1.1-
100615 C51 1.0- 2.0+ 100618 H10 1.8+ 0.0 100715 104 0.6- 0.3+
100615 C51 1.0- 0.3+ 100618 F65 1.4+ 0.7+ 100715 104 0.6- 0.1+
100616 C51 0.6- 1.1+ 100618 F65 1.2+ 0.4+ 100715 104 0.5+ 0.2+
100616 C51 0.2- 0.0 100620 J01 0.5+ 0.7- 100715 510 1.5+ 0.9+
100616 C51 0.5+ 0.7+ 100620 J01 0.1+ 0.7- 100715 510 0.8+ 1.4+
100616 C51 1.9- 0.7+ 100623 J01 0.1+ 0.0 100718 H10 0.1- 1.2+
100616 C51 1.6- 1.4+ 100623 213 0.4+ 0.8- 100718 H10 0.7- 0.6-
100616 C51 (2.3- 1.1-) 100623 J01 0.7+ 0.1+ 100718 H10 1.1- 0.1-
100616 C51 1.7- 1.5+ 100623 J01 1.6+ 0.0 100720 H15 0.4- 0.1+
100616 C51 1.7- 1.4+ 100630 118 0.5- 0.0 100720 H15 0.2- 0.3+
100618 J95 0.1- 0.0 100630 118 0.1+ 0.2+ 100720 H15 0.2- 0.4-
100618 J95 0.3- 0.2- 100630 118 0.0 0.2- 100720 900 0.2+ 0.3-
100618 J95 0.0 1.0- 100701 J01 0.6+ 1.1+ 100720 900 0.1- 0.0
100618 J95 0.1- 0.8- 100701 J01 0.2- 0.0 100725 J01 0.6- 0.3+
100618 J95 0.0 0.1- 100706 H10 0.1+ 0.3- 100725 J01 0.4- 0.1-
100618 H01 0.8+ 0.2+ 100706 H10 0.9+ 1.0+ 100725 J01 0.7- 0.2+
100618 H01 0.9+ 0.6+ 100706 H10 (2.1+ 0.3-) 100804 157 0.2+ 0.2+
100618 H01 0.4+ 0.2+ 100706 H10 0.7- 0.5- 100804 157 0.0 0.1+
100618 H01 0.9+ 0.4+ 100706 H10 1.6+ 0.2- 100804 157 0.2+ 0.2+
100618 H01 0.9+ 0.4+ 100706 H10 0.3- 0.1- 100808 160 0.8+ 0.7-
100618 H21 1.7+ 0.9+ 100713 H10 0.6+ 0.6- 100808 160 0.4- 0.1-
100618 H21 0.7+ 0.6- 100713 H10 1.0+ 0.7- 100808 160 0.6- 0.4+
100618 H10 1.0+ 0.9+ 100713 H10 0.5+ 0.7+ 100808 204 0.9+ 0.1+
100618 H21 1.5+ 0.5- 100713 H10 0.2- 0.5- 100809 204 0.0 0.2+
100618 H10 0.6+ 0.1- 100713 H10 (0.1- 2.3+)
100618 H21 1.6+ 0.4- 100713 H10 1.4- 0.5-
Ephemeris:
C/2010 L4 (WISE)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2010 08 12 20 01.66 +33 57.6 2.575 3.286 127.0 14.3 18.7
2010 08 22 19 48.02 +29 20.3 2.624 3.336 127.4 13.9 18.8
2010 09 01 19 37.63 +24 32.3 2.711 3.388 124.7 14.2 19.0
2010 09 11 19 30.42 +19 49.4 2.834 3.442 119.4 14.8 19.1
2010 09 21 19 26.13 +15 23.5 2.988 3.497 112.4 15.4 19.3
The "original" and "future" barycentric values of 1/a are +0.012771
and +0.012812 (+/- 0.000004) AU^-1, respectively.
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2010 MPC M.P.E.C. 2010-Q17
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