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Comet C/2010 H1 (GARRADD)

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Comet C/2010 H1 (Garradd) is at perihelion (2.745 AU) on the 19th June, 2010.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2010 06 13    11 33.80   -34 38.9    2.304    2.746   104.8    21.0  19.2
2010 06 18    11 37.18   -34 59.7    2.353    2.745   101.7    21.3  19.2
2010 06 23    11 41.18   -35 22.6    2.402    2.745    98.6    21.5  19.3
2010 06 28    11 45.77   -35 47.6    2.452    2.747    95.7    21.6  19.3

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Orbital elements:
    C/2010 H1 (Garradd)
T 2010 June 19.1197 TT                                  MPC
q   2.744972             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  233.8993      -0.7168889      +0.6849426
                   Node   347.3739      -0.2718799      -0.4464750
e   1.0            Incl.   36.5230      -0.6419904      -0.5757722
From 27 observations 2010 Apr. 16-June 13.

MPEC 2010 - L71

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Orbital elements:
    C/2010 H1 (Garradd)
T 2010 June 19.577 TT                                   MPC
q   2.74244              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  234.082       -0.715041       +0.686833
                   Node   347.343       -0.273377       -0.446258
e   1.0            Incl.   36.487       -0.643414       -0.573685
From 23 observations 2010 Apr. 16-May 12.

MPEC 2010 - J86

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Orbital elements:
    C/2010 H1 (Garradd)
T 2010 July 4.167 TT                                    MPC
q   2.63536              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  240.634       -0.647804       +0.749175
                   Node   346.068       -0.328332       -0.438215
e   1.0            Incl.   35.018       -0.687421       -0.496694
From 19 observations 2010 Apr. 16-21.

MPEC 2010 - H35

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Orbital elements:
    C/2010 H1 (Garradd)
T 2010 July 15.125 TT                                   MPC
q   2.50955              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  247.057       -0.580992       +0.800617
                   Node   344.529       -0.383927       -0.428291
e   1.0            Incl.   33.311       -0.717669       -0.419022
From 10 observations 2010 Apr. 16-17.

MPEC 2010 - H07

Comet C/2010 H1 (GARRADD) was discovered by G. Garradd (Siding Spring Survey) on the 16th April, 2010.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 15th July, 2010 at a distance of approximately 2.5 AU from the Sun.