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RE: Comet C/2010 KW7 (WISE)

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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2455456.5 (2010-Sep-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 2 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)

Element	Value	Uncertainty (1-sigma)	Units
e	.9743295635446341	5.9533e-05
a	100.1315863460946	0.23421	AU
q	2.570421524472408	6.0201e-05	AU
i	147.062191431038	0.00030204	deg
node	104.7603456060778	0.0007291	deg
peri	332.304969864176	0.0023602	deg
M	359.9760522275339	8.46e-05	deg
t_p	2455480.845443704220 (2010-Oct-11.34544371)	0.007475	JED
period	365978.0777493005 1001.99	1284 3.515	d yr
n	.0009836654758501803	3.4512e-06	deg/d
Q	197.6927511677168	0.46241	AU

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Comet C/2010 KW7 (WISE) was discovered by the WISE satellite on the 16th May, 2010.
The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 11th October, 2010, at a distance of 2.5 AU from the Sun.

Orbital elements:
    C/2010 KW7
Epoch 2010 Oct. 11.0 TT = JDT 2455480.5
T 2010 Oct. 11.34791 TT                                 MPC
q   2.5703769            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0100127      Peri.  332.30594     -0.60276383     +0.60018535
 +/-0.0000022      Node   104.76032     +0.79491243     +0.39452702
e   0.9742635      Incl.  147.06199     +0.06920979     +0.69579161

MPEC 2010 - W20