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RE: Comet P/2010 U1 (BOATTINI)

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Orbital elements:
    P/2010 U1 (Boattini)
T 2010 May 15.4072 TT                                   MPC
q   4.884163             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0573477      Peri.   93.7937      +0.9556524      -0.2588386
a   6.659763       Node   281.2472      +0.1794089      +0.8899414
e   0.266616       Incl.    8.2341      +0.2335401      +0.3755088
P  17.2
From 36 observations 2010 Oct. 1-18.

MPEC 2010 - U18

Comet P/2010 U1 (BOATTINI) was discovered on the 1st October, 2010, by Andrea Boattini (Mt. Lemmon Survey).
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicates a perihelion passage on the 15th May 2010, at a distance of approximately 4.88 AU from the Sun, and a orbital period of about 17.2 years.