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COMET P/2021 U1 (Wierzchos)

K. Wierzchos reports the discovery of a comet in four 30-second survey
images taken on Oct. 18 UT by Mt. Lemmon Survey (G96), noting a 6" asymmetric
coma fanning toward PA 220-240 deg.


Orbital elements:
P/2021 U1 (Wierzchos)
Epoch 2021 Sept. 23.0 TT = JDT 2459480.5
T 2021 Sept. 30.86560 TT Rudenko
q 2.4452030 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.03961636 Peri. 145.00540 +0.77669202 -0.42233730
a 8.5222249 Node 246.79260 +0.39625661 +0.90432138
e 0.7130793 Incl. 30.56091 +0.48962252 -0.06191977
P 24.9
From 34 observations 2021 Sept. 20-Oct. 19, mean residual 0".4.