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COMET 496P/HILL -  (= P/2010 A3 = P/2024 S3)

Af(rho) data according the CARA-approach is available via request to CARA-coordinator

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Comet 496P/HILL -  vanbuitenen.nl)

Discovery: [ IAUC 9106 ]

IAU circular No. 9106, issued on 2010, Jan. 09, announces the discovery of another comet by R. E. Hill, named C/2010 A3. It was discovered with the Catalina 0.68-m Schmidt telescope + CCD in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey.The comet will reach perihelion at 1.6 AU in April 2010 and has a period of around 15 years. Computations by Kenji Muraoka and Hirohisa Sato had quickly suggested that it was a short period object, though the preliminary orbit was paraboli

Recovery:  [CBET 5466 ]

An object initially reported as a possible comet seen by Pan-STARRS 1 and 2 has been identified as being a recovery of comet P/2010 A3 (Hill).

MPEC 2024-U42: COMET P/2010 A3 = P/2024 S3 (Hill)