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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Centaur Echeclus = Periodic comet 174P Enhanced photometric activity

Early June outburst of 174P/Echeclus


ATel #3449Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC)
on 23 Jun 2011; 14:05 UT
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Credential Certification: Josep M. Trigo-Rodriguez (trigo@ieec.uab.es)


An image of the centaur taken the night of June the 3th from La Cañada shows an extended comma with a morphology resembling that of centaur 29P after outbursts.