M.P.E.C. 2020-A112                             Issued 2020 January 10, 20:12 UT
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                         COMET C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)                         
     This object was reported on 2019 Dec. 28 UT as possibly cometary
in appearance by L. Denneau on behalf of ATLAS-MLO (T08) and placed on 
PCCP.  Stacked observations taken on Dec. 31 by L. Buzzi at Schiaparelli 
Observatory (204) revealed a 10" coma elongated toward the north-west.  
The orbital elements for this object are very similar to those for C/1844 Y1 
(Great Comet).  The suggestion was initially made by M. Meyer when the 
2019-2020 arc was ~three days.  Additional reports of cometary features 
are as follows:
OC   Date     Reporter           Coma    Tail    PA          Exposures
Q11  Dec. 31  H. Sato            18"                         10x90s
K88  Jan. 1   K. Sarneczky        8"                         3x120s
G40  Jan. 1   B. Lutkenhoener    10"
T08  Dec. 28  H. Flewelling       2"
T12  Jan. 1   D. J. Tholen                       315
203  Jan. 6   G. Galli            4"
I89  Jan. 6   E. Bryssinck       21"      17"    280-287     
A71  Jan. 3   M. Jaeger          10"      25"    270-275
H06  Jan. 4   H. Sato             8"      15"    280         10x60s
A77  Jan. 8   F. Kugel           20"      30"    280
G40  Jan. 9   G. Gasparovic      10"      20"     10         23x50s
Observations:
    CK19Y040* C2019 12 28.59683411 44 23.74 +30 49 19.4          19.63oVEA112T08
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 28.60028711 44 23.80 +30 49 22.0          19.61oVEA112T08
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 28.60534311 44 23.83 +30 49 25.1          19.52oVEA112T08
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 28.60822611 44 24.05 +30 49 27.0          19.33oVEA112T08
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 28.62320111 44 24.58 +30 49 38.1          19.53oVEA112T08
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 28.62504611 44 24.54 +30 49 40.3          19.26oVEA112T08
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 29.00782 11 44 37.36 +30 54 26.9          18.7 VVEA112033
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 29.00862 11 44 37.40 +30 54 27.5          18.5 VVEA112033
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 29.00941 11 44 37.43 +30 54 28.0          18.7 VVEA112033
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 29.01043 11 44 37.46 +30 54 29.0          18.7 VVEA112033
    CK19Y040 IC2019 12 29.12709311 44 41.21 +30 55 58.8          19.3 GVEA112L01
    CK19Y040 IC2019 12 29.13183811 44 41.39 +30 56 02.6          19.3 GVEA112L01
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 29.17018111 44 42.58 +30 56 31.9          19.5 GVEA112L01
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 29.17174711 44 42.68 +30 56 32.6          19.6 GVEA112L01
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 29.19196 11 44 43.30 +30 56 47.5          18.6 VVEA112033
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 29.19275 11 44 43.32 +30 56 48.0          18.6 VVEA112033
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 29.19354 11 44 43.33 +30 56 48.7          19.0 VVEA112033
    CK19Y040  C2019 12 29.19484 11 44 43.38 +30 56 49.8          18.8 VVEA112033
    CK19Y040 KC2019 12 30.09442511 45 12.75 +31 08 25.5          17.9 GVEA112C95
    CK19Y040 KC2019 12 30.10602611 45 13.11 +31 08 34.2          18.5 GVEA112C95
    CK19Y040 KC2019 12 30.23141 11 45 16.94 +31 10 12.6          20.1 GVEA112K87
    CK19Y040 KC2019 12 30.23558 11 45 17.06 +31 10 15.9          20.1 GVEA112K87
    CK19Y040 KC2019 12 30.24703 11 45 17.48 +31 10 24.7          19.7 GVEA112K87