Printer-friendly version
Follow the MPC on Twitter Follow the MPC on Facebook The MPC blog
Minor Planet Center

MPEC 2009-X51 : 2009 XQ2

The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page.


Read MPEC 2009-X50 Read MPEC 2009-X52


M.P.E.C. 2009-X51                                Issued 2009 Dec. 13, 16:33 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2009 XQ2

Observations:
     K09X02Q* C2009 12 13.19944 06 46 09.01 +59 57 40.0          19.7 V EX051703
     K09X02Q  C2009 12 13.20399 06 46 11.89 +59 59 55.3          19.4 V EX051703
     K09X02Q  C2009 12 13.20862 06 46 14.59 +60 02 12.4          19.5 V EX051703
     K09X02Q  C2009 12 13.21327 06 46 17.58 +60 04 30.3          19.2 V EX051703
     K09X02Q  C2009 12 13.23478 06 46 30.61 +60 15 08.8          19.6 V EX051703
     K09X02Q  C2009 12 13.23536 06 46 31.00 +60 15 27.7          19.5 V EX051703
     K09X02Q  C2009 12 13.23594 06 46 31.29 +60 15 42.6          19.4 V EX051703
     K09X02Q  C2009 12 13.23650 06 46 31.69 +60 15 59.5          19.4 V EX051703
     K09X02Q  C2009 12 13.24554 06 46 37.20 +60 20 30.1          19.3 V EX051703
     K09X02Q  C2009 12 13.24613 06 46 37.48 +60 20 49.5          19.2 V EX051703
     K09X02Q  C2009 12 13.24731 06 46 38.28 +60 21 25.1          19.2 V EX051703
     K09X02Q  C2009 12 13.27117 06 46 52.64 +60 33 23.5          19.5 V EX051703

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    A. Boattini, G. J. Garradd, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 XQ2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0155 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 333.63178              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.75961709     Peri.  281.99155     -0.96461997     +0.23700640
a   1.1896144      Node   271.80041     -0.17358008     -0.90061791
e   0.5801661      Incl.    6.63476     -0.19843959     -0.36430119
P   1.30           H   25.2           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
091213 703  0.1-  1.0-    091213 703  0.2-  0.3-    091213 703  0.3+  1.1-
091213 703  0.4+  0.2+    091213 703  0.1+  1.3+    091213 703  0.3-  0.6+
091213 703  0.6-  0.6+    091213 703  0.4-  1.2-    091213 703  0.4+  0.8+
091213 703  0.4+  0.9+    091213 703  0.1+  1.0-    091213 703  0.1-  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2009 XQ2                 a,e,i = 1.19, 0.58, 7                   q = 0.4994
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 12 05    06 26.28   +40 40.3    0.122    1.095   152.0    25.0    22.0
2009 12 06    06 27.00   +41 25.8    0.111    1.085   152.2    25.1    21.8
2009 12 07    06 27.82   +42 20.5    0.100    1.075   152.3    25.3    21.5
2009 12 08    06 28.78   +43 27.7    0.0892   1.065   152.1    25.6    21.3
2009 12 09    06 29.95   +44 52.7    0.0784   1.055   151.7    26.3    21.0
2009 12 10    06 31.48   +46 43.6    0.0677   1.044   150.8    27.4    20.7
2009 12 11    06 33.65   +49 14.5    0.0572   1.034   149.2    29.2    20.3
2009 12 12    06 37.09   +52 51.5    0.0468   1.024   146.5    32.1    20.0
2009 12 13    06 43.64   +58 27.3    0.0367   1.014   141.7    37.0    19.6
2009 12 14    07 01.49   +67 58.3    0.0273   1.003   132.8    46.0    19.1
2009 12 15    10 14.32   +84 06.0    0.0194   0.993   115.0    64.0    18.9
2009 12 16    17 35.81   +58 33.2    0.0156   0.982    81.9    97.2    19.6
2009 12 17    18 01.00   +23 08.2    0.0185   0.972    46.8   132.4    22.4

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-X51

Read MPEC 2009-X50 Read MPEC 2009-X52


MPEC number:

Enter an MPEC number in one of the following forms:

  • 1997-B01 (the full form)
  • J97B01 (the packed version of the full form)
  • B01 (the abbreviated form)

Valid HTML 4.01!