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MPEC 2010-A35 : 2010 AL2

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M.P.E.C. 2010-A35                                Issued 2010 Jan. 8, 17:45 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

                                   2010 AL2

Observations:
     K10A02L* C2010 01 07.27253 06 59 17.76 +24 22 13.2          19.6   EA035704
     K10A02L  C2010 01 07.28523 06 59 31.45 +24 25 20.4          19.8   EA035704
     K10A02L  C2010 01 07.29806 06 59 45.44 +24 28 29.3          19.2   EA035704
     K10A02L  C2010 01 07.31080 06 59 59.29 +24 31 35.5          19.8   EA035704
     K10A02L  C2010 01 08.23800 07 20 14.53 +28 27 12.5          19.6 V EA035G96
     K10A02L  C2010 01 08.23942 07 20 16.40 +28 27 35.3          19.5 V EA035G96
     K10A02L  C2010 01 08.24083 07 20 18.27 +28 27 57.6          19.6 V EA035G96
     K10A02L  C2010 01 08.24228 07 20 20.22 +28 28 21.1          19.5 V EA035G96
     K10A02L ]C2010 01 08.29771807 21 33.93 +28 43 05.7          18.9 C EA035695
     K10A02L ]C2010 01 08.29832107 21 34.72 +28 43 15.1          19.6 C EA035695
     K10A02L ]C2010 01 08.29892207 21 35.51 +28 43 24.7          20.2 C EA035695
     K10A02L  C2010 01 08.34556 07 22 37.48 +28 55 38.5          19.4 R EA035854
     K10A02L  C2010 01 08.35217 07 22 46.37 +28 57 20.9          19.3 R EA035854
     K10A02L  C2010 01 08.35549 07 22 50.90 +28 58 13.4          19.7 R EA035854

Observer details:
695 Kitt Peak.  Observers M. Trueblood, L. Lebofsky.  Measurer R. Crawford.
    2.1-m f/7.7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, G. Spitz,
    R. Brungard, J. Paige, P. Festler.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  Measurers J. D. Ahern,
    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.  1.5-m reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2010 AL2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0285 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 351.21679              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42447000     Peri.   20.73280     -0.59774253     -0.79181049
a   1.7534957      Node   106.18409     +0.71591381     -0.59764057
e   0.4305151      Incl.    7.50636     +0.36079258     -0.12594403
P   2.32           H   26.5           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
100107 704  0.3+  0.3-    100108 G96  0.1-  0.1+    100108 695  0.2-  0.2-
100107 704  0.6-  0.0     100108 G96  0.1-  0.1-    100108 854  0.4-  0.6+
100107 704  0.3+  0.4+    100108 G96  0.3+  0.1+    100108 854  0.2-  0.4-
100107 704  0.0   0.1-    100108 695  0.0   0.1-    100108 854  0.7+  0.2+
100108 G96  0.1+  0.1+    100108 695  0.1-  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2010 AL2                 a,e,i = 1.75, 0.43, 8                   q = 0.9986
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 01 04    06 11.24   +13 15.0    0.0434   1.025   165.4    14.0    20.5
2010 01 06    06 37.07   +19 31.2    0.0375   1.020   172.4     7.3    19.9
2010 01 08    07 14.59   +27 25.7    0.0329   1.016   174.9     5.0    19.5
2010 01 10    08 09.42   +36 14.7    0.0301   1.012   162.7    16.8    19.8
2010 01 12    09 24.58   +43 43.2    0.0296   1.009   148.1    31.0    20.2
2010 01 14    10 50.11   +47 19.8    0.0315   1.006   134.2    44.5    20.7
2010 01 16    12 05.27   +47 02.4    0.0353   1.003   123.0    55.4    21.3
2010 01 18    13 00.13   +44 46.8    0.0404   1.001   114.6    63.3    21.8
2010 01 20    13 37.74   +42 04.3    0.0465   1.000   108.7    68.7    22.3
2010 01 22    14 03.75   +39 32.7    0.0530   0.999   104.7    72.4    22.7
2010 01 24    14 22.29   +37 21.9    0.0600   0.998   101.9    74.7    23.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-A35

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