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MPEC 2010-A81 : 2010 AL60

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M.P.E.C. 2010-A81                                Issued 2010 Jan. 15, 18:50 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.

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          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2010 AL60

Observations:
     K10A60L* C2010 01 14.18440 03 10 26.76 +17 01 08.6          19.6 V EA081G96
     K10A60L  C2010 01 14.19653 03 10 27.55 +17 03 04.5          19.6 V EA081G96
     K10A60L  C2010 01 14.20874 03 10 28.41 +17 05 00.9          19.5 V EA081G96
     K10A60L  C2010 01 14.22096 03 10 29.20 +17 06 57.2          19.5 V EA081G96
     K10A60L tC2010 01 15.10319 03 11 55.63 +19 26 29.2          20.0 V EA081291
     K10A60L tC2010 01 15.11155 03 11 56.16 +19 27 49.0          20.3 V EA081291
     K10A60L  C2010 01 15.25435 03 12 06.41 +19 49 58.4          20.1 R EA081854
     K10A60L  C2010 01 15.26326 03 12 07.28 +19 51 23.5          20.1 R EA081854

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer T. H. Bressi.  1.8-m f/2.7 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. D. Grauer.  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 AL60                                                Earth MOID = 0.0574 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   6.23315              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.71381418     Peri.  340.62966     +0.00846409     -0.96383892
a   1.2399741      Node   108.16136     +0.95045767     -0.07501713
e   0.1668644      Incl.   16.27905     +0.31073874     +0.25570876
P   1.38           H   22.3           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
100114 G96  0.1+  0.2-    100114 G96  0.3-  0.1+    100115 854  1.1-  1.4-
100114 G96  0.2-  0.0     100115 291  0.4+  0.6-    100115 854  1.2+  1.2+
100114 G96  0.4+  0.1+    100115 291  0.3-  0.6+

Ephemeris:
2010 AL60                a,e,i = 1.24, 0.17, 16                  q = 1.0331
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 01 14    03 10.19   +16 31.9    0.118    1.041   116.1    58.0    19.8
2010 01 24    03 30.55   +39 31.0    0.142    1.052   114.7    58.2    20.3
2010 02 03    04 03.28   +54 10.7    0.181    1.066   111.9    59.1    20.8
2010 02 13    04 50.70   +62 34.4    0.226    1.084   109.5    59.2    21.4
2010 02 23    05 52.09   +66 44.0    0.275    1.105   107.8    58.5    21.8

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-A81

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