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MPEC 2010-C54 : 1996 GQ

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M.P.E.C. 2010-C54                                Issued 2010 Feb. 14, 12:55 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

                                    1996 GQ

                           Revision to MPEC 1996-H01

Additional Observations:
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 06.62544 03 17 57.67 +21 48 53.1                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 06.62544 1 + 4904.7153 + 4317.4714 + 2235.7281   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 06.82396 03 18 23.45 +21 52 05.8                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 06.82396 1 + 4886.9507 + 4327.9159 + 2254.4033   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 06.89017 03 18 32.10 +21 53 10.8                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 06.89017 1 + 4876.8929 + 4322.3798 + 2286.7993   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 07.02248 03 18 49.45 +21 55 22.2                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 07.02248 1 + 4869.0538 + 4338.5868 + 2272.2759   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 07.08869 03 18 58.26 +21 56 26.6                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 07.08869 1 + 4858.8549 + 4333.1568 + 2303.7037   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 07.15478 03 19 06.94 +21 57 32.4                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 07.15478 1 + 4861.4962 + 4354.5487 + 2257.3362   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 07.22100 03 19 15.77 +21 58 37.6                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 07.22100 1 + 4851.4720 + 4348.9320 + 2289.4611   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 07.28721 03 19 24.68 +21 59 43.7                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 07.28721 1 + 4841.3065 + 4343.1493 + 2321.7139   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 07.61803 03 20 09.36 +22 05 15.3                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 07.61803 1 + 4816.3920 + 4369.7960 + 2324.1928   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 07.75034 03 20 27.41 +22 07 30.2                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 07.75034 1 + 4808.6876 + 4385.6003 + 2310.4206   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 07.88264 03 20 45.66 +22 09 43.4                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 07.88264 1 + 4800.9442 + 4401.2459 + 2297.1850   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  S2010 02 08.01507 03 21 04.08 +22 12 00.4                 EC054C51
     J96G00Q  s2010 02 08.01507 1 + 4780.2004 + 4389.7495 + 2360.8218   EC054C51
     J96G00Q  C2010 02 14.03514403 37 41.91 +24 06 37.9          21.3 V EC054H21
     J96G00Q  C2010 02 14.04965603 37 44.40 +24 06 55.9          21.5 V EC054H21
     J96G00Q  C2010 02 14.14063 03 38 01.59 +24 08 57.9                 EC054G96
     J96G00Q  C2010 02 14.14134 03 38 01.70 +24 08 59.4                 EC054G96
     J96G00Q  C2010 02 14.14204 03 38 01.86 +24 08 58.1          22.3 V EC054G96
     J96G00Q  C2010 02 14.14273 03 38 01.96 +24 09 00.3                 EC054G96
     J96G00Q  C2010 02 14.14344 03 38 02.12 +24 09 01.8          21.8 V EC054G96

Observer details:
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.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurer S. Foglia.
C51 WISE.  Measurers A. Mainzer, E. Wright, J. Bauer, T. Grav, J. Dailey, J.
    Masiero, R. Cutri, R. McMillan, R. Walker.
    (http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/mission_sci.html)

Orbital elements:
1996 GQ                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0204 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 343.14792              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35219947     Peri.   59.21493     -0.81471146     -0.57966199
a   1.9858369      Node    85.35401     +0.52659705     -0.75072755
e   0.4949483      Incl.    0.88542     +0.24277725     -0.31685979
P   2.80           H   23.0           G   0.15           U   2
Residuals in seconds of arc
960409 691  0.7+  0.2+    960417 608  0.2-  1.1-    100207 C51  1.0+  0.0
960409 691  0.6+  0.2+    960417 608  0.3+  1.2-    100207 C51  1.0+  0.3-
960409 691  0.6+  0.1+    960420 608  0.2+  0.2-    100207 C51  0.3+  0.6+
960411 691  0.8-  0.0     960420 608  0.1+  0.9+    100207 C51  0.5+  0.8-
960411 691  0.3-  0.0     960423 608  0.2+  1.0+    100208 C51  0.8+  1.4+
960411 691  0.5-  0.2+    960423 608  0.2-  2.6+    100214 H21  0.4+  0.2-
960412 691  0.6-  0.3-    100206 C51  0.3-  0.3+    100214 H21  0.6-  0.2-
960412 691  0.5+  0.6-    100206 C51  0.3+  0.6-    100214 G96  1.0-  0.2+
960412 691  0.2-  0.6-    100206 C51  0.4+  0.3-    100214 G96  1.3-  0.8+
960413 691  0.1-  0.4+    100207 C51  0.0   0.7+    100214 G96  0.8-  1.3-
960413 691  0.2+  0.3+    100207 C51  0.9+  0.1-    100214 G96  1.1-  0.0
960416 608  0.5+  0.3-    100207 C51  0.2-  0.2-    100214 G96  0.6-  0.7+
960416 608  2.0-  0.4-    100207 C51  0.1+  0.5-

Ephemeris:
1996 GQ                  a,e,i = 1.99, 0.49, 1                   q = 1.0030
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 02 13    03 34.43   +23 45.3    0.156    1.007    93.0    78.2    21.7
2010 02 23    04 16.53   +27 48.6    0.123    1.003    93.0    80.0    21.2
2010 03 05    05 37.90   +32 37.4    0.0933   1.014   101.0    73.8    20.5
2010 03 15    08 03.95   +32 20.8    0.0788   1.038   121.5    54.8    19.6
2010 03 25    10 25.03   +20 57.4    0.0923   1.074   144.9    32.3    19.3
2010 04 04    11 40.31   +10 07.5    0.130    1.120   156.4    21.0    19.8
2010 04 14    12 18.67   +03 35.0    0.183    1.175   158.5    18.3    20.6
2010 04 24    12 41.62   -00 28.7    0.247    1.235   155.9    19.4    21.4

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-C54

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