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MPEC 2010-D01 : COMET P/2009 WJ50 (LA SAGRA)

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M.P.E.C. 2010-D01                                Issued 2010 Feb. 16, 01:35 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

                         COMET P/2009 WJ50 (LA SAGRA)

Observations:
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 06.09596 03 17 38.77 +20 54 33.5                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 06.09596 1  +4958.7757  +4305.6006  +2136.8820   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 06.22827 03 17 50.84 +20 56 07.0                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 06.22827 1  +4951.2741  +4321.3203  +2122.5043   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 06.36070 03 18 03.09 +20 57 42.6                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 06.36070 1  +4931.7885  +4311.2680  +2187.6152   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 06.49300 03 18 15.18 +20 59 16.0                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 06.49300 1  +4924.3870  +4327.5115  +2172.8229   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 06.62531 03 18 27.33 +21 00 51.9                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 06.62531 1  +4916.8827  +4343.6357  +2157.2650   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 06.69152 03 18 33.52 +21 01 37.2                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 06.69152 1  +4907.0699  +4338.5600  +2189.3748   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 06.75761 03 18 39.54 +21 02 24.8                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 06.75761 1  +4909.0437  +4359.4049  +2143.3964   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 06.82383 03 18 45.73 +21 03 11.8                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 06.82383 1  +4899.2025  +4354.2870  +2175.9897   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 06.95613 03 18 57.96 +21 04 46.2                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 06.95613 1  +4891.3572  +4370.0178  +2162.3792   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 07.02235 03 19 04.11 +21 05 34.6                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 07.02235 1  +4881.3820  +4365.1414  +2193.9354   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 07.08856 03 19 10.38 +21 06 20.8                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 07.08856 1  +4871.4394  +4359.9838  +2225.4950   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 07.35317 03 19 34.95 +21 09 28.3                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 07.35317 1  +4856.1566  +4391.2762  +2197.7102   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  S2010 02 07.61791 03 19 59.83 +21 12 37.3                 ED001C51
    PK09W50J  s2010 02 07.61791 1  +4828.9173  +4396.9037  +2246.0742   ED001C51
    PK09W50J  C2010 02 13.20029 03 29 09.49 +22 17 57.4                 ED001291
    PK09W50J  C2010 02 13.20521 03 29 10.03 +22 18 02.1                 ED001291
    PK09W50J  C2010 02 13.20933 03 29 10.48 +22 18 04.4                 ED001291
    PK09W50J  C2010 02 15.11504 03 32 29.88 +22 40 01.9          20.3 N ED001H01
    PK09W50J  C2010 02 15.12639 03 32 31.06 +22 40 09.6          20.1 N ED001H01
    PK09W50J  C2010 02 15.14472 03 32 32.98 +22 40 21.9                 ED001H01

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer M. T. Read.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
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)
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.
    Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2009 WJ50 (La Sagra)
Epoch 2010 Mar. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455280.5
T 2010 Mar. 12.40323 TT                                 MPC
q   1.7915613            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.18637346     Peri.   27.12954     -0.20154901     -0.96109697
a   3.0353819      Node    74.99580     +0.85945534     -0.26601979
e   0.4097740      Incl.   11.27586     +0.46980263     +0.07433758
P   5.29
Residuals in seconds of arc
091114 704  0.6+  0.1-    091121 703  0.5-  0.2-    100206 C51  0.8-  0.3-
091114 704  0.6+  0.1-    091121 703  0.5-  0.5-    100206 C51  0.1+  0.4-
091114 704  1.9+  1.2+    091121 703  0.7+  0.2-    100206 C51  0.4-  0.2-
091114 704  0.2-  1.2+    091121 703  0.6-  0.7+    100207 C51  0.4-  1.1+
091119 704  1.1-  0.4+    091210 703  0.5+  0.2+    100207 C51  1.2+  0.2+
091119 704  0.6-  0.1-    091210 703  0.6+  0.3-    100207 C51  0.3-  0.4-
091119 704  0.9+  0.8-    091210 703  0.0   0.1+    100207 C51  0.7+  0.5+
091119 704  0.2+  1.1+    091210 703  0.4+  0.6+    100213 291  0.6-  0.7-
091119 J75  0.5-  0.2-    100206 C51  0.2-  0.0     100213 291  0.0   0.6+
091119 J75  0.6-  1.2-    100206 C51  0.6-  0.9-    100213 291  0.4+  0.1+
091119 J75  0.3+  0.6-    100206 C51  0.9+  0.3+    100215 H01  0.2+  0.3+
091121 703  1.1-  0.2+    100206 C51  0.1-  0.6-    100215 H01  0.2+  0.3+
091121 703  0.2-  0.8-    100206 C51  0.7-  1.0+    100215 H01  0.3+  0.1+
091121 703  0.5-  0.6-    100206 C51  0.4+  0.8-

Ephemeris:
    P/2009 WJ50 (La Sagra)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 02 13    03 28.82   +22 15.7    1.489    1.806    91.4    33.1  19.9
2010 02 23    03 47.21   +24 08.1    1.574    1.797    85.8    33.3  20.0
2010 03 05    04 07.91   +25 51.6    1.661    1.793    80.8    33.1  20.1
2010 03 15    04 30.63   +27 22.9    1.749    1.792    76.1    32.6  20.2
2010 03 25    04 55.07   +28 39.1    1.837    1.795    71.7    31.8  20.4
2010 04 04    05 20.90   +29 37.8    1.926    1.801    67.6    30.9  20.5
2010 04 14    05 47.79   +30 16.9    2.016    1.811    63.7    29.8  20.6
2010 04 24    06 15.40   +30 35.3    2.106    1.825    60.0    28.5  20.7

                       (Last issue was M.P.E.C. 2010-C80)

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-D01

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