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MPEC 2010-D64 : COMET P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2010-D64                                Issued 2010 Feb. 22, 16:38 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/2010 A2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK10A020  C2010 02 13.07631 06 40 52.12 +26 17 24.0          19.0 N ED064850
    PK10A020  C2010 02 13.09922 06 40 51.77 +26 17 17.6          19.1 N ED064850
    PK10A020  C2010 02 19.11924 06 41 03.06 +25 51 19.4          19.7 N ED064H21
    PK10A020  C2010 02 19.13598 06 41 03.18 +25 51 14.5          20.1 N ED064H21

Observer details:
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observers D. T. Durig, K. M. Freeman,
    K. D. Hanson.  0.30-m f/2.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurer S. Foglia.  0.61-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2009 Nov. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455160.5
T 2009 Dec. 4.90081 TT                                  MPC
q   2.0056319            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28433447     Peri.  133.30063     -0.06442301     -0.99620440
a   2.2904266      Node   320.28084     +0.88701314     -0.03028855
e   0.1243413      Incl.    5.25578     +0.45722791     -0.08160514
P   3.47
From 87 observations 2010 Jan. 6-Feb. 19, mean residual 0".87.

Ephemeris:
    P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 02 13    06 40.87   +26 17.7    1.205    2.028   135.1    20.1  19.0
2010 02 23    06 41.94   +25 34.6    1.295    2.034   125.3    23.4  19.1
2010 03 05    06 46.78   +24 51.5    1.397    2.042   116.4    25.8  19.3
2010 03 15    06 54.83   +24 08.2    1.507    2.050   108.3    27.4  19.5
2010 03 25    07 05.53   +23 23.4    1.622    2.058   100.9    28.4  19.7
2010 04 04    07 18.36   +22 35.6    1.741    2.068    94.1    28.8  19.9
2010 04 14    07 32.82   +21 43.4    1.861    2.078    87.7    28.8  20.0
2010 04 24    07 48.56   +20 45.6    1.982    2.089    81.7    28.5  20.2

     Further observations of this comet are desirable,

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-D64

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