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MPEC 2010-D88 : COMET P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2010-D88                                Issued 2010 Feb. 27, 15:18 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

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

                           COMET P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK10A020  C2010 02 14.10260 06 40 47.68 +26 12 57.0          19.3 N ED088850
    PK10A020  C2010 02 14.11752 06 40 47.65 +26 12 52.0          19.5 N ED088850
    PK10A020  C2010 02 16.05680 06 40 46.74 +26 04 41.3                 ED088809
    PK10A020  C2010 02 21.14892 06 41 26.43 +25 42 36.7          19.6 N ED088850
    PK10A020  C2010 02 21.20145 06 41 27.57 +25 42 18.7          20.7 N ED088850

Observer details:
809 European Southern Observatory, La Silla.  Observer C. Snodgrass.  3.58-m
    New Technology Telescope.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observers D. T. Durig, W. D. Cook.
    0.30-m f/3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2009 Nov. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455160.5
T 2009 Dec. 4.96458 TT                                  MPC
q   2.0051870            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28439177     Peri.  133.30715     -0.06475376     -0.99618570
a   2.2901189      Node   320.29347     +0.88701309     -0.03060648
e   0.1244180      Incl.    5.25297     +0.45718129     -0.08171467
P   3.47
From 88 observations 2010 Jan. 6-Feb. 21, mean residual 0".88.

Ephemeris:
    P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 02 23    06 41.95   +25 34.6    1.295    2.034   125.3    23.4  19.1
2010 03 05    06 46.79   +24 51.5    1.396    2.041   116.4    25.8  19.3
2010 03 15    06 54.84   +24 08.2    1.506    2.049   108.3    27.4  19.5
2010 03 25    07 05.55   +23 23.4    1.621    2.058   100.9    28.4  19.7
2010 04 04    07 18.38   +22 35.6    1.740    2.067    94.1    28.8  19.9
2010 04 14    07 32.85   +21 43.4    1.861    2.077    87.7    28.8  20.0
2010 04 24    07 48.59   +20 45.5    1.981    2.088    81.7    28.5  20.2
2010 05 04    08 05.26   +19 41.3    2.101    2.099    76.0    27.8  20.3
2010 05 14    08 22.60   +18 30.2    2.219    2.111    70.6    26.8  20.5
2010 05 24    08 40.42   +17 11.8    2.335    2.123    65.4    25.7  20.6

     Further observations of this comet are very desirable.
     Further observations of comet P/2009 Y2 are desirable.
     Further observations of comet P/2010 A1 are desirable.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-D88

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