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MPEC 2010-E11 : 2010 EK2

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M.P.E.C. 2010-E11                                Issued 2010 Mar. 4, 12:15 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.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2010 EK2

Observations:
     K10E02K* C2010 03 04.36986 10 27 51.91 +19 27 58.6          16.6 V EE011703
     K10E02K  C2010 03 04.37508 10 27 46.00 +19 26 29.0          16.6 V EE011703
     K10E02K  C2010 03 04.38027 10 27 40.14 +19 25 00.0          16.6 V EE011703
     K10E02K %C2010 03 04.40864 10 27 07.40 +19 16 45.3          15.9 R EE011H06
     K10E02K  C2010 03 04.41107 10 27 05.25 +19 16 06.6          16.4 V EE011703
     K10E02K  C2010 03 04.41151 10 27 04.75 +19 15 58.9          16.4 V EE011703
     K10E02K  C2010 03 04.41197 10 27 04.24 +19 15 50.6          16.3 V EE011703
     K10E02K  C2010 03 04.41243 10 27 03.70 +19 15 42.5          16.4 V EE011703
     K10E02K %C2010 03 04.41933 10 26 55.38 +19 13 39.1          15.7 R EE011H06
     K10E02K |C2010 03 04.42203 10 26 52.27 +19 12 50.5          16.7 C EE011H06
     K10E02K |C2010 03 04.42474 10 26 49.22 +19 12 03.4          16.4 C EE011H06
     K10E02K %C2010 03 04.43438 10 26 38.46 +19 09 15.1          15.8 R EE011H06
     K10E02K %C2010 03 04.44175 10 26 30.18 +19 07 05.6          15.8 R EE011H06

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  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.  0.68-m Schmidt
    + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observers H. Sato, E. Guido, G. Sostero.
    0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2010 EK2                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0326 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 319.74632              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37129308     Peri.  249.34644     -0.57321089     +0.81117573
a   1.9171591      Node   343.99188     -0.50324682     -0.46009077
e   0.5873412      Incl.   24.84229     -0.64666213     -0.36098534
P   2.65           H   21.6           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
100304 703  0.3+  0.1+    100304 703  0.1-  0.0     100304 H06  1.1-  0.5-
100304 703  0.2+  0.1+    100304 703  0.1+  0.3-    100304 H06  0.7+  0.4+
100304 703  0.3+  0.2+    100304 703  0.2-  0.4-    100304 H06  1.3+  0.7+
100304 H06  1.1-  0.1+    100304 H06  0.4-  0.5+
100304 703  0.1-  0.0     100304 H06  1.3-  0.9-

Ephemeris:
2010 EK2                 a,e,i = 1.92, 0.59, 25                  q = 0.7911
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 03 05    10 15.66   +16 10.3    0.0557   1.046   165.0    14.2    16.2
2010 03 06    09 51.63   +09 14.5    0.0475   1.037   161.4    17.7    16.0
2010 03 07    09 20.35   -00 19.7    0.0411   1.029   152.3    26.7    15.9
2010 03 08    08 39.83   -12 36.1    0.0371   1.020   138.1    40.5    16.1
2010 03 09    07 49.12   -25 55.0    0.0365   1.012   121.2    57.0    16.5
2010 03 10    06 50.47   -37 12.4    0.0394   1.004   105.1    72.8    17.1
2010 03 11    05 50.39   -44 39.1    0.0450   0.996    92.0    85.4    17.9
2010 03 12    04 56.30   -48 39.1    0.0526   0.988    82.2    94.8    18.6
2010 03 13    04 12.05   -50 27.2    0.0614   0.980    75.1   101.4    19.2
2010 03 14    03 37.53   -51 04.3    0.0708   0.972    69.9   106.2    19.7
2010 03 15    03 10.93   -51 06.2    0.0808   0.964    65.9   109.7    20.2
2010 03 16    02 50.27   -50 51.6    0.0911   0.957    62.9   112.3    20.6
2010 03 17    02 33.97   -50 29.6    0.102    0.949    60.5   114.2    21.0
2010 03 18    02 20.87   -50 04.9    0.112    0.941    58.5   115.6    21.2
2010 03 19    02 10.15   -49 39.5    0.123    0.934    57.0   116.7    21.5
2010 03 20    02 01.23   -49 14.3    0.134    0.927    55.7   117.4    21.7
2010 03 21    01 53.69   -48 49.9    0.145    0.920    54.6   118.0    21.9
2010 03 22    01 47.22   -48 26.4    0.156    0.913    53.7   118.3    22.1
2010 03 23    01 41.62   -48 03.6    0.167    0.906    53.0   118.6    22.2
2010 03 24    01 36.70   -47 41.5    0.178    0.899    52.3   118.6    22.4
2010 03 25    01 32.35   -47 20.0    0.189    0.893    51.8   118.6    22.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-E11

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