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MPEC 2010-L93 : COMET P/2002 LN13 = 2010 L2 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2010-L93                                Issued 2010 June 15, 22:40 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.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                     COMET P/2002 LN13 = 2010 L2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK10L020  S2010 06 10.56835 22 53 07.10 +11 08 58.1                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 10.56835 1 + 6632.1574 - 1500.6223 + 1216.6137   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 10.70066 22 53 12.28 +11 10 25.2                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 10.70066 1 + 6635.0711 - 1485.0817 + 1218.8898   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 10.83283 22 53 17.44 +11 11 50.7                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 10.83283 1 + 6625.6339 - 1455.6008 + 1301.5840   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 10.83296 22 53 17.51 +11 11 49.4                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 10.83296 1 + 6638.1001 - 1469.7404 + 1220.1468   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 10.89905 22 53 20.13 +11 12 34.4                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 10.89905 1 + 6633.4466 - 1454.9996 + 1262.3900   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 10.96514 22 53 22.71 +11 13 18.7                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 10.96514 1 + 6628.6586 - 1440.0673 + 1304.4403   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 11.03135 22 53 25.31 +11 14 01.8                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 11.03135 1 + 6636.5864 - 1439.2333 + 1265.3253   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 11.09744 22 53 27.89 +11 14 46.1                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 11.09744 1 + 6631.6339 - 1424.3043 + 1307.7380   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 11.16366 22 53 30.47 +11 15 29.7                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 11.16366 1 + 6639.4662 - 1423.6055 + 1268.4042   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 11.22974 22 53 32.94 +11 16 12.3                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 11.22974 1 + 6634.3990 - 1408.8346 + 1310.3278   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 11.29596 22 53 35.57 +11 16 55.3                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 11.29596 1 + 6642.2155 - 1408.1866 + 1270.5944   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 11.42826 22 53 40.71 +11 18 22.6                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 11.42826 1 + 6644.9127 - 1392.7656 + 1272.5097   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 11.56057 22 53 45.83 +11 19 49.8                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 11.56057 1 + 6647.4285 - 1377.0875 + 1276.7752   EL093C51
    PK10L020  S2010 06 11.69287 22 53 50.85 +11 21 15.9                 EL093C51
    PK10L020  s2010 06 11.69287 1 + 6650.0243 - 1361.5014 + 1279.1992   EL093C51
    PK10L020  C2010 06 15.40226 22 56 05.88 +12 01 05.2          20.6 T EL093291
    PK10L020  C2010 06 15.41531 22 56 06.34 +12 01 13.7          20.4 T EL093291
    PK10L020  C2010 06 15.42441 22 56 06.62 +12 01 19.4          20.0 T EL093291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer R. S. McMillan.  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)

Orbital elements:
    P/2002 LN13 = 2010 L2 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5
T 2002 Sept. 10.75398 TT                                MPC
q   2.4249455            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.13627978     Peri.   20.46222     +0.03842733     +0.96343254
a   3.7398005      Node   252.49414     -0.95112276     -0.04611042
e   0.3515843      Incl.   16.14441     -0.30641285     +0.26395372
P   7.23

Epoch 2009 Nov. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455160.5
T 2009 Dec. 2.72306 TT                                  MPC
q   2.4157413            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.13668869     Peri.   20.63218     +0.04024916     +0.96334018
a   3.7323383      Node   252.43533     -0.95131151     -0.04424305
e   0.3527539      Incl.   16.15387     -0.30559190     +0.26460962
P   7.21
Residuals in seconds of arc
020517 704  0.2-  0.7-    020612 704  0.4+  0.6+    100610 C51  0.2+  0.2-
020517 704  0.3-  0.2+    020612 704  0.7-  0.3-    100610 C51  0.4-  1.5-
020517 704  0.4+  1.0+    020612 644  0.1-  0.2+    100610 C51 (0.5+  3.0-)
020606 704  0.3+  0.0     020612 704  0.2+  0.2+    100610 C51  0.9+  1.4-
020606 704  0.7+  0.0     020612 644  0.4-  0.6+    100610 C51  0.8+  0.4-
020606 704  0.1+  0.1+    020617 644  0.1-  0.2-    100611 C51  0.9+  0.8-
020606 704  0.2-  0.8-    020617 644  0.6-  0.3-    100611 C51  0.9+  0.1+
020608 704  1.0+  0.0     020617 644  0.2-  0.6-    100611 C51  0.9+  0.3+
020608 704  0.2+  0.0     020618 704  0.5+  1.3-    100611 C51  0.6-  0.4-
020608 704  0.4+  0.0     020618 704  0.4-  0.3-    100611 C51  0.3+  0.8-
020608 704  0.4+  0.4-    020618 704  0.5-  0.4-    100611 C51  0.5+  0.1-
020608 704  0.6+  0.3-    020618 704  0.2-  0.1-    100611 C51  0.7+  0.5+
020609 704  0.7-  0.2-    020714 704  0.4-  1.2+    100611 C51  0.2-  0.2+
020609 704  0.1+  0.1+    020714 704  0.6+  1.6+    100615 291  0.6-  0.3+
020609 704  0.0   0.6+    020714 704  1.3+  1.4+    100615 291  0.2-  0.5+
020609 704  0.7-  0.5-    020809 608  0.8-  0.3-    100615 291  0.6-  0.4+
020612 704  0.3-  0.1-    020809 608  0.4-  0.8-
020612 644  0.2-  0.0     100610 C51  0.9+  0.2-

Ephemeris:
    P/2002 LN13 = 2010 L2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 06 13    22 54.67   +11 35.4    2.475    2.709    92.1    22.0        19.7
2010 06 23    22 59.90   +13 19.0    2.383    2.737    99.3    21.5        19.6
2010 07 03    23 03.16   +14 52.2    2.294    2.765   106.8    20.6        19.5
2010 07 13    23 04.29   +16 12.4    2.211    2.794   114.8    19.3        19.4
2010 07 23    23 03.22   +17 15.9    2.138    2.824   123.1    17.5        19.3
2010 08 02    23 00.03   +17 59.6    2.078    2.855   131.6    15.4        19.2
2010 08 12    22 54.97   +18 20.2    2.035    2.885   140.0    13.0        19.1
2010 08 22    22 48.51   +18 15.9    2.011    2.917   147.8    10.6        19.0
2010 09 01    22 41.38   +17 47.2    2.009    2.949   153.8     8.7        19.0
2010 09 11    22 34.33   +16 57.1    2.033    2.981   156.0     7.9        19.0
2010 09 21    22 28.19   +15 51.0    2.082    3.013   153.4     8.6        19.1
2010 10 01    22 23.57   +14 36.1    2.155    3.046   147.3    10.2        19.2
2010 10 11    22 20.87   +13 19.4    2.252    3.079   139.3    12.2        19.4
2010 10 21    22 20.28   +12 07.4    2.370    3.112   130.7    14.0        19.6
2010 10 31    22 21.79   +11 04.4    2.505    3.146   122.0    15.5        19.8
2010 11 10    22 25.26   +10 13.3    2.654    3.179   113.3    16.6        20.0
2010 11 20    22 30.48   +09 35.8    2.814    3.213   104.9    17.3        20.2
2010 11 30    22 37.21   +09 12.0    2.980    3.246    96.7    17.6        20.3
2010 12 10    22 45.23   +09 01.5    3.151    3.280    88.7    17.5        20.5
2010 12 20    22 54.32   +09 03.7    3.323    3.314    80.9    17.1        20.6
2010 12 30    23 04.29   +09 17.1    3.493    3.347    73.4    16.4        20.7
2011 01 09    23 14.96   +09 40.8    3.659    3.381    66.0    15.4        20.8
2011 01 19    23 26.19   +10 13.3    3.818    3.414    58.8    14.3        20.9
2011 01 29    23 37.85   +10 53.4    3.969    3.448    51.8    13.0        20.9
2011 02 08    23 49.86   +11 39.8    4.109    3.481    44.9    11.5        21.0
2011 02 18    00 02.11   +12 31.4    4.238    3.514    38.2    10.0        21.0
2011 02 28    00 14.52   +13 27.1    4.352    3.547    31.6     8.4        21.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-L93

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