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MPEC 2010-N18 : 2010 NK

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M.P.E.C. 2010-N18                                Issued 2010 July 6, 15:06 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.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                    2010 NK

Observations:
     K10N00K*QC2010 07 03.67372 20 14 08.89 -36 02 32.9          18.4 R EN018E12
     K10N00K QC2010 07 03.68093 20 14 00.49 -36 03 40.0          18.8 R EN018E12
     K10N00K QC2010 07 03.68819 20 13 52.20 -36 04 46.2                 EN018E12
     K10N00K QC2010 07 03.69547 20 13 43.77 -36 05 53.4          18.4 R EN018E12
     K10N00K QC2010 07 03.71203 20 13 24.92 -36 08 23.3          18.9 R EN018E12
     K10N00K QC2010 07 03.71614 20 13 20.27 -36 08 59.9          18.7 R EN018E12
     K10N00K QC2010 07 03.71926 20 13 16.73 -36 09 27.9          18.7 R EN018E12
     K10N00K QC2010 07 04.59372 19 59 30.85 -38 03 00.2          19.2 R EN018E12
     K10N00K QC2010 07 04.60940 19 59 16.46 -38 04 44.2          19.4 R EN018E12
     K10N00K QC2010 07 04.61475 19 59 11.60 -38 05 19.8          19.0 R EN018E12

Observer details:
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2010 NK                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0059 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M  50.79599              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.62816886     Peri.   83.48243     -0.97062721     +0.04882754
a   1.3502633      Node    99.13062     -0.13194877     -0.92682396
e   0.5308625      Incl.   13.80422     +0.20117740     -0.37230795
P   1.57           H   24.4           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
100703 E12  0.6+  0.1+    100703 E12  0.0   0.1-    100704 E12  0.3-  0.2+
100703 E12  0.5-  0.3-    100703 E12  0.3+  0.3+    100704 E12  0.1+  0.2-
100703 E12  0.3+  0.3+    100703 E12  0.3+  0.3+
100703 E12  0.7-  0.3-    100704 E12  0.2+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2010 NK                  a,e,i = 1.35, 0.53, 14                  q = 0.6335
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 07 03    20 27.53   -34 00.7    0.0463   1.059   155.4    23.5    19.0
2010 07 08    19 25.79   -41 46.5    0.0927   1.104   160.4    18.0    20.4
2010 07 13    19 02.67   -43 34.8    0.142    1.149   157.7    19.6    21.5
2010 07 18    18 51.57   -44 05.9    0.193    1.193   154.2    21.8    22.3
2010 07 23    18 45.97   -44 08.0    0.246    1.236   150.5    23.8    22.9

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-N18

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