MPEC 2010-P20 : 2010 PQ2

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M.P.E.C. 2010-P20                                Issued 2010 Aug. 4, 14:14 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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                                   2010 PQ2

Observations:
     K10P02Q* C2010 08 03.35525 22 10 27.61 -12 02 11.9          18.8   EP020704
     K10P02Q  C2010 08 03.36709 22 10 39.12 -12 00 16.7          19.8   EP020704
     K10P02Q  C2010 08 03.37897 22 10 50.57 -11 58 21.1          19.7   EP020704
     K10P02Q  C2010 08 03.39137 22 11 02.57 -11 56 20.1          19.1   EP020704
     K10P02Q  C2010 08 03.40321 22 11 14.09 -11 54 24.1          19.4   EP020704
     K10P02Q tC2010 08 04.21061022 25 08.56 -09 44 42.9          19.0 V EP020H21
     K10P02Q tC2010 08 04.23032022 25 26.85 -09 41 36.1          18.9 V EP020H21
     K10P02Q  C2010 08 04.33385 22 27 07.04 -09 24 52.2          18.7 R EP020854
     K10P02Q  C2010 08 04.33726 22 27 10.15 -09 24 20.5          18.4 R EP020854

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, G. Spitz,
    R. Brungard, J. Paige, P. Festler.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurer S. Foglia.

Orbital elements:
2010 PQ2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0370 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M 355.03334              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34614112     Peri.    2.60136     +0.70470625     +0.70906080
a   2.0089413      Node   312.20600     -0.65155907     +0.63284606
e   0.4767557      Incl.    1.92928     -0.28082002     +0.31102837
P   2.85           H   24.7           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
100803 704  0.0   0.2+    100803 704  0.5-  0.2-    100804 H21  0.9-  0.4+
100803 704  0.6+  0.1+    100803 704  0.1+  0.1-    100804 854  0.1+  0.1+
100803 704  0.3-  0.1-    100804 H21  0.6+  0.1+    100804 854  0.2+  0.5-

Ephemeris:
2010 PQ2                 a,e,i = 2.01, 0.48, 2                   q = 1.0512
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 08 02    21 45.93   -15 38.9    0.0386   1.052   165.9    13.6    18.5
2010 08 07    23 06.80   -02 46.4    0.0435   1.051   147.5    31.2    19.3
2010 08 12    00 00.37   +06 21.2    0.0541   1.053   136.1    41.8    20.1
2010 08 17    00 33.58   +11 47.3    0.0677   1.058   131.1    46.2    20.7
2010 08 22    00 54.25   +14 59.1    0.0828   1.066   129.8    46.7    21.2
2010 08 27    01 07.14   +16 53.2    0.0986   1.078   130.9    45.1    21.6
2010 09 01    01 14.86   +17 59.4    0.115    1.092   133.5    42.1    21.8

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