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MPEC 2010-P51 : P/2002 X2 (NEAT) = P/2010 P1

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M.P.E.C. 2010-P51                                Issued 2010 Aug. 12, 02:06 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

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
       URL http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                         P/2002 X2 (NEAT) = P/2010 P1

Observations:
    PK02X020  C2002 12 06.31920 02 18 43.11 -07 56 40.0          19.1 N EP051644
    PK02X020  C2002 12 06.33998 02 18 42.46 -07 56 25.7                 EP051644
    PK02X020  C2002 12 06.36101 02 18 41.77 -07 56 10.4                 EP051644
    PK02X020 KC2003 01 16.11093 02 19 22.26 +01 30 20.2                 EP051644
    PK10P010 KC2010 08 10.43490 04 53 39.71 +12 30 08.8                 EP051H06
    PK10P010 KC2010 08 10.43731 04 53 39.99 +12 30 10.0                 EP051H06
    PK10P010 KC2010 08 10.43971 04 53 40.27 +12 30 11.4          16.9 T EP051H06
    PK10P010 KC2010 08 11.41968 04 55 28.13 +12 37 53.2                 EP051H06
    PK10P010 KC2010 08 11.42277 04 55 28.41 +12 37 54.5                 EP051H06
    PK10P010  C2010 08 11.42507 04 55 28.79 +12 37 55.9          17.5 N EP051H15
    PK10P010 KC2010 08 11.42508 04 55 28.67 +12 37 55.7          16.5 T EP051H06
    PK10P010 IC2010 08 11.43093 04 55 29.46 +12 37 58.7          17.3 N EP051H15
    PK10P010 IC2010 08 11.44419 04 55 30.86 +12 38 04.7          17.6 N EP051H15
    PK10P010  C2010 08 11.45007 04 55 31.49 +12 38 07.7          17.1 N EP051H15
    PK10P010 KC2010 08 11.45540 04 55 32.15 +12 38 10.6                 EP051H06
    PK10P010 KC2010 08 11.46212 04 55 32.86 +12 38 13.9          16.8 T EP051H06
    PK10P010  C2010 08 11.70173 04 55 59.15 +12 40 05.4          16.5 T EP051349
    PK10P010  C2010 08 11.70407 04 55 59.40 +12 40 07.0                 EP051349
    PK10P010  C2010 08 11.70645 04 55 59.63 +12 40 07.7                 EP051349

Observer details:
349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.25-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo,
    M. Hicks, K. Lawrence, R. Thicksten.  Measurer R. J. Bouma.  1.2-m Schmidt
    + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observers H. Sato, T. Yusa.  0.25-m f/3.4
    reflector + CCD.
H15 ISON-NM Observatory, Mayhill.  Observer L. Elenin.  0.45-m f/2.8
    astrograph + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2002 X2 (NEAT) = P/2010 P1
Epoch 2010 Oct. 11.0 TT = JDT 2455480.5
T 2010 Oct. 4.26925 TT                                  MPC
q   2.1238403            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.12987536     Peri.  351.92355     +0.38108670     -0.84034941
a   3.8617564      Node    74.97487     +0.86899129     +0.18323312
e   0.4500325      Incl.   23.52274     +0.31563754     +0.51013576
P   7.59
From 137 observations 2002 Oct. 5-2010 Aug. 11, mean residual 0".80.

    P/2002 X2 (NEAT) = P/2010 P1
Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5
T 2003 Mar. 29.60027 TT                                 MPC
q   2.5287139            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.12162541     Peri.  356.03492     +0.26593374     -0.86812451
a   4.0344700      Node    78.15483     +0.89580565     +0.06194836
e   0.3732228      Incl.   25.35411     +0.35610600     +0.49246546
P   8.10
From 137 observations 2002 Oct. 5-2010 Aug. 11, mean residual 0".80.

Residuals in seconds of arc
021005 704  0.8-  0.0     021213 204  0.1-  0.1-    030201 A02  0.9-  1.2-
021005 704  0.8-  0.2-    021213 204  0.6+  0.4+    030201 A02  0.1+  0.9+
021005 704  0.8-  0.5+    021213 204  0.3+  0.3-    030201 A02  0.5+  0.8+
021005 704  0.4-  0.9-    021225 046  0.1+  0.1+    030201 J95  0.2+  0.8-
021005 699 (2.8-  0.3+)   021225 046  0.6-  0.2-    030201 J95  0.4-  0.7-
021005 699 (2.4-  0.2-)   021225 046  0.2-  0.3-    030202 704  0.3-  0.3-
021005 699 (2.7-  1.0+)   021225 046  0.3+  0.0     030202 704  2.1+  1.2-
021005 699 (3.8-  0.2+)   021225 046  0.4-  0.7+    030202 704  0.9-  1.0+
021029 704  1.5-  0.0     021227 360  0.1+  1.0-    030202 704  0.5+  0.8-
021029 704  1.5-  0.1-    021227 360  0.2-  0.5-    030202 704 (3.0+  3.5-)
021029 704  1.4-  0.9-    021228 349 (2.6+  1.6-)   030203 360  0.3+  0.8-
021105 644  1.2-  0.2+    021228 349  0.3-  1.8-    030203 360  0.4-  0.4-
021105 644  1.2-  0.1+    021228 A02 (3.1+  2.9+)   030203 360  0.6+  0.4-
021105 644  1.6-  0.2+    030102 704  0.0   1.3+    030306 699  0.7+  0.3-
021206 699  1.6+  1.3+    030102 704  1.5+  0.0     030306 699  0.5+  0.5-
021206 699  0.1+  1.3+    030102 704  0.6+  0.1+    030306 699  2.0+  1.0-
021206 699  0.6+  0.7+    030102 704  1.6-  0.3+    030306 699  1.1+  0.5-
021206 699  0.3+  1.5+    030102 704  1.6+  1.0+    031201 360  0.1-  1.6+
021206 644  0.3-  0.2-    030102 349  0.7+  0.4+    031201 360  0.3-  0.2+
021206 644  0.2-  0.5-    030102 349  0.3+  0.2-    031201 360  1.2-  0.5+
021206 644  0.6-  0.1-    030102 349  1.1-  0.8-    031227 461  0.7+  1.5+
021207 644  0.1-  0.6+    030102 349  1.4+  0.1+    031227 461  0.4+  0.9+
021207 644  0.2-  0.7+    030103 213 (2.7-  0.8-)   040131 360  0.5+  1.0+
021207 644  0.0   0.6+    030103 213  1.4-  2.2+    040131 360  0.2+  1.6+
021208 333  1.0-  0.0     030103 213  0.6+  1.7-    040131 360  0.8+  0.1+
021208 333  0.5+  0.8+    030104 A02  0.1+  0.3-    040218 360  0.3-  0.3-
021208 333  0.4-  0.0     030104 A02  1.6+  1.1+    040218 360  0.4-  0.9-
021208 926  2.0+  2.1-    030104 A02  1.2+  1.9-    040218 360  0.6-  0.1-
021208 926  0.6+  0.3+    030105 704  1.6-  1.4-    040221 A33  0.8+  0.1-
021208 926  0.3-  0.8+    030105 704  0.3-  1.4-    040221 118  1.3+  1.0+
021208 246  0.2-  1.7+    030105 704  0.7-  1.4-    040221 118  0.9+  0.1-
021208 246  0.3+  1.3+    030108 246  1.2+  0.3-    040316 204  1.1+  1.1-
021208 246  0.2+  1.4+    030108 246  1.1+  0.0     040316 204 (2.7+  1.0+)
021208 246  0.4+  1.5+    030108 246  0.8+  0.1-    100810 H06  1.0-  0.5+
021208 246  0.4+  1.7+    030108 246  0.4+  0.6-    100810 H06  0.8-  0.5+
021209 926  0.1+  0.3+    030108 246  0.3+  0.4-    100810 H06  0.5-  0.8+
021209 858  0.5-  0.7+    030108 246  0.2-  0.3-    100811 H06  0.5-  0.2+
021209 858  0.1-  0.5+    030116 644  0.2+  0.5-    100811 H06  1.3-  0.0
021209 858  0.7+  0.7+    030117 246  0.4-  0.5-    100811 H15  0.5+  0.3+
021209 926  0.7+  0.4+    030117 246  0.1+  0.7-    100811 H06  1.2-  0.1+
021209 926  0.9-  0.2+    030117 246  0.0   1.2-    100811 H15  1.0+  0.3+
021210 300  0.3-  0.1+    030117 246  0.3+  0.2-    100811 H15  0.2+  0.0
021210 300 (0.0   3.6+)   030117 246  0.6+  1.1-    100811 H15  0.1+  0.2+
021213 204  0.2+  0.3-    030117 246  0.1-  0.7-    100811 H06  1.2+  0.6+
021213 204  0.4+  0.4-    030117 246  0.6-  1.5-    100811 H06  0.8+  0.7+
021213 204  0.2+  0.1-    030125 587  1.1-  0.5-    100811 349  0.3-  0.0
021213 204  0.1+  0.6-    030125 587  0.0   1.0+    100811 349  0.3-  0.5+
021213 204  0.5-  0.4+    030125 232 (4.7+  1.0+)   100811 349  0.8-  0.0
021213 204  0.0   0.1-    030129 J95  1.3+  0.7+
021213 204  0.0   0.2+    030129 J95  0.7-  0.4+

Ephemeris:
    P/2010 P1 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 08 12    04 56.53   +12 42.5    2.386    2.165    65.2    25.1  17.2
2010 08 22    05 14.60   +13 59.0    2.274    2.151    70.1    26.2  17.1
2010 09 01    05 32.13   +15 13.1    2.161    2.140    75.3    27.1  17.0
2010 09 11    05 48.91   +16 26.6    2.048    2.132    80.8    27.8  16.8
2010 09 21    06 04.69   +17 41.9    1.934    2.126    86.7    28.1  16.7
2010 10 01    06 19.21   +19 02.1    1.821    2.124    93.0    28.1  16.6
2010 10 11    06 32.14   +20 30.5    1.712    2.125    99.9    27.6  16.4
2010 10 21    06 43.07   +22 11.1    1.607    2.128   107.4    26.5  16.3
2010 10 31    06 51.57   +24 07.3    1.509    2.134   115.5    24.8  16.2
2010 11 10    06 57.14   +26 21.9    1.422    2.144   124.5    22.4  16.1
2010 11 20    06 59.29   +28 55.3    1.348    2.156   134.1    19.2  16.0
2010 11 30    06 57.72   +31 43.7    1.293    2.170   144.1    15.4  15.9
2010 12 10    06 52.37   +34 38.5    1.259    2.188   154.1    11.4  15.9
2010 12 20    06 43.84   +37 26.1    1.251    2.208   161.9     8.0  15.9
2010 12 30    06 33.40   +39 52.4    1.270    2.230   163.3     7.3  16.0
2011 01 09    06 22.84   +41 47.0    1.316    2.255   157.2     9.7  16.1
2011 01 19    06 14.11   +43 07.1    1.386    2.281   148.1    13.2  16.3
2011 01 29    06 08.63   +43 56.3    1.478    2.310   138.5    16.4  16.5
2011 02 08    06 07.10   +44 21.2    1.588    2.341   129.3    19.0  16.7
2011 02 18    06 09.65   +44 28.3    1.713    2.373   120.6    21.0  16.9
2011 02 28    06 15.88   +44 22.7    1.848    2.407   112.5    22.4  17.1
2011 03 10    06 25.29   +44 07.5    1.991    2.442   104.9    23.1  17.4
2011 03 20    06 37.31   +43 44.3    2.139    2.479    97.8    23.5  17.6
2011 03 30    06 51.34   +43 14.0    2.291    2.516    91.1    23.4  17.8
2011 04 09    07 06.92   +42 36.7    2.445    2.555    84.7    23.0  18.0
2011 04 19    07 23.63   +41 52.5    2.598    2.595    78.6    22.3  18.2
2011 04 29    07 41.08   +41 01.6    2.751    2.635    72.8    21.4  18.4
2011 05 09    07 59.01   +40 04.0    2.901    2.677    67.2    20.3  18.6
2011 05 19    08 17.16   +39 00.3    3.047    2.718    61.8    19.1  18.8
2011 05 29    08 35.36   +37 50.7    3.189    2.761    56.5    17.8  18.9
2011 06 08    08 53.46   +36 35.9    3.324    2.804    51.3    16.4  19.1
2011 06 18    09 11.36   +35 16.7    3.453    2.847    46.2    14.9  19.2
2011 06 28    09 28.98   +33 53.6    3.575    2.890    41.3    13.4  19.4
2011 07 08    09 46.28   +32 27.7    3.688    2.934    36.5    11.9  19.5
2011 07 18    10 03.21   +30 59.6    3.792    2.978    31.9    10.4  19.6

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-P51

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