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MPEC 2010-P57 : COMET P/2010 P2 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2010-P57                                Issued 2010 Aug. 13, 15:44 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/2010 P2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK10P020 KC2010 08 12.43975 06 14 58.28 +37 09 58.3                 EP057H06
    PK10P020 KC2010 08 12.44348 06 14 58.95 +37 09 58.3                 EP057H06
    PK10P020 KC2010 08 12.44627 06 14 59.38 +37 09 58.1          17.6 T EP057H06
    PK10P020 KC2010 08 13.43583 06 17 50.59 +37 06 57.7                 EP057H06
    PK10P020 KC2010 08 13.43963 06 17 51.33 +37 06 55.8                 EP057H06
    PK10P020 KC2010 08 13.44343 06 17 52.01 +37 06 55.1          17.7 T EP057H06

Observer details:
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observer H. Sato.  0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/1999 U3 (LINEAR) = P/2010 P2
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5
T 2010 July 18.30095 TT                                 MPC
q   1.9214097            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.08979253     Peri.  110.15661     +0.50739797     -0.81197926
a   4.9390403      Node   305.97314     +0.59542603     +0.57239149
e   0.6109751      Incl.   20.88506     +0.62290862     +0.11427010
P  10.98
From 206 observations 1999 Oct. 30-2010 Aug. 13, mean residual 0".57.

    P/1999 U3 (LINEAR) = P/2010 P2
Epoch 1999 Dec. 8.0 TT = JDT 2451520.5
T 1999 Nov. 18.46555 TT                                 MPC
q   1.8463172            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.09234328     Peri.  111.31484     +0.47891600     -0.83255034
a   4.8476640      Node   306.97877     +0.61918617     +0.54515918
e   0.6191326      Incl.   20.39445     +0.62229250     +0.09829245
P  10.67
From 206 observations 1999 Oct. 30-2010 Aug. 13, mean residual 0".57.

Residuals in seconds of arc
991030 704  0.8+  1.0-    991103 958  1.6-  0.4+    991211 900  0.1-  0.3-
991030 704  0.8+  0.5+    991104 402  0.6+  0.1+    991215 360  0.2+  0.5+
991030 704 (2.2+  1.8+)   991104 402  0.8+  0.3+    991215 360  0.3+  0.3+
991030 704  1.3+  2.0+    991104 402  0.5+  0.2+    991216 402  0.2+  0.4+
991031 704  0.1+  1.6-    991104 367  0.3+  0.3+    991216 402  0.2+  0.2+
991031 853  0.2+  0.4+    991104 897  0.1-  0.1+    991216 402  0.2-  0.1+
991031 704  0.7+  0.7+    991104 367  0.2-  0.2-    991217 704  0.3-  0.6-
991031 853  0.5+  0.3+    991104 367  0.4-  0.2-    991217 704  0.2+  0.5-
991031 853  0.3+  0.3+    991104 367  0.8-  0.4-    991217 704  0.2+  0.8-
991031 853  0.5+  0.2+    991104 360  0.5+  0.3+    991217 704  0.1+  0.9-
991031 704  0.4+  0.1-    991104 897  0.5-  0.2-    991217 704  0.6+  0.4-
991031 704  0.6-  0.8+    991104 360  0.6+  0.3+    991221 118  0.2-  0.6+
991031 557  0.1+  0.4+    991104 355  0.4+  0.3-    991221 118  0.2-  0.0
991031 540  1.1-  0.4-    991104 355  0.6+  0.3-    991225 897  0.1+  0.9+
991031 540  0.6-  0.5-    991104 355  0.6+  0.3-    991225 897  0.4+  0.7+
991031 540  0.9-  0.7-    991104 372  0.2-  0.4+    991226 355  0.4-  0.4-
991031 557  0.1-  0.1+    991105 349  0.5+  0.1-    991226 355  0.0   0.5-
991031 540  0.6-  0.7-    991105 349  0.2-  0.9-    991227 402  0.0   0.0
991031 557  0.0   0.0     991105 402  0.2-  0.2+    991227 402  0.0   0.1+
991031 540  0.7-  0.8-    991105 402  0.0   0.2+    991227 402  0.0   0.2-
991031 540  0.8-  0.8-    991105 402  0.0   0.1+    991229 348  1.2-  1.1+
991031 046  0.1+  0.4+    991106 355  0.0   0.9-    991229 348  0.1-  0.6+
991031 046  0.3+  0.2+    991106 355  0.2-  0.8-    000103 349  0.8+  0.3-
991031 046  0.1+  0.0     991106 355  0.2+  0.7-    000103 349  1.3+  0.1+
991031 046  0.3+  0.3+    991106 965  0.1-  1.1+    000103 349  0.2+  0.3+
991031 046  0.2+  0.2+    991106 965  0.3-  0.9+    000103 587  0.3-  0.2-
991031 046  0.1+  0.3+    991106 965  0.3-  0.6+    000103 587  0.4-  0.5+
991031 046  0.6+  0.9+    991108 372  1.1-  0.8-    000104 360  0.3+  0.6+
991031 046  0.4+  0.2+    991110 360  0.2+  0.7+    000104 360  0.1-  0.5+
991031 611  0.5-  0.1-    991110 360  0.2-  0.6+    000104 402  0.4+  0.4+
991031 611  0.1+  0.4+    991112 372  1.3-  0.1-    000104 402  0.3+  0.6+
991031 557  0.1+  0.1+    991113 372  1.5-  0.7+    000104 402  0.1+  0.2+
991031 619  0.1+  1.0+    991116 360  0.1+  0.4+    000112 113  0.2+  0.1+
991031 619  0.2-  0.1+    991116 360  0.1+  0.3+    000112 113  0.3+  0.7-
991031 587  0.2+  0.1+    991118 355  0.0   0.9-    000118 360  0.3-  0.3+
991031 587  0.2+  0.0     991118 355  0.1+  0.8-    000118 360  0.4-  0.2+
991031 619  0.4-  0.2+    991118 355  0.5+  1.4-    000118 611  0.4+  0.2-
991031 946  0.0   0.0     991120 372  0.9+  1.4+    000118 611  0.2-  0.6-
991031 946  0.6+  0.2+    991128 355  0.1+  1.0-    000118 611  0.1+  1.0-
991031 946  0.1-  0.4-    991128 355  0.1+  0.7-    000121 704  0.2+  0.3+
991101 958  1.5-  1.1-    991128 349  0.4-  0.9-    000121 704  0.7+  0.1-
991101 958  0.4-  0.3-    991128 355  0.1+  1.1-    000121 704  1.3+  1.2-
991101 958 (2.6-  2.4-)   991128 349  0.4+  0.0     000121 349  1.1-  0.7-
991101 713  0.1+  0.4+    991128 349  0.7-  0.4+    000121 349  0.0   0.7-
991101 713  0.4+  0.6+    991128 900  0.1-  0.0     000121 349  1.0-  0.6+
991101 713  0.2-  0.3-    991128 900  0.0   0.1-    000125 402  0.4-  0.4+
991101 713  0.1-  0.1-    991130 355  0.2+  0.3-    000125 402  0.1+  0.1+
991101 897  0.8-  0.4+    991130 897  0.2+  0.0     000125 402  0.4-  0.0
991101 897  0.8-  0.1-    991130 897  0.3-  0.1+    000126 900  0.2+  0.1-
991101 897  0.1+  0.4+    991130 355  0.6+  0.8-    000126 900  0.3-  1.3+
991101 372  1.1+  1.0+    991130 897  0.0   0.2+    000128 360  0.0   0.0
991101 470  1.1-  1.8-    991130 355  0.5-  1.1-    000128 360  0.1-  0.0
991101 470  0.5-  0.2+    991203 372  0.3-  0.0     000129 402  0.3+  0.4-
991101 104  0.2-  0.8+    991203 402  0.1-  0.3+    000129 402  0.2-  0.8-
991101 104  0.0   0.5+    991203 402  0.0   0.1+    000129 402  0.0   0.1+
991101 596  0.3+  0.5-    991203 360  0.2+  0.6+    000204 704  0.7+  0.7+
991101 596  1.4+  1.1+    991203 360  0.3+  0.7+    000204 704  0.5+  0.8+
991101 104  0.3+  0.7-    991206 587  0.1+  0.6+    000204 704  0.4-  0.5+
991101 104  0.1+  0.0     991206 587  0.1-  0.8+    000228 118  0.0   0.3-
991102 372  0.5+  0.4+    991207 355  0.0   0.9-    000228 118  0.3-  0.3-
991103 713  0.0   0.3+    991207 355  0.1-  1.2-    000229 360  0.3-  0.1-
991103 713  0.2+  0.2+    991207 355  0.2+  1.0-    000229 360  0.1+  0.1-
991103 713  0.3-  1.3+    991207 349  0.5+  0.6+    100812 H06  0.2+  0.2-
991103 367  0.2+  0.7-    991207 349  1.6+  0.5-    100812 H06  0.5+  0.5+
991103 367  0.4-  1.2-    991207 349  0.1-  1.0-    100812 H06  0.2-  0.7+
991103 367  0.3+  1.0-    991208 118  0.1+  0.1-    100813 H06  0.4-  2.0+
991103 900  0.0   0.3-    991208 118  0.4+  0.2-    100813 H06  0.6+  0.7+
991103 900  0.4-  0.1+    991210 118  0.2+  0.3+    100813 H06  0.9+  0.7+
991103 958  1.3-  0.5-    991210 118  0.2+  0.3+
991103 958  0.7-  0.7-    991211 900  1.0-  0.5+

Ephemeris:
    P/2010 P2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 08 12    06 13.69   +37 11.3    2.465    1.936    47.8    22.8  18.3
2010 08 22    06 41.94   +36 32.5    2.416    1.951    51.3    23.9  18.3
2010 09 01    07 08.57   +35 35.3    2.364    1.969    55.1    24.9  18.3
2010 09 11    07 33.31   +34 23.1    2.309    1.993    59.3    25.8  18.3
2010 09 21    07 55.95   +32 59.3    2.250    2.020    63.8    26.5  18.3
2010 10 01    08 16.35   +31 27.3    2.188    2.051    68.8    27.1  18.3
2010 10 11    08 34.40   +29 50.6    2.122    2.086    74.3    27.4  18.3
2010 10 21    08 49.95   +28 12.1    2.051    2.124    80.3    27.5  18.3
2010 10 31    09 02.87   +26 34.4    1.978    2.165    86.9    27.3  18.3
2010 11 10    09 12.98   +24 59.9    1.904    2.209    94.2    26.6  18.3
2010 11 20    09 20.07   +23 30.7    1.830    2.255   102.2    25.4  18.3
2010 11 30    09 23.93   +22 08.0    1.759    2.303   110.9    23.6  18.3
2010 12 10    09 24.38   +20 52.8    1.694    2.354   120.6    21.1  18.4
2010 12 20    09 21.37   +19 45.2    1.642    2.406   131.1    17.9  18.4
2010 12 30    09 15.12   +18 44.7    1.605    2.459   142.4    14.1  18.4
2011 01 09    09 06.18   +17 50.2    1.590    2.514   154.5     9.7  18.5
2011 01 19    08 55.51   +17 00.2    1.602    2.570   166.9     5.0  18.6
2011 01 29    08 44.36   +16 13.7    1.642    2.626   178.1     0.7  18.8
2011 02 08    08 33.99   +15 30.2    1.712    2.684   167.8     4.5  19.0
2011 02 18    08 25.45   +14 49.3    1.810    2.742   155.9     8.5  19.2
2011 02 28    08 19.38   +14 10.8    1.934    2.801   144.6    11.8  19.4
2011 03 10    08 15.99   +13 34.3    2.080    2.860   133.9    14.5  19.7
2011 03 20    08 15.25   +12 58.8    2.244    2.919   123.9    16.4  19.9
2011 03 30    08 16.88   +12 23.4    2.421    2.978   114.6    17.7  20.2
2011 04 09    08 20.57   +11 47.1    2.608    3.038   105.8    18.5  20.4
2011 04 19    08 25.98   +11 08.9    2.801    3.098    97.6    18.7  20.6
2011 04 29    08 32.79   +10 28.2    2.998    3.158    89.7    18.6  20.9
2011 05 09    08 40.72   +09 44.3    3.195    3.217    82.2    18.1  21.1
2011 05 19    08 49.53   +08 56.8    3.391    3.277    74.9    17.3  21.3
2011 05 29    08 59.01   +08 05.8    3.582    3.336    67.9    16.4  21.5
2011 06 08    09 09.01   +07 10.8    3.767    3.395    61.1    15.2  21.7
2011 06 18    09 19.37   +06 12.1    3.944    3.454    54.5    13.9  21.9
2011 06 28    09 29.98   +05 09.8    4.111    3.513    48.0    12.4  22.0
2011 07 08    09 40.76   +04 04.0    4.268    3.572    41.6    10.9  22.2
2011 07 18    09 51.60   +02 54.9    4.411    3.630    35.3     9.3  22.3

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-P57

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