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MPEC 2010-Q05 : P/1998 U4 (Spahr) = P/2010 P3

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M.P.E.C. 2010-Q05                                Issued 2010 Aug. 16, 22:14 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                         P/1998 U4 (Spahr) = P/2010 P3

Observations:
    PK10P030 KC2010 08 14.40532 00 06 05.20 +05 24 54.2          20.0 N EQ005H36
    PK10P030 KC2010 08 14.41616 00 06 05.07 +05 24 50.8          20.3 N EQ005H36
    PK10P030 KC2010 08 14.42699 00 06 04.97 +05 24 47.4          20.3 N EQ005H36
    PK10P030 KC2010 08 16.29422 00 05 39.82 +05 15 46.1          20.3 N EQ005H36
    PK10P030 KC2010 08 16.31586 00 05 39.46 +05 15 39.8          20.6 N EQ005H36
    PK10P030 KC2010 08 16.32669 00 05 39.27 +05 15 36.4          20.3 N EQ005H36

Observer details:
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
P/1998 U4 (Spahr) = P/2010 P3
Epoch 2012 Apr. 23.0 TT = JDT 2456040.5
T 2012 Apr. 3.59000 TT                                  MPC
q   3.9799450            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.07601892     Peri.  247.68550     +0.36912616     -0.92935105
a   5.5189302      Node   180.77311     +0.91824894     +0.36349130
e   0.2788557      Incl.   32.48282     -0.14340423     -0.06465838
P  12.97
From 141 observations 1997 Oct. 29-2010 Aug. 16, mean residual 0".68.

P/1998 U4 (Spahr) = P/2010 P3
Epoch 1999 Mar. 3.0 TT = JDT 2451240.5
T 1999 Feb. 26.51217 TT                                 MPC
q   3.8433434            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.07497203     Peri.  251.74999     +0.28876746     -0.95727113
a   5.5701883      Node   181.71689     +0.94854666     +0.28383944
e   0.3100155      Incl.   31.51908     -0.12989450     -0.05538181
P  13.15
From 141 observations 1997 Oct. 29-2010 Aug. 16, mean residual 0".68.

Residuals in seconds of arc
971029 566  0.7+  1.2+    981115 360  0.1+  0.1+    990204 402  0.3-  0.4-
971029 566  0.9-  0.1-    981122 900  0.5+  0.4+    990214 360  0.1+  0.7+
971029 566  0.0   0.9+    981122 900  1.1-  0.5+    990214 360  0.1-  0.9+
971029 566  0.3+  0.6+    981123 372  0.4+  0.2+    990216 071  0.4+  1.0+
971227 566  1.1+  1.3+    981123 360  0.3+  0.8-    990216 071  1.7+  0.9+
981027 703  0.7-  0.4+    981123 360  0.2+  0.4-    990216 071  1.6+  0.4+
981027 703  1.1-  0.2+    981126 402  0.4+  0.2-    990216 071  1.4+  0.5+
981027 703  0.7-  0.8+    981126 402  0.3+  0.9-    990216 071  2.0+  0.5+
981028 703  0.6-  0.1-    981126 402  0.1+  0.7-    990216 071  1.8+  1.0+
981028 703  0.0   0.4+    981127 696  0.3-  0.5-    990216 071  1.5+  0.9+
981028 703  0.3-  0.0     981130 696  0.1-  1.0-    991109 402  0.9-  0.4-
981028 691  1.0-  1.1+    981206 104  0.7-  0.2-    991109 402  0.8-  0.7-
981029 703  1.7-  0.4+    981206 104  0.6+  0.3+    991109 402  0.7-  0.1+
981029 703 (2.4-  0.1-)   981209 761 (3.5+  2.9-)   991109 402  0.2-  0.0
981029 713  0.7-  0.2+    981209 761 (2.0+  2.5-)   991113 695  0.5-  1.0+
981029 703  0.6-  0.2+    981209 113  0.4-  0.3-    991113 695  0.7-  0.8+
981030 734  0.0   0.2-    981209 113  1.6-  0.9+    991116 474(35.4+ 25.8+)
981030 734  0.2+  0.1-    981210 118  0.4+  0.4-    991116 474(34.3+ 30.0+)
981030 734  0.2-  0.0     981210 118  0.1-  0.0     991117 474  0.3-  1.9+
981030 658  0.7-  0.5-    981212 402  0.1-  1.3-    991117 474  0.6-  2.0+
981030 658  0.7-  0.5-    981212 402  0.2-  0.8-    991117 474 (1.5-  2.3+)
981030 587  0.9-  1.1-    981212 402  0.3-  1.3-    991203 360  0.1+  0.3-
981030 587  0.6-  0.6-    981213 897  0.1+  0.2-    991203 360  0.7-  0.1-
981031 402  0.4-  0.3+    981213 897  0.2-  0.5-    991203 360  0.3-  0.3-
981031 402  0.3+  0.7+    981213 897  1.4-  0.2-    991220 897  0.2-  1.5-
981103 402  1.4+  0.4-    981217 360  0.0   0.1+    991220 897 (2.2-  0.1-)
981103 402  0.8+  0.4-    981217 360  0.2+  0.3+    991220 897 (3.2-  0.2+)
981103 402  0.5+  0.3+    981218 402  0.4-  1.1-    991231 704  0.3+  0.0
981107 046  0.6-  0.6-    981218 402  0.0   1.4-    991231 704  0.3-  0.2-
981107 046  0.5+  0.2-    981218 402  0.6-  0.9-    991231 704  0.0   0.6-
981107 046  0.0   0.3-    981224 402  0.4+  0.0     991231 704  0.2+  0.1+
981107 046  0.4-  0.8-    981224 402  0.5+  0.4+    000104 402  0.4-  0.6-
981110 360  0.0   0.6-    981224 402  0.0   0.3+    000104 402  0.9+  0.0
981110 360  0.1-  0.5-    990105 402  1.2+  1.2+    000118 402  1.3+  1.2+
981110 360  0.2-  0.4-    990105 402  0.4+  0.9+    000118 402  0.7+  0.3+
981111 355  0.4+  0.3+    990105 402  0.9+  0.1+    000118 402  0.5-  0.7-
981111 897  0.7-  0.7-    990113 372  1.0-  1.2+    000210 704  0.2+  0.0
981111 355  0.4-  1.4+    990114 691  0.3+  0.1-    000210 704  1.2+  0.4-
981111 897  0.4-  0.6-    990114 691  0.4+  0.1-    000210 704  0.2+  0.0
981111 897  0.1-  0.9-    990114 691  0.1+  0.1+    010217 608  0.1+  0.2-
981112 402  0.2-  0.6-    990118 402  1.2+  1.3+    010217 608  0.9+  0.3-
981112 402  0.1+  0.8-    990118 402  1.0+  0.5+    010217 608  0.5-  0.2+
981112 402  0.0   0.6-    990118 402  0.4+  1.3+    010415 608  0.2-  0.3-
981112 360  0.6+  1.0-    990121 360  0.1+  0.2-    100814 H36  0.8-  0.0
981112 372  1.3-  0.3-    990121 360  0.3+  0.1+    100814 H36  0.5-  0.3-
981112 360  0.3+  0.6-    990121 046  0.6+  1.2+    100814 H36  0.2+  0.6-
981112 360  0.1+  0.6-    990121 046  0.9+  0.3+    100816 H36  0.9+  0.0
981114 372  0.6-  0.1+    990121 046  1.3+  0.3+    100816 H36  0.3+  0.1+
981115 372  1.2+  0.4-    990204 402  0.5-  0.6-    100816 H36  0.1-  0.1-
981115 360  0.3+  0.0     990204 402  1.1-  0.5-

Ephemeris:
    P/2010 P3 (Spahr)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2010 08 12    00 06.57   +05 36.0    3.996    4.768   135.1     8.6  17.8
2010 08 22    00 04.14   +04 45.9    3.876    4.745   145.6     6.9  17.7
2010 09 01    00 00.74   +03 45.6    3.780    4.722   156.4     4.9  17.6
2010 09 11    23 56.57   +02 36.9    3.711    4.699   167.5     2.7  17.6
2010 09 21    23 51.99   +01 22.5    3.673    4.676   177.7     0.5  17.5
2010 10 01    23 47.36   +00 06.1    3.666    4.654   169.5     2.2  17.5
2010 10 11    23 43.06   -01 08.8    3.690    4.632   158.2     4.6  17.5
2010 10 21    23 39.47   -02 18.4    3.743    4.610   147.0     6.7  17.5
2010 10 31    23 36.89   -03 19.9    3.822    4.589   136.1     8.6  17.5
2010 11 10    23 35.52   -04 11.3    3.922    4.568   125.4    10.2  17.6
2010 11 20    23 35.49   -04 51.3    4.040    4.547   115.0    11.4  17.6
2010 11 30    23 36.82   -05 19.8    4.170    4.527   105.0    12.1  17.7
2010 12 10    23 39.49   -05 37.0    4.307    4.507    95.4    12.6  17.7
2010 12 20    23 43.42   -05 43.7    4.446    4.488    86.1    12.6  17.8
2010 12 30    23 48.50   -05 41.0    4.583    4.468    77.1    12.4  17.8
2011 01 09    23 54.62   -05 30.0    4.716    4.449    68.4    11.9  17.9
2011 01 19    00 01.65   -05 11.8    4.839    4.431    60.0    11.1  17.9
2011 01 29    00 09.46   -04 47.8    4.952    4.412    51.9    10.1  17.9
2011 02 08    00 17.97   -04 19.1    5.050    4.394    44.0     9.0  17.9
2011 02 18    00 27.05   -03 46.8    5.133    4.377    36.3     7.7  18.0

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-Q05

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