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MPEC 2010-Q43 : 2010 QD2

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M.P.E.C. 2010-Q43                                Issued 2010 Aug. 31, 21:08 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

                                   2010 QD2

Observations:
     K10Q02D* S2010 08 21.14550 03 58 49.42 +05 23 10.5          19   R EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  s2010 08 21.14550 1 + 3738.7483 + 5772.3928 +  671.9706   EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  S2010 08 21.27781 03 58 45.92 +05 21 27.9                 EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  s2010 08 21.27781 1 + 3726.7432 + 5780.8180 +  665.3449   EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  S2010 08 21.47620 03 58 40.59 +05 18 52.1                 EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  s2010 08 21.47620 1 + 3701.7812 + 5792.9481 +  696.7718   EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  S2010 08 21.60850 03 58 36.96 +05 17 07.6                 EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  s2010 08 21.60850 1 + 3689.5530 + 5801.3746 +  691.6874   EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  S2010 08 21.74081 03 58 33.33 +05 15 24.5                 EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  s2010 08 21.74081 1 + 3677.4340 + 5809.7613 +  684.2637   EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  S2010 08 21.87311 03 58 29.64 +05 13 40.3                 EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  s2010 08 21.87311 1 + 3665.5428 + 5818.1232 +  676.6214   EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  S2010 08 22.00542 03 58 25.87 +05 11 56.3                 EQ043C51
     K10Q02D  s2010 08 22.00542 1 + 3653.2578 + 5826.8594 +  670.5884   EQ043C51
     K10Q02D QC2010 08 30.79628 03 52 34.57 +03 11 48.7          19.1 V EQ043E12
     K10Q02D QC2010 08 30.79940 03 52 34.34 +03 11 46.6                 EQ043E12
     K10Q02D KC2010 08 31.35697103 52 05.14 +03 03 37.2          20.5 V EQ043H21
     K10Q02D KC2010 08 31.36505903 52 04.64 +03 03 30.7          20.3 V EQ043H21
     K10Q02D KC2010 08 31.37544803 52 04.07 +03 03 21.5          20.0 V EQ043H21

Observer details:
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurers R. Holmes, S. Foglia.  0.61-m f/4.5 astrograph + CCD.
C51 WISE.  Measurers A. Mainzer, E. Wright, J. Bauer, T. Grav, J. Dailey, J.
    Masiero, R. Cutri, R. McMillan, R. Walker.
    (http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/mission_sci.html)

Orbital elements:
2010 QD2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0706 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M  14.28792              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35509689     Peri.  127.46983     -0.37095024     +0.91546819
a   1.9750199      Node   120.06075     -0.89873966     -0.31163112
e   0.7697903      Incl.   10.37919     -0.23380109     -0.25456638
P   2.78           H   17.8           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
100821 C51  0.2-  0.4-    100821 C51  0.2+  0.2+    100830 E12  0.4-  0.2+
100821 C51  0.1-  0.5+    100821 C51  0.3+  0.1+    100831 H21  0.2+  0.1+
100821 C51  0.0   0.1+    100822 C51  0.1-  0.2+    100831 H21  0.5-  0.5+
100821 C51  0.2-  0.6-    100830 E12  0.5+  0.4-    100831 H21  0.2-  0.3+

Ephemeris:
2010 QD2                 a,e,i = 1.98, 0.77, 10                  q = 0.4547
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 09 01    03 51.49   +02 54.5    0.863    1.453   101.5    42.9    20.0
2010 09 11    03 39.68   +00 25.0    0.864    1.570   113.9    35.9    19.9
2010 09 21    03 22.84   -02 10.2    0.872    1.681   127.2    28.4    19.9
2010 10 01    03 01.87   -04 38.2    0.896    1.787   140.8    20.8    19.8
2010 10 11    02 38.67   -06 42.3    0.944    1.888   152.8    14.0    19.9
2010 10 21    02 15.91   -08 08.2    1.021    1.984   159.5    10.1    20.0
2010 10 31    01 55.99   -08 51.1    1.127    2.076   156.4    11.0    20.3
2010 11 10    01 40.31   -08 54.9    1.261    2.163   147.5    14.2    20.8
2010 11 20    01 29.33   -08 28.0    1.419    2.247   137.2    17.4    21.2
2010 11 30    01 22.71   -07 39.5    1.595    2.326   127.0    19.8    21.6
2010 12 10    01 19.85   -06 36.4    1.785    2.402   117.3    21.4    22.0

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-Q43

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