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M.P.E.C. 2010-Q46 Issued 2010 Aug. 31, 23:12 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
2007 VC138
Revision to MPEC 2007-V84
Additional Observations:
K07VD8C KC2010 08 30.93803 19 27 07.00 +56 38 47.7 EQ046J95
K07VD8C KC2010 08 30.94269 19 27 06.44 +56 38 48.7 EQ046J95
K07VD8C KC2010 08 30.94741 19 27 06.06 +56 38 50.4 20.4 R EQ046J95
K07VD8C KC2010 08 31.86608 19 25 36.02 +56 44 38.8 EQ046J95
K07VD8C KC2010 08 31.87454 19 25 35.15 +56 44 41.2 EQ046J95
K07VD8C KC2010 08 31.88306 19 25 34.20 +56 44 43.9 EQ046J95
Observer details:
J95 Great Shefford. Observer P. Birtwhistle. 0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
100830 J95 14.9- 19.6- 100831 J95 15.7- 20.9- MPO133549 +0.0043 day
Orbital elements:
2007 VC138 Earth MOID = 0.0830 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC
M 325.39400 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.32023720 Peri. 167.30129 +0.75052541 -0.54097600
a 2.1158662 Node 232.17531 +0.55649920 +0.82713209
e 0.4972785 Incl. 28.71850 +0.35639901 -0.15230715
P 3.08 H 19.3 G 0.15 U 2
Residuals in seconds of arc
071109 703 0.5+ 1.2+ 071110 G96 0.3- 0.3- 071118 448 0.2- 0.2-
071109 703 0.1- 1.2+ 071110 G96 0.3- 0.1- 071118 689 0.2+ 0.6+
071109 703 0.0 0.5+ 071110 G96 0.0 0.0 071231 474 0.3+ 0.1+
071109 703 0.5+ 1.2+ 071110 474 0.8- 0.2+ 071231 474 0.6+ 1.2-
071109 474 0.9- 0.8+ 071110 474 0.5- 0.7- 071231 474 0.2+ 0.0
071109 474 0.8- 0.9- 071110 474 0.2- 0.1- 080207 474 0.6+ 0.4+
071109 474 0.7+ 0.3+ 071111 682 0.4+ 1.5- 080207 474 0.2+ 0.0
071110 H55 0.0 0.3- 071111 G96 0.1- 0.2- 080207 474 1.3+ 0.3+
071110 H55 0.3- 0.4+ 071111 G96 0.9- 0.2+ 080207 474 1.5+ 0.5+
071110 H55 1.0- 0.3- 071111 682 0.2- 2.0- 100830 J95 0.3+ 0.5+
071110 H55 0.0 0.2+ 071111 G96 0.5- 0.1- 100830 J95 0.3- 0.3-
071110 711 0.5+ 0.9+ 071118 448 0.4- 0.6+ 100830 J95 0.7+ 0.3-
071110 711 0.0 0.7+ 071118 448 0.6- 0.0 100831 J95 0.2- 0.7+
071110 711 1.3+ 0.2- 071118 689 0.0 0.2- 100831 J95 0.1- 0.0
071110 G96 0.2- 0.1- 071118 689 0.1+ 0.4- 100831 J95 0.7- 0.3-
Ephemeris:
2007 VC138 a,e,i = 2.12, 0.50, 29 q = 1.0637
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2010 09 01 19 25.38 +56 45.4 0.634 1.312 103.6 48.4 20.7
2010 09 11 19 11.75 +57 21.1 0.578 1.253 101.0 52.1 20.5
2010 09 21 19 04.87 +57 18.6 0.517 1.199 99.0 55.8 20.3
2010 10 01 19 06.73 +56 49.4 0.449 1.152 97.8 59.5 20.0
2010 10 11 19 20.07 +55 54.4 0.374 1.113 97.9 62.7 19.6
2010 10 21 19 50.28 +54 12.9 0.293 1.085 99.8 64.8 19.1
2010 10 31 20 48.48 +49 59.8 0.211 1.068 105.2 63.8 18.3
2010 11 10 22 29.70 +36 07.0 0.141 1.064 118.0 55.3 17.2
2010 11 20 00 34.23 +02 05.6 0.122 1.073 131.3 43.8 16.6
2010 11 30 02 06.87 -24 05.3 0.177 1.094 123.6 48.6 17.6
2010 12 10 03 02.09 -33 19.0 0.263 1.127 116.5 51.5 18.6
2010 12 20 03 36.74 -35 56.3 0.357 1.169 112.7 50.9 19.3
2010 12 30 04 01.34 -35 55.8 0.453 1.219 110.6 49.0 19.8
2011 01 09 04 21.21 -34 35.7 0.550 1.275 109.3 46.7 20.3
2011 01 19 04 39.12 -32 30.5 0.647 1.336 108.2 44.4 20.7
2011 01 29 04 56.34 -29 59.0 0.746 1.400 107.1 42.3 21.0
2011 02 08 05 13.62 -27 13.2 0.848 1.466 105.8 40.3 21.4
2011 02 18 05 31.28 -24 23.1 0.953 1.533 104.3 38.7 21.7
2011 02 28 05 49.40 -21 36.4 1.063 1.601 102.4 37.2 22.0
Gareth V. Williams (C) Copyright 2010 MPC M.P.E.C. 2010-Q46
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