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MPEC 2010-Q48 : 2009 PY

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M.P.E.C. 2010-Q48                                Issued 2010 Aug. 31, 23:16 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.

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       URL http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                    2009 PY

                           Revision to MPEC 2009-P48

Additional Observations:
     K09P00Y KC2010 08 30.97018 23 09 57.98 +36 28 25.5                 EQ048J95
     K09P00Y KC2010 08 30.97653 23 09 55.35 +36 28 44.8          20.7 R EQ048J95
     K09P00Y KC2010 08 31.02658 23 09 34.32 +36 31 16.1          20.4 R EQ048J95
     K09P00Y KC2010 08 31.89262 23 03 36.00 +37 13 33.4                 EQ048J95
     K09P00Y KC2010 08 31.89935 23 03 33.16 +37 13 52.9                 EQ048J95
     K09P00Y KC2010 08 31.91006 23 03 28.56 +37 14 24.0          20.3 R EQ048J95

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 (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
100830 J95 0.42+ 0.28+    100831 J95 0.42+ 0.29+    MPO160914   -0.16 day

Orbital elements:
2009 PY                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1798 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M 142.49027              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.07378038     Peri.  195.96249     -0.93284933     -0.25742933
a   0.9444792      Node   325.69868     +0.35960339     -0.62290801
e   0.2940000      Incl.   26.56633     +0.02185243     -0.73872576
P   0.92           H   21.2           G   0.15           U   5
Residuals in seconds of arc
090813 E12  0.4-  0.9+    090814 E12  0.2-  0.4-    090820 E12  0.1-  0.9+
090813 E12  0.3+  0.2-    090814 E12  1.0-  0.1-    090823 E12  0.2+  0.3-
090813 E12  0.1-  0.4+    090814 E12  0.1+  0.0     100830 J95  0.3-  0.3-
090813 E12  0.0   0.1+    090815 E12  0.3+  0.2-    100830 J95  0.1+  0.3-
090813 D90 (0.7-  2.0+)   090817 E12  0.5+  0.1+    100831 J95  0.5+  0.1-
090813 D90 (2.3-  0.9+)   090818 E12  0.8+  0.3-    100831 J95  0.2-  0.3+
090813 D90 (0.5-  2.4+)   090818 E12  0.2+  0.1-    100831 J95  0.1+  0.2+
090813 D90  0.7-  0.5+    090819 E12  0.7+  0.1-    100831 J95  0.2-  0.1+
090813 D90  0.5-  0.5+    090820 E12  0.3-  0.1-
090813 D90  0.2+  0.0     090820 E12  0.5-  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2009 PY                  a,e,i = 0.94, 0.29, 27                  q = 0.6668
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 09 01    23 02.84   +37 18.8    0.281    1.221   133.9    36.5    20.4
2010 09 11    21 49.91   +42 37.8    0.298    1.216   128.8    40.2    20.6
2010 09 21    20 47.35   +43 16.1    0.333    1.204   119.6    46.5    21.0
2010 10 01    20 06.41   +41 34.1    0.378    1.186   110.3    52.3    21.4
2010 10 11    19 43.72   +39 21.5    0.425    1.163   101.9    57.1    21.7
2010 10 21    19 33.07   +37 25.1    0.468    1.134    94.7    61.0    22.0

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-Q48

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