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MPEC 2010-R06 : 2010 RB

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M.P.E.C. 2010-R06                                Issued 2010 Sept. 2, 12:35 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 RB

Observations:
     K10R00B* C2010 09 01.24876 21 38 46.51 -10 18 14.0          19.4   ER006704
     K10R00B  C2010 09 01.28370 21 38 43.58 -10 20 19.3          20.2   ER006704
     K10R00B  C2010 09 01.29523 21 38 42.57 -10 21 00.9          20.3   ER006704
     K10R00B  C2010 09 02.19727 21 37 33.09 -11 15 25.2          20.0 V ER006G96
     K10R00B  C2010 09 02.20358 21 37 32.59 -11 15 48.4          20.1 V ER006G96
     K10R00B  C2010 09 02.20990 21 37 32.05 -11 16 11.3          19.7 V ER006G96
     K10R00B  C2010 09 02.21624 21 37 31.51 -11 16 34.8          20.0 V ER006G96
     K10R00B KC2010 09 02.25000 21 37 28.82 -11 18 39.4          19.3 R ER006G58
     K10R00B KC2010 09 02.25318 21 37 28.55 -11 18 51.5          18.8 R ER006G58
     K10R00B KC2010 09 02.25840 21 37 28.09 -11 19 10.4          19.7 R ER006G58

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, G. Spitz,
    R. Brungard, J. Paige, P. Festler.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
G58 Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland.  Observer G. McKeegan.  0.9-m
    f/8 Cassegrain + CCD + f/6.3 focal reducer.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  Measurers J. D. Ahern,
    E. C. Beshore, A. Boattini, G. J. Garradd, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer,
    R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2010 RB                                                  Earth MOID = 0.2624 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M 314.93687              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34438716     Peri.  262.46871     +0.47808164     -0.86032937
a   2.0157566      Node   156.28662     +0.87298199     +0.48760205
e   0.5089112      Incl.   26.08578     -0.09664568     +0.14858538
P   2.86           H   20.1           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
100901 704  0.1-  0.3+    100902 G96  0.2+  0.0     100902 G58  0.0   0.3-
100901 704  0.3+  0.0     100902 G96  0.2+  0.2+    100902 G58  0.2-  0.0
100901 704  0.2-  0.3-    100902 G96  0.2+  0.1-
100902 G96  0.3-  0.1+    100902 G58  0.0   0.2+

Ephemeris:
2010 RB                  a,e,i = 2.02, 0.51, 26                  q = 0.9899
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 09 01    21 39.10   -10 03.2    0.432    1.431   164.9    10.6    19.7
2010 09 11    21 25.99   -20 51.1    0.395    1.360   148.8    22.5    19.8
2010 09 21    21 14.46   -32 19.7    0.384    1.291   131.4    35.7    20.0
2010 10 01    21 07.43   -42 53.3    0.393    1.224   115.7    47.5    20.3
2010 10 11    21 07.56   -51 46.6    0.414    1.162   102.8    56.9    20.6
2010 10 21    21 17.19   -59 03.8    0.437    1.106    92.8    64.0    20.8
2010 10 31    21 38.49   -65 05.5    0.457    1.059    85.3    69.1    21.0
2010 11 10    22 15.15   -70 03.7    0.472    1.022    80.3    72.7    21.1
2010 11 20    23 13.41   -73 55.5    0.478    0.999    77.3    74.8    21.1
2010 11 30    00 39.02   -76 12.2    0.475    0.990    76.5    75.7    21.1
2010 12 10    02 22.66   -76 04.3    0.462    0.996    77.9    75.1    21.0
2010 12 20    03 54.89   -73 05.4    0.441    1.018    81.6    73.0    20.9
2010 12 30    05 00.33   -67 23.1    0.415    1.052    87.7    69.1    20.7
2011 01 09    05 44.35   -58 52.9    0.388    1.098    96.6    62.9    20.5
2011 01 19    06 15.56   -47 18.0    0.367    1.152   108.1    54.3    20.2
2011 01 29    06 39.60   -33 00.9    0.365    1.213   120.9    44.2    20.0
2011 02 08    06 59.94   -17 52.7    0.391    1.279   131.4    35.4    20.0
2011 02 18    07 18.65   -04 30.4    0.450    1.348   135.8    30.7    20.3
2011 02 28    07 36.68   +05 42.1    0.539    1.419   134.0    30.2    20.8
2011 03 10    07 54.56   +12 50.7    0.652    1.490   128.8    31.3    21.4
2011 03 20    08 12.49   +17 35.9    0.782    1.562   122.5    32.5    21.9

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-R06

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