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MPEC 2010-A68 : 2010 AF40

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M.P.E.C. 2010-A68                                Issued 2010 Jan. 13, 15:02 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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                                   2010 AF40

Observations:
     K10A40F* C2010 01 12.35742 07 57 11.41 +13 03 28.0          20.5 V EA068G96
     K10A40F  C2010 01 12.36453 07 57 10.36 +13 03 33.7          20.3 V EA068G96
     K10A40F  C2010 01 12.37176 07 57 09.32 +13 03 39.6          20.3 V EA068G96
     K10A40F  C2010 01 12.37897 07 57 08.20 +13 03 45.5          20.1 V EA068G96
     K10A40F  C2010 01 12.40453 07 57 04.12 +13 04 02.1          19.4 R EA068H01
     K10A40F  C2010 01 12.41284 07 57 02.91 +13 04 08.5          19.5 R EA068H01
     K10A40F  C2010 01 12.42015 07 57 01.87 +13 04 14.2          19.4 R EA068H01
     K10A40F  C2010 01 12.43981 07 56 59.07 +13 04 29.1          19.4 R EA068H01
     K10A40F  C2010 01 12.48383 07 56 53.20 +13 05 07.2                 EA068291
     K10A40F  C2010 01 12.48761 07 56 52.69 +13 05 10.2                 EA068291
     K10A40F  C2010 01 12.49138 07 56 52.17 +13 05 13.0                 EA068291
     K10A40F  C2010 01 13.26122 07 55 27.00 +13 17 36.8          19.3 R EA068H01
     K10A40F  C2010 01 13.26824 07 55 25.75 +13 17 44.6          19.3 R EA068H01
     K10A40F IC2010 01 13.27535907 55 22.06 +13 17 41.2                 EA068H21
     K10A40F  C2010 01 13.27582 07 55 24.40 +13 17 52.9          19.4 R EA068H01
     K10A40F IC2010 01 13.27999207 55 21.22 +13 17 46.3          19.8 V EA068H21
     K10A40F  C2010 01 13.28292 07 55 23.12 +13 18 00.8          19.5 R EA068H01
     K10A40F  C2010 01 13.32619 07 55 15.73 +13 18 50.6          19.6 R EA068854
     K10A40F  C2010 01 13.32907 07 55 15.34 +13 18 54.4          19.6 R EA068854
     K10A40F  C2010 01 13.34346 07 55 12.43 +13 19 11.6          19.6 R EA068854

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer R. S. McMillan.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. D. Grauer.  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.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurer S. Foglia.

Orbital elements:
2010 AF40                                                Earth MOID = 0.0019 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 306.78932              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.72339923     Peri.   93.47933     -0.83763793     +0.54226603
a   1.2289966      Node   119.36895     -0.52629209     -0.76904469
e   0.4606513      Incl.    4.32045     -0.14621677     -0.33840481
P   1.36           H   25.0           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
100112 G96  0.4-  0.0     100112 H01  0.1-  0.1+    100113 H01  0.2-  0.0
100112 G96  0.2-  0.0     100112 291  0.1-  0.1+    100113 H21  0.1-  0.1-
100112 G96  0.4+  0.1+    100112 291  0.0   0.2+    100113 H01  0.3-  0.1+
100112 G96  0.3-  0.2+    100112 291  0.2-  0.2+    100113 854  0.0   0.6-
100112 H01  0.0   0.2+    100113 H01  0.4-  0.1+    100113 854  2.0+  0.1+
100112 H01  0.1-  0.2+    100113 H01  0.4-  0.1+    100113 854  1.7-  1.9+
100112 H01  0.1+  0.2+    100113 H21  0.1+  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2010 AF40                a,e,i = 1.23, 0.46, 4                   q = 0.6629
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 01 14    07 53.60   +13 32.9    0.0609   1.044   171.7     7.8    19.6
2010 01 15    07 50.45   +13 58.2    0.0527   1.036   172.7     6.9    19.2
2010 01 16    07 46.13   +14 32.9    0.0445   1.028   173.5     6.3    18.8
2010 01 17    07 39.83   +15 23.1    0.0364   1.020   173.5     6.2    18.3
2010 01 18    07 29.86   +16 40.9    0.0284   1.012   172.1     7.7    17.8
2010 01 19    07 11.82   +18 55.1    0.0205   1.004   167.8    11.9    17.3
2010 01 20    06 30.25   +23 26.8    0.0129   0.996   157.3    22.5    16.6
2010 01 21    04 01.77   +32 04.7    0.00682  0.988   123.4    56.3    16.2
2010 01 22    23 07.80   +15 48.4    0.00773  0.980    55.2   124.4    19.6
2010 01 23    21 36.75   +02 19.4    0.0143   0.972    28.9   150.7    24.3
2010 01 24    21 06.63   -02 28.0    0.0220   0.964    19.8   159.8    27.5

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