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MPEC 2010-B11 : 2010 BG2

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M.P.E.C. 2010-B11                                Issued 2010 Jan. 19, 17:26 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.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2010 BG2

Observations:
     K10B02G* C2010 01 18.40753 11 47 30.89 -01 26 53.6          19.0   EB011704
     K10B02G  C2010 01 18.42024 11 47 21.32 -01 24 08.0          19.1   EB011704
     K10B02G  C2010 01 18.43318 11 47 11.58 -01 21 18.7          18.7   EB011704
     K10B02G  C2010 01 18.44589 11 47 02.02 -01 18 33.2          18.6   EB011704
     K10B02G  C2010 01 19.68596 11 31 59.66 +03 07 33.4          18.7 V EB011E12
     K10B02G  C2010 01 19.68971 11 31 56.96 +03 08 19.7          18.5 V EB011E12
     K10B02G  C2010 01 19.69023 11 31 56.56 +03 08 26.8          18.6 V EB011E12
     K10B02G  C2010 01 19.69398 11 31 53.76 +03 09 14.2          18.5 V EB011E12
     K10B02G  C2010 01 19.69450 11 31 53.43 +03 09 21.6          18.3 V EB011E12
     K10B02G  C2010 01 19.69826 11 31 50.62 +03 10 09.0          18.5 V EB011E12

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.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  Measurers 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.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2010 BG2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0533 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  12.25435              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35488004     Peri.  236.74356     +0.86827912     -0.15974374
a   1.9758243      Node   127.57033     +0.17514241     +0.98448104
e   0.8325902      Incl.   36.33763     -0.46412983     +0.07265688
P   2.78           H   19.9           G   0.15
From 10 observations 2010 Jan. 18-19.

Ephemeris:
2010 BG2                 a,e,i = 1.98, 0.83, 36                  q = 0.3308
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 01 14    12 42.89   -17 09.4    0.201    1.027    96.8    72.0    19.0
2010 01 24    10 43.58   +16 30.9    0.228    1.181   146.8    27.2    18.3
2010 02 03    09 22.52   +33 03.8    0.351    1.326   163.1    12.4    19.0
2010 02 13    08 38.70   +38 27.2    0.517    1.461   151.0    19.1    20.3
2010 02 23    08 17.33   +40 04.6    0.703    1.588   138.9    24.2    21.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-B11

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