MPEC 2015-W59 : 2015 WO2
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M.P.E.C. 2015-W59 Issued 2015 Nov. 23, 14:16 UT
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minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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2015 WO2
Observations:
K15W02O* C2015 11 20.43332 04 02 11.59 +28 18 12.9 21.6 VqEW059G96
K15W02O C2015 11 20.43844 04 02 11.13 +28 18 10.4 21.7 VqEW059G96
K15W02O C2015 11 20.44355 04 02 10.63 +28 18 07.9 20.9 VqEW059G96
K15W02O KC2015 11 21.25993 04 00 59.35 +28 12 31.9 oEW059711
K15W02O KC2015 11 21.26382 04 00 59.02 +28 12 29.7 oEW059711
K15W02O KC2015 11 21.26708 04 00 58.70 +28 12 28.8 oEW059711
K15W02O KC2015 11 22.11016 03 59 45.61 +28 06 32.1 oEW059291
K15W02O KC2015 11 22.11595 03 59 45.08 +28 06 29.9 oEW059291
K15W02O KC2015 11 22.12172 03 59 44.49 +28 06 26.5 oEW059291
K15W02O KC2015 11 23.15718 03 58 14.97 +27 59 05.6 oEW059291
K15W02O KC2015 11 23.17089 03 58 13.68 +27 59 00.3 oEW059291
K15W02O KC2015 11 23.18462 03 58 12.47 +27 58 53.9 oEW059291
Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II. Observer A. F. Tubbiolo. Measurers M. T. Read,
A. F. Tubbiolo. 1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory. Observer J. G. Ries. 2.1-m reflector + CCD + focal
reducer.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey. Observer R. G. Matheny. Measurers E. J. Christensen,
D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, J. A. Johnson,
R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. G. Matheny, F. C. Shelly. 1.5-m
reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2015 WO2 Earth MOID = 0.2658 AU
Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC
M 62.28281 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.29884606 Peri. 29.61715 +0.83005496 +0.55364852
a 2.2156663 Node 296.61490 -0.52525576 +0.73580037
e 0.4238171 Incl. 4.29451 -0.18739040 +0.38996298
P 3.30 H 19.8 G 0.15 U 9
Residuals in seconds of arc
151120 G96 0.4+ 0.5+ 151121 711 0.4+ 0.5- 151122 291 0.5- 0.5-
151120 G96 0.5+ 0.2+ 151121 711 0.1+ 0.0 151123 291 0.9+ 0.1+
151120 G96 0.1+ 0.2- 151122 291 0.8+ 0.5+ 151123 291 0.1- 0.4+
151121 711 0.0 0.1+ 151122 291 0.6+ 0.6+ 151123 291 0.0 0.3-
Ephemeris:
2015 WO2 a,e,i = 2.22, 0.42, 4 q = 1.2766
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2015 10 24 04 37 53.1 +30 08 38 0.8622 1.7300 137.3 23.0 21.8
...
2015 11 08 04 20 32.0 +29 29 17 0.8620 1.8109 155.5 13.1 21.5
...
2015 11 16 04 08 48.1 +28 47 01 0.8804 1.8542 165.3 7.8 21.4
...
2015 11 22 03 59 54.6 +28 07 22 0.9041 1.8866 171.4 4.5 21.4
2015 11 23 03 58 28.0 +28 00 16 0.9089 1.8919 172.0 4.1 21.4
2015 11 24 03 57 02.4 +27 53 03 0.9140 1.8973 172.5 3.9 21.4
...
2015 11 30 03 48 57.0 +27 08 08 0.9496 1.9295 170.7 4.8 21.5
...
2015 12 08 03 39 52.3 +26 07 17 1.0109 1.9722 162.3 8.8 21.9
...
2015 12 23 03 29 42.7 +24 27 34 1.1654 2.0512 145.2 15.9 22.6
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