MPEC 2020-E31 : 2020 EK
The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page.
Read MPEC 2020-E30
Read MPEC 2020-E32
M.P.E.C. 2020-E31 Issued 2020 March 7, 13:55 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
on behalf of Division F 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 https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/ ISSN 1523-6714
2020 EK
Observations:
K20E00K* C2020 03 05.34397 13 15 23.03 +17 01 54.9 20.8 GVEE031G96
K20E00K C2020 03 05.34870 13 15 25.82 +17 02 50.6 21.0 GVEE031G96
K20E00K C2020 03 05.35342 13 15 28.76 +17 03 45.6 21.2 GVEE031G96
K20E00K C2020 03 05.35816 13 15 31.57 +17 04 41.4 20.7 GVEE031G96
K20E00K C2020 03 05.51359 13 17 07.44 +17 35 27.0 21.0 GVEE031V06
K20E00K C2020 03 05.51522 13 17 08.47 +17 35 46.5 21.1 GVEE031V06
K20E00K C2020 03 05.51684 13 17 09.54 +17 36 06.2 21.3 GVEE031V06
K20E00K C2020 03 05.51847 13 17 10.54 +17 36 25.0 20.7 GVEE031V06
K20E00K C2020 03 06.48671 13 29 09.67 +21 09 55.1 21.1 GVEE031G96
K20E00K C2020 03 06.48746 13 29 10.27 +21 10 05.7 21.7 GVEE031G96
K20E00K C2020 03 06.48822 13 29 10.87 +21 10 16.2 21.1 GVEE031G96
K20E00K C2020 03 06.48897 13 29 11.43 +21 10 26.4 VEE031G96
K20E00K KC2020 03 06.98847113 36 41.53 +23 15 46.0 20.9 GVEE031J95
K20E00K KC2020 03 07.00570013 36 57.52 +23 20 21.1 VEE031J95
K20E00K KC2020 03 07.02317413 37 13.70 +23 24 59.9 21.2 GVEE031J95
K20E00K KC2020 03 07.31208413 42 00.20 +24 44 04.6 20.9 VuEE031H21
K20E00K KC2020 03 07.31382913 42 01.93 +24 44 33.6 21.1 VuEE031H21
K20E00K KC2020 03 07.32290713 42 11.02 +24 47 06.9 20.9 VuEE031H21
Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey. Observer G. J. Leonard. Measurers E. J. Christensen,
G. A. Farneth, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, H. Groeller, R. A.
Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, T. A. Pruyne, D. Rankin, R. L. Seaman,
F. C. Shelly, K. W. Wierzchos. 1.5-m reflector + 10K CCD.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield. Observer R. Holmes.
Measurers S. Foglia, L. Buzzi, T. Linder, R. Holmes. 0.76-m f/3.0
astrograph + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford. Observer P. Birtwhistle. 0.41-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
V06 Catalina Sky Survey-Kuiper. Observer T. A. Pruyne. Measurers E. J.
Christensen, G. A. Farneth, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, H.
Groeller, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, T. A. Pruyne, D.
Rankin, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly, K. W. Wierzchos. 1.55-m reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2020 EK Earth MOID = 0.0557 AU
Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5 Alexandersen
M 17.41066 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.69127528 Peri. 123.06933 +0.18232949 +0.98008052
a 1.2667824 Node 157.04433 -0.95593946 +0.19543471
e 0.5880410 Incl. 11.64560 -0.23007759 -0.03531928
P 1.43 H 24.9 G 0.15 U 8
Residuals in seconds of arc
200305 G96 0.4+ 0.2+ 200305 V06 0.4+ 0.2+ 200306 J95 0.2+ 0.1-
200305 G96 0.7- 0.3+ 200305 V06 0.1- 0.5- 200307 J95 0.3+ 0.2+
200305 G96 0.5+ 0.2- 200306 G96 0.4+ 0.7+ 200307 J95 0.8- 0.4-
200305 G96 0.3- 0.2- 200306 G96 0.4+ 0.6+ 200307 H21 0.3+ 0.3+
200305 V06 0.2- 0.1- 200306 G96 0.3+ 0.1+ 200307 H21 0.1+ 0.1-
200305 V06 0.2- 0.1- 200306 G96 0.3- 0.4- 200307 H21 0.5+ 0.4+
Ephemeris:
2020 EK a,e,i = 1.27, 0.59, 12 q = 0.5219
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2020 02 06 11 56 13.7 -04 27 54 0.4456 1.3397 135.3 31.2 25.1
...
2020 02 21 12 17 35.0 -00 54 04 0.2492 1.2057 147.1 26.4 23.5
...
2020 02 29 12 39 53.4 +05 42 44 0.1543 1.1284 151.3 24.9 22.3
...
2020 03 06 13 22 49.9 +19 18 05 0.09168 1.0678 144.3 32.9 21.2
2020 03 07 13 36 48.3 +23 19 33 0.08283 1.0575 140.5 36.7 21.1
2020 03 08 13 55 01.9 +28 08 12 0.07483 1.0472 135.4 41.7 21.0
...
2020 03 14 19 09 42.3 +53 52 47 0.06196 0.9838 78.6 97.8 22.3
...
2020 03 22 22 38 40.9 +31 58 34 0.1299 0.8968 37.5 137.5 26.8
...
2020 04 06 23 29 44.6 +18 35 37 0.3112 0.7312 25.2 144.4 29.2
A. U. Tomatic (C) Copyright 2020 MPC M.P.E.C. 2020-E31
Read MPEC 2020-E30
Read MPEC 2020-E32
Enter an MPEC number in one of the following forms:
- 1997-B01 (the full form)
- J97B01 (the packed version of the full form)
- B01 (the abbreviated form)