MPEC 2020-X80 : 2020 XH2
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M.P.E.C. 2020-X80 Issued 2020 December 9, 09:05 UT
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minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the
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2020 XH2
Observations:
K20X02H* C2020 12 08.35695305 47 00.21 -07 07 35.7 20.03GVEX080G96
K20X02H C2020 12 08.36212205 46 54.23 -07 06 36.2 19.88GVEX080G96
K20X02H C2020 12 08.36728105 46 48.39 -07 05 38.5 19.91GVEX080G96
K20X02H C2020 12 08.37245505 46 42.47 -07 04 39.9 19.83GVEX080G96
K20X02H KC2020 12 08.43870305 45 28.50 -06 52 15.1 VEX080I52
K20X02H KC2020 12 08.43926605 45 27.76 -06 52 06.4 19.23GVEX080I52
K20X02H KC2020 12 08.43984005 45 27.07 -06 51 58.4 20.77GVEX080I52
K20X02H KC2020 12 08.44040805 45 26.49 -06 51 52.8 19.77GVEX080I52
K20X02H |C2020 12 09.23594 05 33 45.87 -04 30 48.1 20.2 VuEX080807
K20X02H |C2020 12 09.23811 05 33 43.85 -04 30 27.9 20.1 VuEX080807
K20X02H |C2020 12 09.24028 05 33 41.79 -04 30 07.7 20.1 VuEX080807
K20X02H KC2020 12 09.25509905 33 41.84 -04 33 56.1 19.80GVEX080I52
K20X02H KC2020 12 09.25608805 33 40.91 -04 33 46.9 19.93GVEX080I52
K20X02H KC2020 12 09.25707505 33 40.03 -04 33 37.8 19.77GVEX080I52
K20X02H KC2020 12 09.25806205 33 39.10 -04 33 28.8 19.71GVEX080I52
Observer details:
807 Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena. Observers T. Linder, R. Holmes.
0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey. 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. 1.5-m reflector + 10K CCD.
I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station. Observers D. C. Fuls, D. Rankin.
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. 1.0-m
reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2020 XH2 Earth MOID = 0.0050 AU
Epoch 2020 Dec. 17.0 TT = JDT 2459200.5 Bell
M 105.02640 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.06112211 Peri. 101.06437 +0.76370115 +0.64546829
a 0.9519756 Node 218.73634 -0.59921643 +0.70215110
e 0.1926872 Incl. 1.04901 -0.24020870 +0.30059029
P 0.93 H 27.02 G 0.15 U 7
Residuals in seconds of arc
201208 G96 0.2+ 0.2+ 201208 I52 0.3+ 1.1- 201209 807 0.1- 0.0+
201208 G96 (0.6- 1.0+) 201208 I52 0.6- 0.4+ 201209 I52 0.1- 0.0-
201208 G96 0.2+ 0.2+ 201208 I52 0.0- 0.4- 201209 I52 0.3- 0.1+
201208 G96 0.1- 0.1+ 201209 807 0.1- 0.0+ 201209 I52 0.3+ 0.1+
201208 I52 (2.1+ 3.5-) 201209 807 0.3+ 0.0- 201209 I52 0.0- 0.1-
Ephemeris:
2020 XH2 a,e,i = 0.95, 0.19, 1 q = 0.7685
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2020 11 09 15 21 34.7 -19 28 09 0.08539 0.9057 6.4 173.0
...
2020 11 24 14 24 25.0 -26 55 17 0.03275 0.9571 22.6 156.7 29.4
...
2020 12 02 10 16 19.9 -36 39 38 0.01365 0.9837 80.3 98.9 21.2
...
2020 12 08 05 53 19.7 -08 13 20 0.02121 1.0028 146.4 33.0 20.0
2020 12 09 05 37 06.7 -05 10 59 0.02391 1.0059 150.9 28.5 20.2
2020 12 10 05 24 20.5 -02 44 15 0.02676 1.0089 154.1 25.3 20.3
...
2020 12 16 04 43 53.6 +05 18 54 0.04567 1.0267 158.2 20.8 21.4
...
2020 12 24 04 25 43.1 +09 41 23 0.07348 1.0487 151.5 26.6 22.7
...
2021 01 08 04 21 43.2 +13 35 50 0.1312 1.0840 137.7 37.6 24.3
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