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MPEC 2008-O32 : 2008 ON

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M.P.E.C. 2008-O32                                Issued 2008 July 27, 03:59 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

                                    2008 ON

Observations:
     K08O00N* C2008 07 25.70966 23 15 14.29 -64 53 28.3          19.1 V EO032E12
     K08O00N  C2008 07 25.72791 23 15 02.84 -64 52 49.8          19.6 V EO032E12
     K08O00N  C2008 07 25.73706 23 14 57.12 -64 52 29.3          19.1 V EO032E12
     K08O00N  C2008 07 25.75954 23 14 43.128-64 51 41.31         18.9 R EO032E12
     K08O00N  C2008 07 25.76399 23 14 40.415-64 51 31.28         19.0 R EO032E12
     K08O00N  C2008 07 25.83144 23 13 58.51 -64 48 59.8          18.8 R EO032E12
     K08O00N  C2008 07 26.53517 23 07 03.36 -64 22 09.1          19.4 R EO032E12
     K08O00N  C2008 07 26.79942 23 04 15.58 -64 11 33.9          19.4 R EO032E12

Observer details:
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:
2008 ON                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1470 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 303.94624              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.55806807     Peri.    4.85397     +0.81882139     +0.47666973
a   1.4610932      Node   320.85498     -0.54226271     +0.45942648
e   0.2069496      Incl.   30.44414     -0.18836847     +0.74947534
P   1.77           H   20.5           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080725 E12  0.2+  0.3+    080725 E12  0.1-  0.4-    080726 E12  0.0   0.3+
080725 E12  0.2-  0.2-    080725 E12  0.3+  0.2-    080726 E12  0.0   0.2-
080725 E12  0.3-  0.6+    080725 E12  0.1+  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2008 ON                  a,e,i = 1.46, 0.21, 30                  q = 1.1587
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 07 23    23 40.83   -66 12.0    0.262    1.179   123.0    46.3    19.7
2008 08 02    21 59.51   -57 39.0    0.196    1.168   138.0    35.5    18.8
2008 08 12    20 32.97   -34 59.6    0.159    1.161   156.5    20.4    17.8
2008 08 22    19 44.61   -05 50.9    0.175    1.159   144.8    30.2    18.3
2008 09 01    19 22.24   +13 28.6    0.232    1.161   125.9    44.7    19.4
2008 09 11    19 14.62   +23 45.8    0.307    1.167   114.4    51.7    20.2
2008 09 21    19 15.69   +29 31.3    0.386    1.178   107.4    54.4    20.8
2008 10 01    19 22.61   +33 03.4    0.463    1.193   102.8    54.9    21.2
2008 10 11    19 34.09   +35 27.3    0.538    1.211    99.8    54.3    21.6
2008 10 21    19 49.38   +37 14.7    0.607    1.233    97.6    53.2    21.8
2008 10 31    20 08.21   +38 41.3    0.672    1.257    96.2    51.7    22.0

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-O32

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