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MPEC 2008-T16 : 2008 TD

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M.P.E.C. 2008-T16                                Issued 2008 Oct. 2, 13:47 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 TD

Observations:
     K08T00D* C2008 10 01.22187 22 31 45.54 +10 10 23.7          20.1   ET016704
     K08T00D  C2008 10 01.23409 22 31 29.26 +10 10 39.9          20.3   ET016704
     K08T00D  C2008 10 01.24632 22 31 12.89 +10 10 53.8          20.5   ET016704
     K08T00D  C2008 10 01.27080 22 30 40.17 +10 11 24.6          20.2   ET016704
     K08T00D  C2008 10 01.84847 22 18 11.13 +10 21 57.5                 ET016J95
     K08T00D  C2008 10 01.85918 22 17 56.29 +10 22 09.5                 ET016J95
     K08T00D  C2008 10 01.87815 22 17 29.89 +10 22 31.1          19.9 R ET016J95
     K08T00D  C2008 10 02.12609 22 11 54.83 +10 27 27.4          20.0 R ET016H36
     K08T00D  C2008 10 02.13866 22 11 36.87 +10 27 41.7          20.2 R ET016H36
     K08T00D tC2008 10 02.16538 22 11 01.49 +10 28 29.1          20.1 V ET016291
     K08T00D tC2008 10 02.16914 22 10 56.05 +10 28 33.3          20.1 V ET016291
     K08T00D tC2008 10 02.17289 22 10 50.64 +10 28 37.2          20.2 V ET016291
     K08T00D  C2008 10 02.18152 22 10 38.11 +10 28 47.4          20.6 R ET016651
     K08T00D  C2008 10 02.18213 22 10 37.30 +10 28 46.9          20.8 R ET016651
     K08T00D  C2008 10 02.18274 22 10 36.36 +10 28 48.3          20.9 R ET016651

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer T. H. Bressi.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 TD                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0247 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 327.31399              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.16061702     Peri.  144.32370     -0.78992671     -0.61319242
a   0.8967611      Node   357.84707     +0.54029680     -0.69346029
e   0.3369669      Incl.    5.03104     +0.28999166     -0.37829603
P   0.85           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
081001 704  0.7-  0.7-    081001 J95  0.2+  0.3-    081002 291  0.5-  0.2+
081001 704  0.2+  0.5+    081001 J95  0.1-  0.1-    081002 291  0.6-  0.2+
081001 704  0.0   0.5-    081002 H36  0.1-  1.3-    081002 651  0.8+  0.4+
081001 704  0.4+  1.1+    081002 H36  0.3+  0.3-    081002 651  1.9+  0.8-
081001 J95  0.2-  0.0     081002 291  0.1-  0.0     081002 651  1.0+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2008 TD                  a,e,i = 0.90, 0.34, 5                   q = 0.5946
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 10 01    22 36.45   +10 06.9    0.0487   1.044   151.1    27.6    20.4
2008 10 02    22 14.76   +10 26.8    0.0467   1.039   145.0    33.5    20.4
2008 10 03    21 51.37   +10 41.9    0.0451   1.035   138.5    39.9    20.5
2008 10 04    21 26.64   +10 50.8    0.0440   1.030   131.6    46.6    20.6
2008 10 05    21 01.05   +10 52.1    0.0435   1.025   124.5    53.5    20.8
2008 10 06    20 35.20   +10 45.4    0.0434   1.020   117.3    60.5    21.0
2008 10 07    20 09.72   +10 31.0    0.0439   1.015   110.2    67.5    21.2
2008 10 08    19 45.19   +10 10.0    0.0449   1.010   103.3    74.2    21.5
2008 10 09    19 22.06   +09 43.8    0.0463   1.005    96.8    80.6    21.8
2008 10 10    19 00.60   +09 14.4    0.0482   1.000    90.6    86.6    22.1
2008 10 11    18 40.93   +08 43.1    0.0504   0.995    84.9    92.2    22.4

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-T16

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