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MPEC 2008-T17 : 2008 TE

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M.P.E.C. 2008-T17                                Issued 2008 Oct. 2, 13:50 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
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                                    2008 TE

Observations:
     K08T00E* C2008 10 01.24709 00 18 23.14 +02 57 58.9          21.5 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.25201 00 18 24.66 +02 58 11.1          20.6 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.25698 00 18 26.17 +02 58 22.9          20.7 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.26186 00 18 27.68 +02 58 34.5          20.8 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.29236 00 18 36.96 +02 59 47.6          21.9 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.29782 00 18 38.61 +03 00 01.1          21.4 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.30329 00 18 40.22 +03 00 12.7          21.2 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.30877 00 18 41.89 +03 00 26.6          21.5 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.34360 00 18 52.38 +03 01 48.8          20.6 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.34940 00 18 54.14 +03 02 02.6          21.0 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.35549 00 18 55.98 +03 02 16.8          21.5 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.36141 00 18 57.70 +03 02 30.2          22.2 V ET017G96
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.37009 00 18 59.83 +03 02 45.4          20.7 R ET017H01
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.37333 00 19 00.84 +03 02 52.7          20.6 R ET017H01
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.38247 00 19 03.64 +03 03 13.6          20.9 R ET017H01
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.52118 00 19 59.20 +03 12 36.6          20.9 R ET017474
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.52500 00 20 00.32 +03 12 43.9          20.3 R ET017474
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.53005 00 20 01.83 +03 12 57.7          21.5 R ET017474
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.53441 00 20 03.13 +03 13 04.4          21.2 R ET017474
     K08T00E  C2008 10 01.53796 00 20 04.07 +03 13 13.3          20.9 R ET017474
     K08T00E HC2008 10 02.24101 00 23 49.24 +03 32 27.4                 ET017291
     K08T00E  C2008 10 02.24479 00 23 50.06 +03 32 34.7                 ET017291
     K08T00E  C2008 10 02.24852 00 23 50.90 +03 32 41.6                 ET017291
     K08T00E  C2008 10 02.31879 00 24 05.33 +03 34 39.7          21.2 R ET017H01
     K08T00E  C2008 10 02.32491 00 24 06.66 +03 34 50.1          21.0 R ET017H01
     K08T00E  C2008 10 02.33170 00 24 08.13 +03 35 01.9          21.0 R ET017H01

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer T. H. Bressi.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  Measurer
    P. M. Kilmartin.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  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.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 TE                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0000 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M  58.85544              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.52547120     Peri.  297.23748     +0.47616755     +0.87935457
a   1.5209097      Node     1.19793     -0.80488170     +0.43589213
e   0.4541149      Incl.    0.30756     -0.35416086     +0.19166010
P   1.88           H   27.7           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
081001 G96  0.4+  0.3+    081001 G96  0.2+  0.3+    081001 474  1.1+  1.2-
081001 G96  0.3+  0.5+    081001 G96  0.2+  0.4+    081001 474  0.1-  0.1+
081001 G96  0.0   0.2+    081001 G96  0.8-  0.1+    081002 291  0.2+  0.3-
081001 G96  0.2+  0.0     081001 H01  0.4-  0.3+    081002 291  0.1-  0.2+
081001 G96  0.2+  0.3-    081001 H01  0.2-  0.2+    081002 291  0.2+  0.4+
081001 G96  0.2+  0.2+    081001 H01  0.4-  0.1+    081002 H01  0.4-  0.2-
081001 G96  0.4-  1.2-    081001 474  0.5-  0.3-    081002 H01  0.4-  0.3-
081001 G96  0.1-  0.3-    081001 474  0.3-  1.3-    081002 H01  0.4-  0.3-
081001 G96  0.0   0.0     081001 474  0.5+  1.6+

Ephemeris:
2008 TE                  a,e,i = 1.52, 0.45, 0                   q = 0.8302
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 10 01    00 16.69   +02 49.3    0.0405   1.042   176.7     3.1    21.1
2008 10 02    00 22.59   +03 26.5    0.0475   1.048   177.3     2.5    21.5
2008 10 03    00 26.99   +03 54.1    0.0545   1.055   177.5     2.3    21.8
2008 10 04    00 30.39   +04 15.3    0.0616   1.062   177.5     2.4    22.0
2008 10 05    00 33.11   +04 32.2    0.0687   1.069   177.2     2.6    22.3
2008 10 06    00 35.33   +04 45.9    0.0758   1.075   176.9     2.9    22.6
2008 10 07    00 37.18   +04 57.2    0.0830   1.082   176.4     3.3    22.8
2008 10 08    00 38.75   +05 06.8    0.0903   1.089   175.9     3.8    23.0
2008 10 09    00 40.09   +05 15.0    0.0976   1.096   175.2     4.3    23.2
2008 10 10    00 41.27   +05 22.1    0.105    1.103   174.6     4.9    23.4
2008 10 11    00 42.31   +05 28.3    0.112    1.110   173.9     5.5    23.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-T17

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