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MPEC 2008-T103: 2008 TY9

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M.P.E.C. 2008-T103                               Issued 2008 Oct.  9, 04:48 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,
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                                   2008 TY9

Observations:
     K08T09Y* C2008 10 08.22098 23 46 32.60 +37 36 09.6          19.7   ET103704
     K08T09Y  C2008 10 08.23366 23 46 45.35 +37 34 32.9          20.2   ET103704
     K08T09Y  C2008 10 08.25919 23 47 10.92 +37 31 18.1          20.0   ET103704
     K08T09Y  C2008 10 08.27189 23 47 23.65 +37 29 38.9          20.0   ET103704
     K08T09Y  C2008 10 09.08927 00 01 56.31 +35 39 18.5                 ET103J95
     K08T09Y  C2008 10 09.09205 00 01 59.21 +35 38 54.0                 ET103J95
     K08T09Y  C2008 10 09.09483 00 02 01.93 +35 38 30.0                 ET103J95
     K08T09Y  C2008 10 09.09921 00 02 06.45 +35 37 51.1                 ET103J95
     K08T09Y  C2008 10 09.10286 00 02 10.16 +35 37 19.4          18.9 R ET103J95
     K08T09Y  C2008 10 09.16762 00 03 34.10 +35 29 35.2          19.5 R ET103854
     K08T09Y  C2008 10 09.17130 00 03 37.66 +35 29 02.7          20.0 R ET103854
     K08T09Y  C2008 10 09.17498 00 03 41.27 +35 28 34.7          19.9 R ET103854

Observer details:
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.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 TY9                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0444 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M  36.12803              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.57546297     Peri.  159.34221     +0.99539340     -0.07340787
a   1.4314993      Node   205.10976     +0.05393567     +0.96055234
e   0.2784792      Incl.    8.35628     +0.07926485     +0.26823588
P   1.71           H   25.0           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
081008 704  0.0   0.6+    081009 J95  0.1-  0.6+    081009 J95  0.2-  0.4-
081008 704  0.3+  0.2-    081009 J95  0.8+  0.2+    081009 854  0.5+  1.2+
081008 704  0.1-  0.2+    081009 J95  0.6-  0.3+    081009 854  0.3-  1.5-
081008 704  0.3-  0.7-    081009 J95  0.0   0.5-    081009 854  0.4-  0.3+

Ephemeris:
2008 TY9                 a,e,i = 1.43, 0.28, 8                   q = 1.0329
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 10 01    21 39.71   +46 02.2    0.0558   1.033   123.5    54.0    20.8
2008 10 06    23 05.62   +41 37.7    0.0476   1.035   137.0    41.2    20.1
2008 10 11    00 34.42   +30 53.9    0.0448   1.039   155.0    23.9    19.5
2008 10 16    01 42.43   +17 07.1    0.0486   1.045   170.7     8.9    19.1
2008 10 21    02 26.89   +05 35.5    0.0582   1.052   168.1    11.3    19.6
2008 10 26    02 54.91   -02 15.4    0.0715   1.062   160.4    18.3    20.3
2008 10 31    03 12.77   -07 14.2    0.0873   1.073   155.2    22.9    20.9
2008 11 05    03 24.43   -10 17.6    0.105    1.085   151.9    25.5    21.4
2008 11 10    03 32.25   -12 04.3    0.123    1.099   149.8    27.0    21.9

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-T103

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