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MPEC 2008-T132: 2008 SJ236

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M.P.E.C. 2008-T132                               Issued 2008 Oct. 15, 19:12 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 SJ236

Additional Observations:
     K08SN6J  C2008 09 21.29859 01 52 26.55 +15 03 12.5          21.1 V ET132691
     K08SN6J  C2008 09 21.31619 01 52 26.30 +15 03 10.7          21.1 V ET132691
     K08SN6J  C2008 09 21.33382 01 52 25.99 +15 03 09.2          20.8 V ET132691
     K08SN6J  C2008 10 07.27754 01 47 34.35 +14 32 31.3          20.5 V ET132691
     K08SN6J  C2008 10 07.29516 01 47 33.96 +14 32 28.9          20.6 V ET132691
     K08SN6J  C2008 10 07.31280 01 47 33.56 +14 32 26.4          20.2 V ET132691
     K08SN6J  C2008 10 11.36372 01 46 08.58 +14 23 06.9          19.6 R ET132H36
     K08SN6J  C2008 10 11.38018 01 46 08.24 +14 23 04.2          19.6 R ET132H36
     K08SN6J  C2008 10 11.39314 01 46 07.93 +14 23 01.7          19.3 R ET132H36
     K08SN6J  C2008 10 12.01550 01 45 54.63 +14 21 33.6          20.1 R ET132473
     K08SN6J  C2008 10 12.03948 01 45 54.10 +14 21 30.6          20.0 R ET132473
     K08SN6J  C2008 10 12.27723 01 45 49.02 +14 20 56.9          20.3 V ET132H55
     K08SN6J  C2008 10 12.28272 01 45 48.88 +14 20 56.2          20.5 V ET132H55
     K08SN6J  C2008 10 12.28825 01 45 48.76 +14 20 55.2          20.4 V ET132H55
     K08SN6J VC2008 10 12.92986 01 45 35.06 +14 19 22.5                 ET132J95
     K08SN6J UC2008 10 12.97847 01 45 33.97 +14 19 16.5                 ET132J95
     K08SN6J SC2008 10 13.72898 01 45 17.70 +14 17 27.3          19.1 R ET132D35

Observer details:
473 Remanzacco.  Observers G. Sostero, E. Guido, V. Gonano, P. Camilleri.
    0.45-m f/4.4 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers A. F. Tubbiolo R. S. McMillan,
    J. V. Scotti.  0.9-m f/3 reflector + CCD.
D35 Lulin Observatory.  Observer Q.-z. Ye.  0.41-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.
H55 Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurer H. Devore.  0.61-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 SJ236
Epoch 2008 Oct. 1.0 TT = JDT 2454740.5                  MPC
M 350.56520              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.02744561     Peri.  177.98797     +0.60563083     -0.79115058
a  10.8848087      Node   234.72646     +0.72861390     +0.59447590
e   0.4285696      Incl.    6.00396     +0.31989541     +0.14380256
P  35.9            H   12.3           G   0.15
From 23 observations 2008 Sept. 21-Oct. 13.

Ephemeris:
2008 SJ236               a,e,i = 10.88, 0.43, 6                  q = 6.2199
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 10 11    01 46.27   +14 24.0    5.419    6.398   167.7     1.9    20.2
2008 10 21    01 42.64   +13 59.3    5.394    6.388   176.7     0.5    20.1
2008 10 31    01 39.01   +13 33.1    5.399    6.378   169.6     1.6    20.2
2008 11 10    01 35.65   +13 07.3    5.434    6.368   158.9     3.2    20.3
2008 11 20    01 32.82   +12 43.4    5.498    6.359   148.1     4.7    20.4
2008 11 30    01 30.70   +12 22.9    5.588    6.349   137.4     6.0    20.5
2008 12 10    01 29.47   +12 07.1    5.700    6.341   126.9     7.1    20.6
2008 12 20    01 29.20   +11 56.7    5.829    6.332   116.7     8.0    20.7
2008 12 30    01 29.94   +11 52.2    5.972    6.324   106.6     8.6    20.8
2009 01 09    01 31.70   +11 53.7    6.123    6.316    96.9     8.9    20.8
2009 01 19    01 34.41   +12 01.1    6.277    6.308    87.3     9.0    20.9
2009 01 29    01 38.03   +12 13.9    6.430    6.301    78.1     8.8    20.9
2009 02 08    01 42.47   +12 31.7    6.579    6.294    69.1     8.4    21.0
2009 02 18    01 47.65   +12 53.7    6.719    6.287    60.3     7.8    21.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-T132

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