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MPEC 2008-U43 : 2008 UU1

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M.P.E.C. 2008-U43                                Issued 2008 Oct. 23, 19:19 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 UU1

Observations:
     K08U01U* C2008 10 22.59084 05 34 05.66 -46 37 37.8          19.0 V EU043E12
     K08U01U  C2008 10 22.60116 05 33 52.51 -46 37 05.8          18.7 V EU043E12
     K08U01U  C2008 10 22.61147 05 33 39.32 -46 36 33.3          18.7 V EU043E12
     K08U01U  C2008 10 22.62177 05 33 26.21 -46 36 00.0          18.4 V EU043E12
     K08U01U  C2008 10 22.68011 05 32 11.95 -46 32 53.0          18.7 V EU043E12
     K08U01U  C2008 10 22.71952 05 31 21.89 -46 30 42.8          18.6 V EU043E12
     K08U01U  C2008 10 22.75778 05 30 33.468-46 28 33.36         18.9 V EU043E12
     K08U01U  C2008 10 23.25711 05 20 29.64 -45 59 18.8          17.8 R EU043I77
     K08U01U  C2008 10 23.26137 05 20 24.54 -45 59 03.1          18.3 R EU043I77
     K08U01U  C2008 10 23.61264 05 13 38.972-45 36 44.67         18.5 V EU043E12
     K08U01U  C2008 10 23.61501 05 13 36.205-45 36 35.81         18.6 V EU043E12

Observer details:
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.
I77 CEAMIG-REA Observatory, Belo Horizonte.  Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel.
    Measurer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 UU1                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0210 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M  42.82918              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.48048877     Peri.  119.04144     +0.11167278     +0.99038565
a   1.6144102      Node   156.93690     -0.96876346     +0.12680291
e   0.7531535      Incl.   12.02901     -0.22141941     -0.05529281
P   2.05           H   19.7           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081022 E12  0.1-  0.3+    081022 E12  0.5-  0.1-    081023 I77  0.0   0.5+
081022 E12  0.1-  0.0     081022 E12  0.7-  0.1-    081023 E12  0.4-  0.0
081022 E12  0.7-  0.0     081022 E12  0.7-  0.3+    081023 E12  0.6-  0.0
081022 E12  0.5-  0.7+    081023 I77  0.4-  0.5+

Ephemeris:
2008 UU1                 a,e,i = 1.61, 0.75, 12                  q = 0.3985
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 10 21    06 09.78   -47 47.2    0.186    1.035    97.2    72.6    18.7
2008 10 31    03 37.15   -36 26.2    0.266    1.171   126.4    43.0    18.8
2008 11 10    02 43.31   -26 30.4    0.387    1.297   136.1    31.9    19.6
2008 11 20    02 20.97   -19 53.5    0.529    1.416   135.7    29.2    20.4
2008 11 30    02 11.56   -15 05.1    0.687    1.527   130.8    29.3    21.1
2008 12 10    02 09.11   -11 17.2    0.858    1.631   124.3    29.9    21.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-U43

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