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MPEC 2008-U50 : 2008 UL3

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M.P.E.C. 2008-U50                                Issued 2008 Oct. 25, 13:53 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 UL3

Observations:
     K08U03L* C2008 10 24.25696 01 17 01.39 +02 34 38.0          21.8 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 24.26241 01 17 01.50 +02 34 14.3          21.4 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 24.26788 01 17 01.64 +02 33 50.1          21.9 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 24.27336 01 17 01.78 +02 33 26.0          21.4 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 24.31354 01 17 02.90 +02 30 30.7          20.7 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 24.31442 01 17 02.94 +02 30 27.0          20.7 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 24.31531 01 17 02.94 +02 30 23.0          20.9 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 24.31619 01 17 02.97 +02 30 19.2          21.6 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 25.23043 01 17 59.96 +01 22 35.5          21.9 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 25.23485 01 18 00.07 +01 22 15.3          21.2 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 25.23928 01 18 00.21 +01 21 55.6          21.3 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 25.24374 01 18 00.36 +01 21 35.6          22.0 V EU050G96
     K08U03L  C2008 10 25.38372 01 18 04.93 +01 11 03.2          22.1 V EU050291
     K08U03L HC2008 10 25.38807 01 18 05.16 +01 10 42.2                 EU050291
     K08U03L  C2008 10 25.39210 01 18 05.31 +01 10 24.2          21.7 V EU050291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer A. F. Tubbiolo.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  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.

Orbital elements:
2008 UL3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0712 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 347.53749              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.67094520     Peri.  240.54656     +0.06688855     -0.99651002
a   1.2922445      Node   205.76205     +0.95060939     +0.07885151
e   0.2215464      Incl.    6.59752     +0.30309685     -0.02739018
P   1.47           H   25.5           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
081024 G96  0.6+  0.1-    081024 G96  0.2+  0.3+    081025 G96  0.1-  0.1-
081024 G96  0.0   0.0     081024 G96  0.2-  0.2+    081025 G96  0.1+  0.1+
081024 G96  0.1-  0.3-    081024 G96  0.1-  0.2+    081025 291  0.6-  0.8+
081024 G96  0.2-  0.4-    081025 G96  0.2+  0.1-    081025 291  0.4+  0.5-
081024 G96  0.1-  0.1+    081025 G96  0.2-  0.3-    081025 291  0.2+  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2008 UL3                 a,e,i = 1.29, 0.22, 7                   q = 1.0060
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 10 21    01 14.19   +06 18.8    0.109    1.104   171.5     7.6    21.5
2008 10 23    01 15.86   +04 04.8    0.105    1.098   168.6    10.3    21.5
2008 10 25    01 17.75   +01 40.7    0.101    1.092   165.5    13.2    21.5
2008 10 27    01 19.89   -00 53.4    0.0971   1.087   162.1    16.3    21.5
2008 10 29    01 22.34   -03 36.5    0.0937   1.081   158.6    19.5    21.5
2008 10 31    01 25.12   -06 27.8    0.0908   1.076   155.1    22.9    21.5
2008 11 02    01 28.28   -09 26.0    0.0883   1.071   151.4    26.3    21.6
2008 11 04    01 31.85   -12 29.6    0.0862   1.066   147.7    29.8    21.6
2008 11 06    01 35.87   -15 37.0    0.0844   1.061   144.0    33.3    21.7
2008 11 08    01 40.37   -18 46.4    0.0830   1.056   140.3    36.8    21.7
2008 11 10    01 45.38   -21 55.9    0.0820   1.051   136.7    40.2    21.8
2008 11 12    01 50.93   -25 03.6    0.0814   1.047   133.1    43.6    21.8
2008 11 14    01 57.04   -28 07.9    0.0810   1.043   129.7    46.9    21.9
2008 11 16    02 03.71   -31 07.0    0.0810   1.039   126.4    50.0    22.0
2008 11 18    02 10.96   -33 59.3    0.0812   1.035   123.2    53.0    22.1
2008 11 20    02 18.79   -36 43.4    0.0817   1.032   120.2    55.9    22.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-U50

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