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MPEC 2008-U70 : 2008 UC7

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M.P.E.C. 2008-U70                                Issued 2008 Oct. 27, 15:42 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 UC7

Observations:
     K08U07C* C2008 10 26.28896 02 34 11.20 -00 26 52.9          21.9 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.29452 02 34 11.56 -00 27 24.6          21.7 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.30002 02 34 11.92 -00 27 55.7          21.8 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.30550 02 34 12.25 -00 28 26.9          22.2 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.33310 02 34 13.97 -00 31 04.3          21.3 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.33375 02 34 13.92 -00 31 07.2          22.0 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.33441 02 34 14.00 -00 31 11.8          22.2 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.33506 02 34 14.03 -00 31 15.7          21.7 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.36698 02 34 15.52 -00 34 22.4          20.6 R EU070H01
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.37457 02 34 16.03 -00 35 06.2          20.8 R EU070H01
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.38163 02 34 16.50 -00 35 47.2          20.8 R EU070H01
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.38384 02 34 17.11 -00 35 56.4          21.6 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.38476 02 34 17.22 -00 36 01.8          21.2 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.38564 02 34 17.29 -00 36 07.0          21.8 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 26.38652 02 34 17.25 -00 36 11.3          21.2 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 27.34299 02 36 30.45 -02 21 45.5          21.4 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 27.34860 02 36 30.96 -02 22 27.1          21.2 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 27.35422 02 36 31.53 -02 23 08.5          21.1 V EU070G96
     K08U07C  C2008 10 27.35984 02 36 32.00 -02 23 52.5          21.8 V EU070G96

Observer details:
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.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.
    Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 UC7                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0115 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 343.14878              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.64508429     Peri.   43.97854     -0.52443367     -0.85124696
a   1.3265544      Node    77.65991     +0.77582246     -0.48676328
e   0.4485576      Incl.    1.09410     +0.35081168     -0.19606154
P   1.53           H   27.0           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
081026 G96  0.5-  0.1+    081026 G96  0.0   0.3-    081026 G96  0.8-  0.5+
081026 G96  0.2-  0.1-    081026 H01  0.2-  0.1+    081027 G96  0.3-  0.8-
081026 G96  0.2+  0.0     081026 H01  0.2-  0.1+    081027 G96  0.3-  0.0
081026 G96  0.2+  0.1-    081026 H01  0.3-  0.1-    081027 G96  0.6+  1.1+
081026 G96  0.9+  0.1-    081026 G96  0.2-  0.1-    081027 G96  0.1-  0.3-
081026 G96  0.5-  0.7+    081026 G96  0.5+  0.2-
081026 G96  0.1+  0.1-    081026 G96  0.7+  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2008 UC7                 a,e,i = 1.33, 0.45, 1                   q = 0.7315
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 10 21    02 27.76   +04 31.2    0.0928   1.086   167.4    11.5    22.7
2008 10 22    02 28.59   +03 55.0    0.0854   1.079   167.5    11.5    22.5
2008 10 23    02 29.54   +03 12.3    0.0780   1.071   167.4    11.7    22.3
2008 10 24    02 30.65   +02 21.1    0.0707   1.064   167.1    12.1    22.1
2008 10 25    02 31.98   +01 18.7    0.0635   1.056   166.4    12.8    21.9
2008 10 26    02 33.61   +00 00.8    0.0563   1.049   165.4    13.9    21.7
2008 10 27    02 35.69   -01 38.9    0.0492   1.041   163.8    15.4    21.4
2008 10 28    02 38.43   -03 51.2    0.0422   1.034   161.6    17.6    21.1
2008 10 29    02 42.25   -06 54.6    0.0353   1.026   158.5    20.8    20.8
2008 10 30    02 47.96   -11 24.1    0.0286   1.019   153.7    25.6    20.5
2008 10 31    02 57.45   -18 31.2    0.0222   1.011   146.2    33.1    20.1
2008 11 01    03 16.24   -30 50.2    0.0165   1.004   133.1    46.2    19.8
2008 11 02    04 09.33   -52 37.5    0.0124   0.996   109.3    70.1    19.9
2008 11 03    08 45.37   -72 45.5    0.0117   0.989    74.7   104.6    21.2
2008 11 04    12 40.20   -56 51.5    0.0150   0.982    47.0   132.3    23.8
2008 11 05    13 26.23   -43 03.0    0.0204   0.974    31.7   147.6    26.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-U70

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