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MPEC 2008-U78 : 2008 UM90

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M.P.E.C. 2008-U78                                Issued 2008 Oct. 28, 12:30 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 UM90

Observations:
     K08U90M* C2008 10 27.14424 22 21 09.00 -14 23 44.9          21.7 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 27.14911 22 21 10.00 -14 23 40.8          21.0 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 27.15400 22 21 11.08 -14 23 37.2          21.7 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 27.15894 22 21 12.13 -14 23 33.6          21.3 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 27.18750 22 21 18.28 -14 23 12.3          21.5 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 27.18815 22 21 18.48 -14 23 11.8          21.7 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 27.18880 22 21 18.63 -14 23 10.8          21.8 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 27.18944 22 21 18.79 -14 23 10.4          22.1 V EU078G96
     K08U90M HC2008 10 28.10615 22 24 41.65 -14 11 37.4                 EU078291
     K08U90M HC2008 10 28.11371 22 24 43.38 -14 11 32.9                 EU078291
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.13824 22 24 48.46 -14 11 14.6          21.5 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.13828 22 24 48.43 -14 11 14.2          21.0 R EU078H01
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.13889 22 24 48.56 -14 11 14.2          21.7 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.13954 22 24 48.74 -14 11 12.8          21.3 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.14018 22 24 48.92 -14 11 12.5          21.8 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.14445 22 24 49.75 -14 11 09.5          21.0 R EU078H01
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.14757 22 24 50.42 -14 11 06.8          21.3 R EU078H01
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.15145 22 24 51.24 -14 11 03.9          20.9 R EU078H01
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.18889 22 24 59.28 -14 10 35.6          22.5 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.19093 22 24 59.68 -14 10 33.6          22.5 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.19296 22 25 00.10 -14 10 32.8          21.7 V EU078G96
     K08U90M  C2008 10 28.19499 22 25 00.55 -14 10 31.1          21.6 V EU078G96

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer T. H. Bressi.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
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 UM90                                                Earth MOID = 0.0691 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M  42.66222              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39013708     Peri.  121.26113     +0.51822861     +0.85524213
a   1.8549173      Node   179.95212     -0.81580375     +0.49436169
e   0.4513522      Incl.    5.97461     -0.25671648     +0.15545872
P   2.53           H   20.9           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081027 G96  0.6+  0.2-    081028 291  0.7-  0.8+    081028 H01  0.1+  0.4+
081027 G96  0.2-  0.2+    081028 291  1.1+  0.4-    081028 H01  0.0   0.3+
081027 G96  0.1+  0.1+    081028 G96  0.5-  0.6-    081028 G96  0.5+  0.3-
081027 G96  0.2-  0.0     081028 H01  0.2-  0.1+    081028 G96  0.0   0.2+
081027 G96  0.8-  0.3-    081028 G96  1.1-  0.7-    081028 G96  0.1-  0.6-
081027 G96  0.0   0.3-    081028 G96  0.5-  0.2+    081028 G96  0.2+  0.4-
081027 G96  0.2+  0.2+    081028 G96  0.2+  0.0
081027 G96  0.5+  0.1+    081028 H01  0.1-  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2008 UM90                a,e,i = 1.85, 0.45, 6                   q = 1.0177
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 10 21    21 56.65   -15 36.7    0.447    1.268   118.0    43.9    21.4
2008 10 22    22 00.88   -15 25.4    0.455    1.274   118.0    43.6    21.4
2008 10 23    22 05.00   -15 13.8    0.464    1.280   118.0    43.3    21.4
2008 10 24    22 09.04   -15 02.0    0.472    1.286   118.0    43.1    21.5
2008 10 25    22 12.98   -14 50.0    0.481    1.292   118.0    42.8    21.5
2008 10 26    22 16.84   -14 37.7    0.490    1.298   117.9    42.6    21.6
2008 10 27    22 20.61   -14 25.3    0.500    1.304   117.9    42.4    21.6
2008 10 28    22 24.30   -14 12.8    0.509    1.310   117.8    42.1    21.7
2008 10 29    22 27.92   -14 00.1    0.518    1.317   117.7    41.9    21.7
2008 10 30    22 31.45   -13 47.2    0.528    1.323   117.5    41.7    21.8
2008 10 31    22 34.92   -13 34.3    0.538    1.329   117.4    41.6    21.8
2008 11 01    22 38.32   -13 21.2    0.548    1.335   117.2    41.4    21.8
2008 11 02    22 41.65   -13 08.0    0.558    1.341   117.1    41.2    21.9
2008 11 03    22 44.92   -12 54.8    0.568    1.348   116.9    41.0    21.9
2008 11 04    22 48.13   -12 41.4    0.578    1.354   116.7    40.9    22.0
2008 11 05    22 51.28   -12 28.0    0.588    1.360   116.5    40.7    22.0
2008 11 06    22 54.38   -12 14.5    0.599    1.366   116.3    40.6    22.1
2008 11 07    22 57.41   -12 01.0    0.610    1.373   116.0    40.4    22.1
2008 11 08    23 00.40   -11 47.4    0.620    1.379   115.8    40.3    22.2
2008 11 09    23 03.34   -11 33.8    0.631    1.385   115.5    40.2    22.2
2008 11 10    23 06.23   -11 20.2    0.642    1.392   115.3    40.0    22.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-U78

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