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MPEC 2008-W12 : 2008 WE

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M.P.E.C. 2008-W12                                Issued 2008 Nov. 18, 16:30 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 WE

Observations:
     K08W00E* C2008 11 18.24299 03 54 42.80 +15 00 39.8          18.8 V EW012703
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.24918 03 54 51.12 +15 01 27.6          18.6 V EW012703
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.25551 03 54 59.61 +15 02 16.9          18.6 V EW012703
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.26168 03 55 07.82 +15 03 03.1          19.2 V EW012703
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.29818 03 55 56.68 +15 07 45.1          19.2 R EW012854
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.30222 03 56 02.08 +15 08 14.3          19.2 R EW012854
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.30622 03 56 07.38 +15 08 44.1          19.4 R EW012854
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.32042 03 56 26.08 +15 10 29.1          19.1 V EW012703
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.32102 03 56 26.84 +15 10 34.0          18.6 V EW012703
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.32163 03 56 27.67 +15 10 38.1          18.7 V EW012703
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.32224 03 56 28.57 +15 10 43.1          18.9 V EW012703
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.43448 03 58 58.04 +15 24 16.6          18.6 V EW012703
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.43502 03 58 58.54 +15 24 23.7          18.6 V EW012703
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.43556 03 58 59.26 +15 24 25.4          19.4 V EW012703
     K08W00E  C2008 11 18.43665 03 59 00.74 +15 24 34.8          19.2 V EW012703

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky 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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 WE                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0218 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M   7.45215              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34976941     Peri.  338.38328     +0.70702583     -0.70705208
a   1.9950242      Node    66.62016     +0.65102320     +0.64310023
e   0.4925647      Incl.    0.86459     +0.27619426     +0.29410790
P   2.82           H   26.0           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081118 703  0.1+  0.2+    081118 854  1.4+  0.6+    081118 703  0.3+  0.4-
081118 703  0.0   0.0     081118 854  1.1+  0.2+    081118 703  2.4+  1.8-
081118 703  0.1-  0.3+    081118 703  0.7-  0.8-    081118 703  0.8-  1.5+
081118 703  1.0-  1.0-    081118 703  1.3-  0.4-    081118 703  0.9-  0.6-
081118 854  1.0+  1.9+    081118 703  1.0-  0.8-    081118 703  0.6-  1.1+

Ephemeris:
2008 WE                  a,e,i = 2.00, 0.49, 1                   q = 1.0123
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 10    00 20.70   -07 58.2    0.0321   1.012   133.0    45.7    20.3
2008 11 12    01 06.22   -02 56.3    0.0289   1.013   143.2    35.8    19.8
2008 11 14    01 59.57   +03 09.7    0.0274   1.014   155.6    23.7    19.3
2008 11 16    02 55.94   +09 21.5    0.0278   1.016   168.1    11.6    19.0
2008 11 18    03 48.68   +14 30.6    0.0302   1.018   174.2     5.7    18.9
2008 11 20    04 33.22   +18 10.0    0.0340   1.021   167.9    11.7    19.4
2008 11 22    05 08.55   +20 32.7    0.0390   1.025   161.8    17.5    19.9
2008 11 24    05 35.79   +22 03.1    0.0447   1.029   157.5    21.5    20.4
2008 11 26    05 56.67   +23 00.9    0.0510   1.033   154.7    24.1    20.7
2008 11 28    06 12.76   +23 38.7    0.0576   1.038   153.1    25.5    21.1
2008 11 30    06 25.26   +24 04.4    0.0646   1.044   152.3    26.1    21.3
2008 12 02    06 35.05   +24 22.4    0.0717   1.050   152.1    26.1    21.6
2008 12 04    06 42.76   +24 35.5    0.0791   1.056   152.3    25.7    21.8
2008 12 06    06 48.87   +24 45.3    0.0866   1.063   153.0    24.9    22.0
2008 12 08    06 53.71   +24 53.0    0.0944   1.071   153.9    23.9    22.1
2008 12 10    06 57.55   +24 59.1    0.102    1.078   155.1    22.6    22.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-W12

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