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MPEC 2008-W19 : 2008 WP1

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M.P.E.C. 2008-W19                                Issued 2008 Nov. 20, 00:31 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 WP1

Observations:
     K08W01P* C2008 11 19.18644 01 09 02.59 -05 16 05.4          19.8 V EW019703
     K08W01P  C2008 11 19.19468 01 09 02.98 -05 15 48.4          19.9 V EW019703
     K08W01P  C2008 11 19.20293 01 09 03.60 -05 15 29.1          19.2 V EW019703
     K08W01P  C2008 11 19.21112 01 09 04.03 -05 15 12.1          19.6 V EW019703
     K08W01P  C2008 11 19.26292 01 09 07.17 -05 13 23.5                 EW019703
     K08W01P  C2008 11 19.27115 01 09 07.63 -05 13 05.4                 EW019703
     K08W01P  C2008 11 19.27941 01 09 08.22 -05 12 46.9          19.8 V EW019703
     K08W01P  C2008 11 19.28762 01 09 08.82 -05 12 28.9          20.1 V EW019703
     K08W01P bC2008 11 19.97480 01 09 57.50 -04 48 18.0                 EW019J95
     K08W01P bC2008 11 19.98414 01 09 58.07 -04 47 58.4          19.8 R EW019J95

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky 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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 WP1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.2354 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M  22.76832              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.45580955     Peri.  299.92431     +0.96273159     -0.24655848
a   1.6721700      Node    74.53941     +0.27033266     +0.86470291
e   0.2773659      Incl.    6.62293     +0.00825449     +0.43760462
P   2.16           H   20.3           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081119 703  0.6+  0.2-    081119 703  0.4-  1.2-    081119 J95  0.3+  0.1+
081119 703  1.0-  0.7-    081119 703  1.2-  0.6-    081119 J95  0.3-  0.1-
081119 703  0.8+  1.0+    081119 703  0.0   0.3+
081119 703  0.2-  0.6+    081119 703  1.4+  0.8+

Ephemeris:
2008 WP1                 a,e,i = 1.67, 0.28, 7                   q = 1.2084
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 20    01 10.00   -04 47.1    0.339    1.251   135.2    33.8    19.8
2008 11 30    01 23.22   +00 50.2    0.387    1.274   131.1    35.7    20.2
2008 12 10    01 38.93   +05 52.3    0.445    1.301   126.8    37.3    20.6
2008 12 20    01 56.69   +10 16.4    0.513    1.331   122.4    38.6    21.0
2008 12 30    02 16.14   +14 04.5    0.590    1.364   118.0    39.6    21.4
2009 01 09    02 37.06   +17 20.1    0.676    1.398   113.6    40.1    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-W19

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