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MPEC 2008-W51 : 2008 WW32

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M.P.E.C. 2008-W51                                Issued 2008 Nov. 22, 13:45 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 WW32

Observations:
     K08W32W* C2008 11 21.12895 22 52 22.90 -05 55 17.9          21.0 V EW051G96
     K08W32W  C2008 11 21.13460 22 52 23.52 -05 54 58.1          21.1 V EW051G96
     K08W32W  C2008 11 21.14027 22 52 24.09 -05 54 38.6          20.4 V EW051G96
     K08W32W  C2008 11 21.14587 22 52 24.67 -05 54 18.8          20.8 V EW051G96
     K08W32W  C2008 11 21.15679 22 52 25.75 -05 53 42.0          21.9 V EW051G96
     K08W32W  C2008 11 21.15733 22 52 25.89 -05 53 39.4          21.0 V EW051G96
     K08W32W  C2008 11 21.15786 22 52 25.93 -05 53 37.8          21.3 V EW051G96
     K08W32W  C2008 11 21.15839 22 52 26.04 -05 53 35.8          21.4 V EW051G96
     K08W32W  C2008 11 21.19080 22 52 29.54 -05 51 43.3          21.8 V EW051G96
     K08W32W HC2008 11 22.16407 22 54 24.86 -04 55 15.9                 EW051291
     K08W32W HC2008 11 22.16786 22 54 25.22 -04 55 02.4                 EW051291
     K08W32W HC2008 11 22.17155 22 54 25.69 -04 54 51.2                 EW051291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer R. S. McMillan.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  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 WW32                                                Earth MOID = 0.1017 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454780.5                 MPC
M 351.59187              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35362868     Peri.   14.91847     +0.54921431     -0.82637489
a   1.9804827      Node    41.97408     +0.74641995     +0.41816320
e   0.4517702      Incl.   10.71729     +0.37579368     +0.37715258
P   2.79           H   21.4           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2008 Nov. 21-22.

Ephemeris:
2008 WW32                a,e,i = 1.98, 0.45, 11                  q = 1.0858
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 20    22 50.23   -06 59.7    0.299    1.096   103.3    61.3    21.2
2008 11 30    23 11.89   +02 57.4    0.295    1.087   102.0    62.6    21.2
2008 12 10    23 39.62   +13 25.4    0.299    1.088   102.2    62.2    21.2
2008 12 20    00 13.93   +23 34.9    0.313    1.101   103.7    60.3    21.2
2008 12 30    00 55.52   +32 31.4    0.338    1.124   105.9    57.3    21.4
2009 01 09    01 44.38   +39 31.2    0.374    1.156   108.2    53.9    21.6
2009 01 19    02 38.58   +44 11.4    0.423    1.197   110.1    50.6    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-W51

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