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MPEC 2008-W64 : 2008 WK61

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M.P.E.C. 2008-W64                                Issued 2008 Nov. 25, 16:42 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 WK61

Observations:
     K08W61K* C2008 11 21.39053 08 29 24.20 +49 10 31.7          18.3   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 21.40353 08 29 32.11 +49 08 29.4          18.2   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 21.41633 08 29 39.79 +49 06 28.2          18.4   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 21.42908 08 29 47.51 +49 04 27.4          18.4   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 21.44190 08 29 55.15 +49 02 26.1          18.2   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.43823 09 00 12.68 +39 42 10.8          18.3   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.45094 09 00 19.46 +39 39 29.2          18.5   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.46387 09 00 26.31 +39 36 42.9          18.3   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.46407 09 00 26.37 +39 36 39.8          17.8   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.47691 09 00 33.25 +39 33 55.1          18.1   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.47711 09 00 33.24 +39 33 52.5          17.9   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.48969 09 00 39.98 +39 31 10.6          18.3   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.48988 09 00 40.02 +39 31 07.9          17.9   EW064704
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.97687 09 05 18.73 +37 43 14.4                 EW064J95
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.98226 09 05 21.71 +37 42 03.3                 EW064J95
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.98774 09 05 24.73 +37 40 50.5                 EW064J95
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.99306 09 05 27.65 +37 39 40.3                 EW064J95
     K08W61K  C2008 11 24.99712 09 05 29.89 +37 38 46.4          17.7 R EW064J95
     K08W61K  C2008 11 25.40814 09 09 14.11 +36 05 50.0          17.5 R EW064H36
     K08W61K  C2008 11 25.40895 09 09 14.55 +36 05 38.4          17.8 R EW064H36
     K08W61K  C2008 11 25.41137 09 09 15.79 +36 05 05.0          17.8 R EW064H36

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 WK61                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0214 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454780.5                 MPC
M 337.99453              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.46199523     Peri.  212.49407     -0.25261119     -0.92536286
a   1.6572107      Node   253.49780     +0.93874918     -0.16363117
e   0.4190438      Incl.   17.14513     +0.23438766     -0.34194797
P   2.13           H   20.4           G   0.15
From 21 observations 2008 Nov. 21-25.

Ephemeris:
2008 WK61                a,e,i = 1.66, 0.42, 17                  q = 0.9628
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 20    08 14.11   +52 35.4    0.118    1.050   118.9    55.5    17.9
2008 11 22    08 35.79   +47 30.2    0.108    1.042   117.3    57.4    17.7
2008 11 24    08 55.96   +41 14.3    0.0999   1.034   115.1    59.9    17.6
2008 11 26    09 14.51   +33 46.3    0.0934   1.026   112.2    63.0    17.5
2008 11 28    09 31.44   +25 14.4    0.0891   1.019   108.6    66.6    17.5
2008 11 30    09 46.82   +16 00.3    0.0872   1.012   104.5    70.7    17.6
2008 12 02    10 00.78   +06 36.6    0.0879   1.005   100.1    75.0    17.8
2008 12 04    10 13.45   -02 22.7    0.0912   0.999    95.8    79.0    18.0
2008 12 06    10 25.00   -10 32.2    0.0966   0.993    91.9    82.5    18.2
2008 12 08    10 35.57   -17 39.6    0.104    0.988    88.6    85.4    18.4
2008 12 10    10 45.29   -23 44.1    0.113    0.983    85.9    87.5    18.7
2008 12 12    10 54.29   -28 51.4    0.122    0.979    83.8    89.1    18.9
2008 12 14    11 02.67   -33 09.7    0.133    0.975    82.1    90.1    19.1
2008 12 16    11 10.52   -36 47.6    0.144    0.972    80.9    90.7    19.3
2008 12 18    11 17.92   -39 52.3    0.156    0.969    79.9    91.0    19.5
2008 12 20    11 24.93   -42 30.0    0.168    0.967    79.2    90.9    19.7

2008 12 30    11 55.74   -51 18.4    0.228    0.963    78.2    88.3    20.2
2009 01 09    12 21.98   -56 14.4    0.286    0.973    79.5    83.7    20.6
2009 01 19    12 44.96   -59 22.7    0.338    0.995    82.1    78.3    20.8
2009 01 29    13 03.89   -61 29.1    0.380    1.029    85.7    72.7    20.9
2009 02 08    13 17.21   -62 49.0    0.413    1.071    90.3    67.0    21.0
2009 02 18    13 23.41   -63 25.6    0.436    1.121    95.9    61.3    21.0
2009 02 28    13 21.20   -63 10.9    0.452    1.176   102.8    55.3    21.0
2009 03 10    13 11.32   -61 47.7    0.462    1.234   110.7    48.8    21.0
2009 03 20    12 56.89   -58 58.9    0.470    1.295   119.6    42.0    21.0
2009 03 30    12 42.22   -54 35.5    0.483    1.356   129.1    34.9    20.9
2009 04 09    12 31.17   -48 51.7    0.506    1.418   137.8    28.3    20.9
2009 04 19    12 25.34   -42 26.1    0.544    1.479   143.9    23.6    21.0
2009 04 29    12 24.58   -36 04.8    0.600    1.539   145.4    21.8    21.3
2009 05 09    12 28.11   -30 26.4    0.675    1.598   142.3    22.7    21.6

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-W64

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