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MPEC 2008-W65 : 2008 WL61

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M.P.E.C. 2008-W65                                Issued 2008 Nov. 25, 16:49 UT

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                                   2008 WL61

Observations:
     K08W61L* C2008 11 24.13737 00 05 28.57 +00 00 30.3          20.1 V EW065G96
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.14579 00 05 29.94 +00 00 47.4          20.3 V EW065G96
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.15411 00 05 31.30 +00 01 04.2          20.2 V EW065G96
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.16238 00 05 32.67 +00 01 21.0          20.2 V EW065G96
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.19057 00 05 37.28 +00 02 17.1          20.1 R EW065H01
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.19667 00 05 38.30 +00 02 29.3          20.0 R EW065H01
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.20144 00 05 39.07 +00 02 38.9          20.2 R EW065H01
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.20318 00 05 39.40 +00 02 43.0          20.0 V EW065G96
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.20478 00 05 39.69 +00 02 46.0          20.4 R EW065651
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.20664 00 05 39.93 +00 02 49.4          20.1 R EW065H01
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.20769 00 05 40.15 +00 02 52.0          20.6 R EW065651
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.21060 00 05 40.61 +00 02 58.6          20.4 R EW065651
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.21109 00 05 40.70 +00 02 58.7          20.3 V EW065G96
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.21909 00 05 41.96 +00 03 15.1          19.2 V EW065G96
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.22714 00 05 43.36 +00 03 31.2          20.3 V EW065G96
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.88801 00 07 35.45 +00 25 25.1                 EW065J95
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.89374 00 07 36.38 +00 25 37.0                 EW065J95
     K08W61L  C2008 11 24.90339 00 07 38.01 +00 25 54.9          19.7 R EW065J95

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 WL61                                                Earth MOID = 0.1250 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454780.5                 MPC
M  16.56625              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29097906     Peri.  290.76269     +0.89067684     +0.44576320
a   2.2554241      Node    42.89880     -0.35277899     +0.80165682
e   0.5331530      Incl.    7.54556     -0.28677824     +0.39829826
P   3.39           H   19.4           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2008 Nov. 24.

Ephemeris:
2008 WL61                a,e,i = 2.26, 0.53, 8                   q = 1.0529
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 20    23 53.34   -02 25.7    0.507    1.314   119.6    40.8    20.1
2008 11 30    00 21.45   +03 04.1    0.608    1.381   118.1    39.0    20.6
2008 12 10    00 46.28   +07 24.3    0.724    1.451   115.3    37.8    21.0
2008 12 20    01 09.07   +10 54.1    0.853    1.522   111.7    36.9    21.5
2008 12 30    01 30.62   +13 47.6    0.993    1.594   107.5    36.1    21.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-W65

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