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M.P.E.C. 2008-W69 Issued 2008 Nov. 25, 22:09 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 WT62
Observations:
K08W62T* C2008 11 24.21528 01 28 46.59 +06 57 58.0 19.6 V EW069G96
K08W62T C2008 11 24.22325 01 28 42.13 +06 58 22.4 19.8 V EW069G96
K08W62T C2008 11 24.23132 01 28 37.70 +06 58 46.9 19.9 V EW069G96
K08W62T C2008 11 24.25654 01 28 23.80 +07 00 03.6 20.3 V EW069G96
K08W62T C2008 11 24.25767 01 28 23.19 +07 00 06.7 20.7 V EW069G96
K08W62T C2008 11 24.25885 01 28 22.51 +07 00 10.4 21.0 V EW069G96
K08W62T C2008 11 24.26000 01 28 21.86 +07 00 13.9 21.5 V EW069G96
K08W62T C2008 11 24.27376 01 28 14.35 +07 00 56.0 20.7 R EW069651
K08W62T C2008 11 24.27622 01 28 12.88 +07 01 01.4 19.5 R EW069H01
K08W62T C2008 11 24.27727 01 28 12.30 +07 01 04.7 19.5 R EW069H01
K08W62T C2008 11 24.27757 01 28 12.22 +07 01 08.0 20.6 R EW069651
K08W62T C2008 11 24.27926 01 28 11.20 +07 01 10.9 19.9 R EW069H01
K08W62T C2008 11 24.28104 01 28 10.23 +07 01 16.5 19.6 R EW069H01
K08W62T C2008 11 24.28610 01 28 07.47 +07 01 31.6 19.8 R EW069H01
K08W62T C2008 11 24.29064 01 28 04.98 +07 01 45.4 19.8 R EW069H01
K08W62T C2008 11 25.16379 01 20 26.29 +07 45 43.5 20.6 V EW069H55
K08W62T C2008 11 25.17215 01 20 21.82 +07 46 08.4 20.5 V EW069H55
Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson. Observer J. E. McGaha. 0.62-m f/5.1
reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey. Observer R. A. Kowalski. 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.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro. Observer W. H. Ryan. 2.4-m f/8.9
reflector + CCD.
H55 Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston. Observer R. Holmes.
Measurer H. Devore. 0.61-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2008 WT62 Earth MOID = 0.0911 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC
M 239.98628 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.22146993 Peri. 151.90597 -0.84538451 +0.45338642
a 0.8667241 Node 57.84110 -0.53089684 -0.65483131
e 0.3734687 Incl. 19.48821 -0.05893703 -0.60467902
P 0.81 H 22.7 G 0.15 U 9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081124 G96 0.7+ 0.1+ 081124 G96 0.7- 0.0 081124 H01 0.1+ 0.2+
081124 G96 0.2- 0.2+ 081124 651 0.3+ 0.4- 081124 H01 0.2+ 0.0
081124 G96 0.0 0.1+ 081124 H01 0.2+ 0.3- 081124 H01 0.1+ 0.1+
081124 G96 0.2- 0.2+ 081124 H01 0.2+ 0.2- 081125 H55 0.2- 0.1+
081124 G96 0.0 0.2- 081124 651 0.2- 0.1+ 081125 H55 0.2+ 0.0
081124 G96 0.5- 0.1- 081124 H01 0.0 0.0
Ephemeris:
2008 WT62 a,e,i = 0.87, 0.37, 19 q = 0.5430
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2008 11 20 02 07.28 +03 19.9 0.159 1.131 151.6 24.6 20.1
2008 11 21 01 58.02 +04 11.9 0.159 1.128 149.2 26.7 20.2
2008 11 22 01 48.81 +05 04.0 0.159 1.124 146.7 28.8 20.2
2008 11 23 01 39.69 +05 55.9 0.160 1.121 144.1 31.1 20.3
2008 11 24 01 30.70 +06 47.3 0.161 1.118 141.5 33.4 20.4
2008 11 25 01 21.88 +07 38.0 0.162 1.114 138.8 35.7 20.4
2008 11 26 01 13.26 +08 27.6 0.164 1.111 136.1 38.0 20.5
2008 11 27 01 04.86 +09 15.9 0.166 1.107 133.5 40.3 20.6
2008 11 28 00 56.71 +10 02.9 0.168 1.104 130.8 42.6 20.7
2008 11 29 00 48.83 +10 48.4 0.170 1.100 128.2 44.8 20.8
2008 11 30 00 41.21 +11 32.4 0.173 1.096 125.7 46.9 20.9
2008 12 01 00 33.89 +12 14.7 0.176 1.092 123.2 49.1 20.9
2008 12 02 00 26.84 +12 55.3 0.179 1.088 120.8 51.1 21.0
2008 12 03 00 20.09 +13 34.3 0.182 1.084 118.4 53.1 21.1
2008 12 04 00 13.62 +14 11.7 0.185 1.080 116.2 55.0 21.2
2008 12 05 00 07.44 +14 47.5 0.189 1.076 113.9 56.8 21.3
2008 12 06 00 01.52 +15 21.7 0.192 1.072 111.8 58.6 21.4
2008 12 07 23 55.87 +15 54.5 0.196 1.067 109.7 60.4 21.5
2008 12 08 23 50.47 +16 25.9 0.200 1.063 107.7 62.0 21.5
2008 12 09 23 45.32 +16 56.0 0.204 1.058 105.7 63.6 21.6
2008 12 10 23 40.39 +17 24.8 0.208 1.054 103.8 65.2 21.7
Timothy B. Spahr (C) Copyright 2008 MPC M.P.E.C. 2008-W69
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