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MPEC 2008-W69 : 2008 WT62

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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

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          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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