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MPEC 2008-W76 : 2008 WL64

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M.P.E.C. 2008-W76                                Issued 2008 Nov. 26, 19:26 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.

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                                   2008 WL64

Observations:
     K08W64L* C2008 11 23.38108 09 13 19.07 +85 57 26.9          18.6 R EW076661
     K08W64L  C2008 11 23.39593 09 12 29.97 +85 58 38.9          18.6 R EW076661
     K08W64L  C2008 11 23.41596 09 11 19.41 +86 00 15.2          18.6 R EW076661
     K08W64L  C2008 11 23.43735 09 10 06.05 +86 01 56.5          18.6 R EW076661
     K08W64L  C2008 11 23.45336 09 09 10.48 +86 03 14.8          18.6 R EW076661
     K08W64L  C2008 11 25.47557 05 36 12.27 +87 35 03.3          18.3 R EW076661
     K08W64L  C2008 11 25.48272 05 35 09.61 +87 35 03.7          18.3 R EW076661
     K08W64L  C2008 11 25.48581 05 34 38.24 +87 35 01.8          18.3 R EW076661
     K08W64L  C2008 11 25.50549 05 31 53.54 +87 34 56.2          18.3 R EW076661
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.02026 04 23 45.71 +87 26 04.2                 EW076J95
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.02450 04 23 14.20 +87 25 56.6                 EW076J95
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.02874 04 22 42.75 +87 25 48.9          18.7 R EW076J95
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.37226903 44 07.30 +87 13 07.2          19.7   EW076H55
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.37620703 43 43.13 +87 12 56.8          19.8   EW076H55
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.37995603 43 20.24 +87 12 46.7          19.6   EW076H55
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.38349803 42 58.51 +87 12 37.2          19.8   EW076H55
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.73222 03 11 39.92 +86 55 48.8          18.9 V EW076151
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.73455 03 11 28.85 +86 55 41.7          19.1 V EW076151
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.73689 03 11 18.19 +86 55 34.5          19.2 V EW076151
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.75618 03 09 43.11 +86 54 36.0                 EW076595
     K08W64L  C2008 11 26.76584 03 08 56.51 +86 54 06.4          18.7 V EW076595

Observer details:
151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.9
    Hypergraph + CCD.
595 Farra d'Isonzo.  Observers L. Bittesini, E. Pettarin, F. Piani.  Measurer
    E. Pettarin.  0.30-m f/4.5 reflector + CCD.
661 Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, Priddis.  Observer R. D. Cardinal.
    0.50-m f/1.0 reflector + CCD.
H55 Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurer S. Foglia.  0.61-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 WL64                                                Earth MOID = 0.1554 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454780.5                 MPC
M  25.33297              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.52969896     Peri.  257.24652     +0.35672531     +0.77321515
a   1.5128062      Node    47.51559     -0.29856556     +0.62614465
e   0.7671926      Incl.   45.31195     -0.88521504     +0.10040519
P   1.86           H   18.4           G   0.15
From 21 observations 2008 Nov. 23-26.

Ephemeris:
2008 WL64                a,e,i = 1.51, 0.77, 45                  q = 0.3514
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 20    10 38.40   +80 22.3    0.392    1.165   107.1    54.1    18.7
2008 11 22    10 05.27   +83 53.5    0.413    1.192   109.6    51.3    18.8
2008 11 24    08 31.55   +86 42.6    0.435    1.218   111.8    48.9    18.9
2008 11 26    04 26.34   +87 26.5    0.459    1.243   113.5    46.7    19.0
2008 11 28    01 59.78   +85 38.1    0.484    1.269   114.9    44.9    19.1
2008 11 30    01 13.18   +83 21.9    0.510    1.293   116.0    43.3    19.2
2008 12 02    00 53.79   +81 09.8    0.536    1.318   116.8    41.9    19.3
2008 12 04    00 44.25   +79 06.5    0.564    1.342   117.4    40.7    19.4
2008 12 06    00 39.29   +77 12.7    0.592    1.366   117.8    39.7    19.5
2008 12 08    00 36.83   +75 27.8    0.621    1.389   118.0    38.8    19.6

2008 12 10    00 35.88   +73 51.3    0.651    1.412   118.0    38.0    19.7
2008 12 20    00 41.48   +67 29.6    0.806    1.523   116.2    35.4    20.3
2008 12 30    00 54.19   +63 09.9    0.972    1.626   112.4    34.0    20.8
2009 01 09    01 09.87   +60 10.7    1.145    1.722   107.7    33.0    21.3
2009 01 19    01 27.24   +58 06.9    1.323    1.811   102.5    32.0    21.7
2009 01 29    01 45.81   +56 42.3    1.503    1.895    97.0    31.1    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-W76

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