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MPEC 2008-W77 : 2008 WM64

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M.P.E.C. 2008-W77                                Issued 2008 Nov. 26, 19:33 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 WM64

Observations:
     K08W64M* C2008 11 24.48804 10 54 01.08 +04 25 28.1          22.4 V EW077G96
     K08W64M  C2008 11 24.49690 10 54 03.13 +04 25 53.2          20.9 V EW077G96
     K08W64M  C2008 11 24.50566 10 54 05.11 +04 26 17.7          21.5 V EW077G96
     K08W64M  C2008 11 24.51446 10 54 07.23 +04 26 42.9          20.6 V EW077G96
     K08W64M  C2008 11 26.42779 11 01 54.96 +05 57 53.3          21.5 V EW077H55
     K08W64M  C2008 11 26.44753 11 01 59.76 +05 58 50.6          21.9 V EW077H55
     K08W64M  C2008 11 26.45707 11 02 02.00 +05 59 18.1          22.1 V EW077H55
     K08W64M  C2008 11 26.46721 11 02 04.45 +05 59 47.8          21.2 V EW077H55

Observer details:
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.
H55 Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston.  Observer R. Holmes.
    0.81-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 WM64                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0000 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454780.5                 MPC
M 116.90821              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.19613878     Peri.  212.82922     +0.39689111     +0.83048477
a   0.8789180      Node    83.29643     -0.73418857     +0.54281148
e   0.1514834      Incl.   23.17568     -0.55085805     -0.12510295
P   0.82           H   21.2           G   0.15
From 8 observations 2008 Nov. 24-26.

Ephemeris:
2008 WM64                a,e,i = 0.88, 0.15, 23                  q = 0.7457
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 20    10 36.74   +01 00.4    0.336    0.973    77.6    82.7    21.7
2008 11 25    10 56.06   +04 49.8    0.324    0.981    79.6    81.5    21.6
2008 11 30    11 17.16   +08 53.8    0.313    0.989    81.4    80.4    21.5
2008 12 05    11 40.10   +13 09.1    0.304    0.995    83.0    79.3    21.4
2008 12 10    12 04.92   +17 30.1    0.297    1.001    84.5    78.3    21.3
2008 12 15    12 31.57   +21 48.8    0.294    1.005    85.6    77.5    21.3
2008 12 20    12 59.87   +25 55.9    0.294    1.008    86.3    76.8    21.2
2008 12 25    13 29.47   +29 42.9    0.296    1.011    86.7    76.3    21.2
2008 12 30    13 59.88   +33 02.3    0.302    1.012    86.7    76.0    21.3
2009 01 04    14 30.52   +35 49.3    0.310    1.012    86.3    75.9    21.3
2009 01 09    15 00.80   +38 02.2    0.320    1.011    85.7    75.9    21.4
2009 01 14    15 30.22   +39 42.2    0.331    1.009    84.8    76.2    21.5
2009 01 19    15 58.38   +40 52.6    0.343    1.005    83.6    76.5    21.6
2009 01 24    16 25.00   +41 37.5    0.356    1.001    82.4    77.0    21.6
2009 01 29    16 49.98   +42 00.7    0.368    0.996    81.0    77.6    21.7
2009 02 03    17 13.34   +42 05.2    0.380    0.990    79.5    78.3    21.8
2009 02 08    17 35.20   +41 53.5    0.391    0.982    77.9    79.1    21.9
2009 02 13    17 55.80   +41 27.4    0.401    0.974    76.3    80.1    22.0
2009 02 18    18 15.37   +40 48.3    0.410    0.965    74.7    81.2    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-W77

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