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MPEC 2008-X21 : 2008 XH

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M.P.E.C. 2008-X21                                Issued 2008 Dec. 2, 13:08 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                    2008 XH

Observations:
     K08X00H* C2008 12 01.37300 04 38 51.43 +29 57 32.5          19.5 V EX021G96
     K08X00H  C2008 12 01.38456 04 38 47.79 +29 58 10.0          19.2 V EX021G96
     K08X00H  C2008 12 01.40360 04 38 41.67 +29 59 11.7          19.4 V EX021G96
     K08X00H  C2008 12 02.08458 04 35 22.24 +30 35 11.3                 EX021J95
     K08X00H  C2008 12 02.08996 04 35 20.59 +30 35 27.0                 EX021J95
     K08X00H  C2008 12 02.09656 04 35 18.70 +30 35 46.7          19.4 R EX021J95
     K08X00H  C2008 12 02.20063 04 34 51.97 +30 41 19.8          19.7 R EX021H01
     K08X00H  C2008 12 02.20326 04 34 51.18 +30 41 28.0          19.6 R EX021H01
     K08X00H  C2008 12 02.20651 04 34 50.20 +30 41 38.0          19.7 R EX021H01
     K08X00H  C2008 12 02.20979 04 34 49.21 +30 41 48.2          19.9 R EX021H01
     K08X00H  C2008 12 02.37688 04 33 58.40 +30 50 04.7          20.0 R EX021H36
     K08X00H  C2008 12 02.38798 04 33 55.24 +30 50 37.3                 EX021H36

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. Beshore.  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.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 XH                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0154 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M  46.56798              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.63003809     Peri.  265.61940     +0.84414586     +0.47838558
a   1.3475912      Node    65.63733     -0.32228021     +0.81354309
e   0.4455220      Incl.   15.40607     -0.42843113     +0.33059775
P   1.56           H   22.7           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081201 G96  0.1-  0.2+    081202 J95  0.6-  0.2-    081202 H01  0.0   0.1+
081201 G96  0.6+  0.1+    081202 J95  0.5+  0.5-    081202 H01  0.0   0.2+
081201 G96  0.1-  0.1+    081202 H01  0.1-  0.2+    081202 H36  0.3-  0.2+
081202 J95  0.1-  0.3+    081202 H01  0.1-  0.2+    081202 H36  1.1+  0.6+

Ephemeris:
2008 XH                  a,e,i = 1.35, 0.45, 15                  q = 0.7472
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 30    04 46.11   +28 35.8    0.164    1.149   171.6     7.2    19.6
2008 12 01    04 40.78   +29 36.5    0.171    1.156   171.8     7.0    19.7
2008 12 02    04 35.80   +30 31.1    0.179    1.163   171.4     7.3    19.8
2008 12 03    04 31.15   +31 20.2    0.187    1.171   170.6     7.9    20.0
2008 12 04    04 26.81   +32 04.4    0.195    1.178   169.6     8.7    20.1
2008 12 05    04 22.77   +32 44.3    0.203    1.185   168.4     9.7    20.2
2008 12 06    04 19.01   +33 20.2    0.211    1.192   167.1    10.7    20.4
2008 12 07    04 15.52   +33 52.6    0.220    1.199   165.7    11.7    20.5
2008 12 08    04 12.28   +34 21.9    0.228    1.207   164.4    12.7    20.7
2008 12 09    04 09.27   +34 48.4    0.237    1.214   163.0    13.7    20.8
2008 12 10    04 06.48   +35 12.3    0.246    1.221   161.7    14.6    20.9
2008 12 11    04 03.91   +35 34.0    0.255    1.228   160.4    15.6    21.0
2008 12 12    04 01.54   +35 53.7    0.264    1.235   159.2    16.5    21.2
2008 12 13    03 59.36   +36 11.5    0.274    1.242   157.9    17.3    21.3
2008 12 14    03 57.35   +36 27.6    0.283    1.249   156.7    18.2    21.4
2008 12 15    03 55.51   +36 42.3    0.292    1.256   155.5    18.9    21.5
2008 12 16    03 53.84   +36 55.6    0.302    1.263   154.4    19.7    21.6
2008 12 17    03 52.31   +37 07.6    0.312    1.270   153.2    20.4    21.7
2008 12 18    03 50.93   +37 18.6    0.322    1.277   152.1    21.1    21.8
2008 12 19    03 49.69   +37 28.5    0.332    1.284   151.0    21.8    21.9
2008 12 20    03 48.58   +37 37.5    0.342    1.291   149.9    22.5    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-X21

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