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MPEC 2008-X34 : 2008 XC1

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M.P.E.C. 2008-X34                                Issued 2008 Dec. 3, 23:41 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 XC1

Observations:
     K08X01C* C2008 12 03.36799 04 24 02.55 +02 59 29.5          18.6 V EX034703
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.37378 04 24 03.52 +02 59 19.4          18.0 V EX034703
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.37958 04 24 04.32 +02 59 09.1          18.2 V EX034703
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.38540 04 24 05.18 +02 58 57.8          18.5 V EX034703
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.41553 04 24 09.92 +02 58 03.2          18.5 V EX034703
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.41625 04 24 10.15 +02 58 01.9          18.2 V EX034703
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.41697 04 24 10.34 +02 58 01.2          18.0 V EX034703
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.41770 04 24 10.38 +02 57 59.5          18.2 V EX034703
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.84603 04 25 46.31 +02 44 03.4          18.1 V EX034A74
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.85398 04 25 47.77 +02 43 47.4          18.6 V EX034A74
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.86120 04 25 49.07 +02 43 33.9          18.2 V EX034A74
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.87635 04 25 51.88 +02 43 04.2          18.6 V EX034A74
     K08X01C  C2008 12 03.88930 04 25 54.23 +02 42 38.4          18.3 V EX034A74

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
A74 Bergen-Enkheim Observatory.  Observer U. Suessenberger.  0.4-m f/4
    Newtonian reflector.

Orbital elements:
2008 XC1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0062 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 343.82368              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34277714     Peri.   42.23414     -0.63329970     -0.77032456
a   2.0220636      Node    87.19797     +0.68864959     -0.60477406
e   0.5700707      Incl.    4.27040     +0.35311930     -0.20210990
P   2.88           H   23.1           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081203 703  0.2-  0.3-    081203 703  0.3+  0.1-    081203 A74  0.4-  0.2+
081203 703  1.0+  0.0     081203 703  1.4+  0.5+    081203 A74  0.1+  0.1+
081203 703  0.3-  0.3+    081203 703  0.2+  0.2+    081203 A74  0.2-  0.3-
081203 703  0.9-  0.5-    081203 A74  0.3+  0.2+
081203 703  1.4-  0.1-    081203 A74  0.1+  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2008 XC1                 a,e,i = 2.02, 0.57, 4                   q = 0.8693
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 30    04 16.14   +04 18.8    0.0936   1.076   162.5    16.0    19.0
2008 12 01    04 18.03   +03 59.2    0.0864   1.069   162.0    16.6    18.8
2008 12 02    04 20.27   +03 37.0    0.0792   1.061   161.4    17.3    18.6
2008 12 03    04 22.96   +03 11.2    0.0720   1.054   160.7    18.0    18.4
2008 12 04    04 26.26   +02 40.7    0.0649   1.047   160.1    18.7    18.2
2008 12 05    04 30.38   +02 03.7    0.0579   1.040   159.3    19.6    18.0
2008 12 06    04 35.66   +01 17.5    0.0509   1.033   158.5    20.5    17.7
2008 12 07    04 42.61   +00 17.9    0.0440   1.026   157.5    21.6    17.4
2008 12 08    04 52.15   -01 02.5    0.0372   1.019   156.2    23.0    17.1
2008 12 09    05 05.94   -02 57.0    0.0305   1.012   154.2    25.0    16.7
2008 12 10    05 27.39   -05 51.3    0.0241   1.006   150.9    28.5    16.3
2008 12 11    06 04.24   -10 36.7    0.0181   0.999   144.1    35.3    15.8
2008 12 12    07 15.40   -18 31.8    0.0132   0.993   129.4    50.0    15.6
2008 12 13    09 30.20   -27 22.9    0.0110   0.987   101.6    77.8    16.0
2008 12 14    11 59.41   -27 19.2    0.0129   0.981    72.6   106.7    17.6
2008 12 15    13 24.92   -22 37.8    0.0177   0.974    56.1   123.0    19.4
2008 12 16    14 08.32   -18 57.1    0.0236   0.969    48.2   130.8    20.7
2008 12 17    14 32.93   -16 30.5    0.0300   0.963    44.2   134.6    21.6
2008 12 18    14 48.51   -14 51.0    0.0366   0.957    42.1   136.4    22.2
2008 12 19    14 59.22   -13 40.6    0.0434   0.952    41.1   137.2    22.7
2008 12 20    15 07.05   -12 48.7    0.0503   0.946    40.6   137.4    23.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-X34

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