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MPEC 2008-Y77 : 2008 YG29

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M.P.E.C. 2008-Y77                                Issued 2008 Dec. 30, 21:04 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 YG29

Observations:
     K08Y29G* C2008 12 30.25694 07 58 07.64 +25 46 21.5          19.7 V EY077G96
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.26559 07 58 10.41 +25 45 24.9          19.8 V EY077G96
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.27212 07 58 12.54 +25 44 42.5          19.8 V EY077G96
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.27860 07 58 14.59 +25 44 00.1          19.7 V EY077G96
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.33837 07 58 33.38 +25 37 29.3          19.7 R EY077854
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.34198 07 58 34.50 +25 37 05.5          19.9 R EY077854
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.34559 07 58 35.60 +25 36 40.6          19.7 R EY077854
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.34568 07 58 35.25 +25 36 37.8          19.0 R EY077H01
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.34747 07 58 35.80 +25 36 26.0          19.1 R EY077H01
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.35101 07 58 36.91 +25 36 02.6          19.0 R EY077H01
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.35572 07 58 38.37 +25 35 31.4          19.1 R EY077H01
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.35796 07 58 39.07 +25 35 16.6          19.1 R EY077H01
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.38626 07 58 48.24 +25 32 11.1          19.5 V EY077G96
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.40056 07 58 52.67 +25 30 36.0          19.6 V EY077G96
     K08Y29G  C2008 12 30.41274 07 58 56.44 +25 29 14.6          19.9 V EY077G96

Observer details:
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.
    Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 YG29                                                Earth MOID = 0.0815 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 353.33307              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30289216     Peri.  167.16039     -0.02017454     -0.99405035
a   2.1958906      Node   283.92021     +0.90727194     +0.02677794
e   0.5162592      Incl.    6.33120     +0.42006025     -0.10557861
P   3.25           H   24.0           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081230 G96  0.2-  0.2+    081230 854  0.1+  0.5+    081230 H01  0.0   0.1+
081230 G96  0.3-  0.2-    081230 854  0.2-  0.6-    081230 H01  0.1+  0.1+
081230 G96  0.3+  0.1-    081230 H01  0.1+  0.0     081230 G96  0.1+  0.2-
081230 G96  0.1+  0.2-    081230 H01  0.0   0.0     081230 G96  0.0   0.0
081230 854  0.1+  0.5+    081230 H01  0.1+  0.0     081230 G96  0.2-  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2008 YG29                a,e,i = 2.20, 0.52, 6                   q = 1.0622
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 12 30    07 56.53   +26 15.3    0.0872   1.067   161.7    16.8    19.7
2009 01 04    08 21.67   +17 36.0    0.0955   1.074   160.0    18.3    20.0
2009 01 09    08 39.08   +10 33.4    0.107    1.084   158.0    19.8    20.3
2009 01 14    08 51.03   +05 12.3    0.122    1.097   156.9    20.6    20.7
2009 01 19    08 59.12   +01 18.9    0.139    1.113   156.7    20.5    21.0
2009 01 24    09 04.53   -01 24.3    0.158    1.132   157.2    19.7    21.3
2009 01 29    09 08.19   -03 13.1    0.179    1.153   158.1    18.6    21.5
2009 02 03    09 10.78   -04 20.5    0.202    1.177   159.1    17.4    21.8
2009 02 08    09 12.81   -04 56.9    0.227    1.202   159.7    16.5    22.1

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-Y77

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