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MPEC 2009-B38 : 2009 BT5

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M.P.E.C. 2009-B38                                Issued 2009 Jan. 21, 17:20 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

                                   2009 BT5

Observations:
     K09B05T* C2009 01 20.46570 10 17 23.67 +06 56 51.1          19.7 V EB038691
     K09B05T  C2009 01 20.48381 10 17 24.52 +06 57 53.0          20.0 V EB038691
     K09B05T  C2009 01 20.50193 10 17 25.37 +06 58 54.6          20.2 V EB038691
     K09B05T  C2009 01 21.08768 10 17 58.93 +07 32 25.8                 EB038J95
     K09B05T  C2009 01 21.08963 10 17 58.96 +07 32 31.1          19.8 R EB038J95
     K09B05T  C2009 01 21.43407 10 18 17.45 +07 52 49.2          19.4 R EB038H01
     K09B05T  C2009 01 21.43803 10 18 17.62 +07 53 03.1          19.5 R EB038H01
     K09B05T  C2009 01 21.44535 10 18 17.95 +07 53 28.9          19.5 R EB038H01
     K09B05T  C2009 01 21.45220 10 18 18.27 +07 53 53.1          19.5 R EB038H01

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  0.9-m f/3
    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.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 BT5                                                 Earth MOID = 0.2481 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 260.22516              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.65473500     Peri.   79.41944     -0.81447779     +0.50929660
a   1.3134867      Node   130.55593     -0.56079172     -0.81388613
e   0.1410586      Incl.   21.45696     +0.14879041     -0.27965398
P   1.51           H   20.8           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
090120 691  0.1+  0.4-    090121 J95  0.4+  0.7+    090121 H01  0.0   0.0
090120 691  0.1+  0.1+    090121 J95  0.5-  0.8-    090121 H01  0.0   0.0
090120 691  0.1-  0.3+    090121 H01  0.1+  0.1+    090121 H01  0.1+  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2009 BT5                 a,e,i = 1.31, 0.14, 21                  q = 1.1282
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 01 19    10 16.01   +05 36.6    0.327    1.265   144.8    26.7    20.1
2009 01 29    10 24.57   +16 29.9    0.277    1.244   156.5    18.4    19.4
2009 02 08    10 31.01   +30 52.0    0.251    1.224   158.4    17.3    19.2
2009 02 18    10 35.75   +45 48.7    0.252    1.204   145.3    27.8    19.5
2009 02 28    10 39.87   +57 51.8    0.275    1.186   130.2    39.6    19.9
2009 03 10    10 46.06   +65 51.4    0.309    1.170   118.0    48.5    20.4
2009 03 20    10 57.35   +70 29.3    0.347    1.156   109.1    54.5    20.8
2009 03 30    11 15.30   +72 40.9    0.383    1.145   102.6    58.3    21.1
2009 04 09    11 39.11   +73 07.0    0.414    1.136    98.1    60.8    21.3
2009 04 19    12 05.42   +72 13.0    0.439    1.131    95.0    62.2    21.5
2009 04 29    12 31.26   +70 11.4    0.457    1.128    93.1    63.0    21.6
2009 05 09    12 55.40   +67 09.0    0.467    1.129    92.3    63.3    21.7
2009 05 19    13 17.45   +63 08.1    0.470    1.133    92.4    63.1    21.7
2009 05 29    13 37.86   +58 04.6    0.468    1.140    93.2    62.5    21.7
2009 06 08    13 57.35   +51 54.3    0.463    1.151    94.8    61.5    21.6
2009 06 18    14 16.38   +44 33.5    0.457    1.163    96.9    60.1    21.6
2009 06 28    14 35.50   +36 02.2    0.455    1.178    99.3    58.4    21.5
2009 07 08    14 55.20   +26 33.8    0.459    1.196   101.5    56.4    21.5
2009 07 18    15 15.73   +16 34.9    0.473    1.214   103.1    54.6    21.6
2009 07 28    15 37.42   +06 42.2    0.501    1.234   103.7    53.1    21.7
2009 08 07    16 00.49   -02 27.3    0.542    1.255   103.3    51.9    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-B38

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