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MPEC 2009-T62 : 2009 TH8

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M.P.E.C. 2009-T62                                Issued 2009 Oct. 15, 16:49 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 TH8

Observations:
     K09T08H*QC2009 10 14.54405 00 12 39.22 -26 33 19.7          18.4 R ET062E12
     K09T08H QC2009 10 14.55382 00 12 35.03 -26 35 09.4          19.0 R ET062E12
     K09T08H QC2009 10 14.56355 00 12 30.76 -26 36 59.0          18.7 R ET062E12
     K09T08H QC2009 10 14.57328 00 12 26.52 -26 38 47.8          19.0 R ET062E12
     K09T08H QC2009 10 14.58617 00 12 20.87 -26 41 13.1          19.1 R ET062E12
     K09T08H QC2009 10 14.58910 00 12 19.59 -26 41 45.8          19.3 R ET062E12
     K09T08H QC2009 10 14.66475 00 11 46.94 -26 56 00.7          19.2 R ET062E12
     K09T08H QC2009 10 14.66889 00 11 45.14 -26 56 48.1          19.3 R ET062E12
     K09T08H  C2009 10 15.23547 00 08 04.81 -29 05 46.1          18.9 V ET062G96
     K09T08H  C2009 10 15.23598 00 08 04.52 -29 05 54.1          19.6 V ET062G96
     K09T08H  C2009 10 15.23649 00 08 04.23 -29 06 01.6          19.5 V ET062G96
     K09T08H  C2009 10 15.23700 00 08 03.94 -29 06 09.3          18.9 V ET062G96
     K09T08H  C2009 10 15.28512 00 07 35.92 -29 18 01.6          18.7 R ET062926
     K09T08H  C2009 10 15.28677 00 07 35.00 -29 18 26.0          18.6 R ET062926
     K09T08H  C2009 10 15.58304 00 05 09.01 -30 33 27.6          17.9 R ET062D21
     K09T08H  C2009 10 15.58745 00 05 06.13 -30 34 43.9          17.7 R ET062D21

Observer details:
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  Measurer
    P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
D21 Shenton Park.  Observers P. Luckas, P. R. Holvorcem.  Measurer
    P. R. Holvorcem.  0.35-m f/8.6 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  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.

Orbital elements:
2009 TH8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0088 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  13.01365              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33837583     Peri.   49.72681     +0.16077221     -0.98599667
a   2.0395600      Node    31.10575     +0.87752807     +0.12225104
e   0.5915167      Incl.    4.91962     +0.45177073     +0.11342511
P   2.91           H   24.8           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
091014 E12  0.0   0.1-    091014 E12  0.4+  0.2+    091015 926  0.3-  0.0
091014 E12  0.8+  0.1-    091014 E12  0.2-  0.2-    091015 926  0.4+  0.2+
091014 E12  0.3+  0.3-    091015 G96  0.1-  0.4+    091015 D21  0.1+  0.0
091014 E12  0.3+  0.3+    091015 G96  0.1-  0.0     091015 D21  1.4+  0.5-
091014 E12  0.0   0.0     091015 G96  0.0   0.0
091014 E12  0.0   0.3+    091015 G96  0.0   0.1-

Ephemeris:
2009 TH8                 a,e,i = 2.04, 0.59, 5                   q = 0.8331
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 10 16    00 00.70   -32 43.3    0.0284   1.017   134.0    44.8    18.8
2009 10 17    23 43.65   -40 07.4    0.0217   1.009   125.2    53.8    18.5
2009 10 18    23 00.93   -52 53.2    0.0158   1.002   109.9    69.3    18.2
2009 10 19    19 50.28   -69 44.3    0.0120   0.995    82.0    97.3    18.7
2009 10 20    14 49.74   -53 31.0    0.0123   0.987    45.5   133.9    21.3
2009 10 21    13 43.64   -31 00.9    0.0165   0.980    20.4   159.3    26.6
2009 10 22    13 21.30   -18 24.2    0.0225   0.973     9.6   170.2    33.7
2009 10 23    13 10.33   -11 16.3    0.0293   0.966     9.7   170.0    34.0
2009 10 24    13 03.86   -06 51.0    0.0364   0.959    13.2   166.3    31.4
2009 10 25    12 59.63   -03 53.2    0.0437   0.953    16.5   162.7    29.9
2009 10 26    12 56.67   -01 46.8    0.0511   0.946    19.2   159.7    29.1

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-T62

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