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MPEC 2009-U75 : 2009 UW18

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M.P.E.C. 2009-U75                                Issued 2009 Oct. 24, 11:53 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 UW18

Observations:
     K09U18W* C2009 10 23.34501 05 03 27.77 +28 32 12.2          19.3   EU075704
     K09U18W  C2009 10 23.35836 05 03 24.98 +28 31 39.3          19.2   EU075704
     K09U18W  C2009 10 23.37171 05 03 22.21 +28 31 06.2          20.0   EU075704
     K09U18W  C2009 10 23.38521 05 03 19.28 +28 30 32.3          19.6   EU075704
     K09U18W  C2009 10 23.39863 05 03 16.38 +28 29 59.3          19.7   EU075704
     K09U18W  C2009 10 24.32814 05 00 06.04 +27 50 59.0          19.0 R EU075H36
     K09U18W  C2009 10 24.33275 05 00 05.03 +27 50 46.8          18.8 R EU075H36
     K09U18W  C2009 10 24.33584 05 00 04.34 +27 50 39.1          18.5 R EU075H36
     K09U18W  C2009 10 24.38786 04 59 53.59 +27 48 30.7          19.0 R EU075854
     K09U18W  C2009 10 24.39170 04 59 52.75 +27 48 20.6          19.0 R EU075854
     K09U18W  C2009 10 24.39553 04 59 52.03 +27 48 11.3          18.9 R EU075854
     K09U18W  C2009 10 24.41053 04 59 48.57 +27 47 32.8          18.8 R EU075H01
     K09U18W  C2009 10 24.41425 04 59 47.76 +27 47 23.4          18.9 R EU075H01
     K09U18W  C2009 10 24.41897 04 59 46.74 +27 47 11.5          18.9 R EU075H01
     K09U18W  C2009 10 24.42245 04 59 45.99 +27 47 02.6          18.8 R EU075H01

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, M. Blythe.  Measurer J. Stuart.  1.0-m f/2.15
    reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 UW18                                                Earth MOID = 0.1392 AU
Epoch 2009 Oct. 16.0 TT = JDT 2455120.5                 MPC
M  66.11143              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.74020749     Peri.   54.99161     +0.18222970     +0.95991131
a   1.2103205      Node   227.02430     -0.97003776     +0.14011294
e   0.4181939      Incl.   16.92413     -0.16068314     +0.24277283
P   1.33           H   19.5           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2009 Oct. 23-24.

Ephemeris:
2009 UW18                a,e,i = 1.21, 0.42, 17                  q = 0.7042
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 10 16    05 27.08   +33 21.3    0.356    1.211   119.1    46.0    19.4
2009 10 26    04 54.31   +26 39.9    0.352    1.274   137.1    32.1    19.1
2009 11 05    04 19.10   +19 19.2    0.365    1.334   156.2    17.4    18.9
2009 11 15    03 46.91   +12 28.3    0.403    1.389   171.3     6.1    18.7
2009 11 25    03 21.94   +07 12.2    0.467    1.441   163.3    11.4    19.3
2009 12 05    03 05.55   +03 48.4    0.552    1.487   149.5    19.7    20.1
2009 12 15    02 56.84   +01 58.6    0.653    1.530   137.4    25.8    20.7
2009 12 25    02 54.39   +01 16.6    0.766    1.568   126.9    30.1    21.2
2010 01 04    02 56.77   +01 19.8    0.886    1.601   117.7    32.9    21.6
2010 01 14    03 02.80   +01 52.1    1.012    1.630   109.5    34.6    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-U75

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