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MPEC 2009-W106: 2009 WH104

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M.P.E.C. 2009-W106                               Issued 2009 Nov. 25, 00:07 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 WH104

Observations:
     K09WA4H* C2009 11 24.20876 03 18 51.51 +22 38 28.3          20.1 V EW106G96
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.21559 03 18 51.73 +22 38 08.9          20.0 V EW106G96
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.22243 03 18 51.94 +22 37 49.5          20.1 V EW106G96
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.28253 03 18 53.92 +22 35 00.1          20.0 V EW106G96
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.28362 03 18 54.00 +22 34 56.6          19.9 V EW106G96
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.28468 03 18 54.03 +22 34 54.0          19.9 V EW106G96
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.28571 03 18 54.03 +22 34 51.2          19.8 V EW106G96
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.32102 03 18 55.17 +22 33 12.2          20.2 R EW106651
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.32211 03 18 55.19 +22 33 07.8          20.2 R EW106651
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.32320 03 18 55.25 +22 33 05.5          20.1 R EW106651
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.34800 03 18 56.13 +22 31 55.3          20.6 R EW106926
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.35069 03 18 56.19 +22 31 46.8          20.5 R EW106926
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.35340 03 18 56.30 +22 31 39.4          20.6 R EW106926
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.38740 03 18 57.41 +22 30 01.3          19.4 R EW106H01
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.39108 03 18 57.54 +22 29 50.8          19.4 R EW106H01
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.39601 03 18 57.72 +22 29 36.8          19.4 R EW106H01
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.40075 03 18 57.89 +22 29 23.2          19.4 R EW106H01
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.89387 03 19 19.18 +22 06 25.7          19.4 R EW106B18
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.89806 03 19 19.39 +22 06 13.7          19.4 R EW106B18
     K09WA4H  C2009 11 24.90014 03 19 19.39 +22 06 07.5          19.3 R EW106B18

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  Measurer
    P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
B18 Terskol.  Observers M. Andreev, A. Sergeev, N. Parakhin, V. Kozlov.
    Measurer M. Andreev.  0.6-m f/12.8 Cassegrain + 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.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 WH104                                               Earth MOID = 0.2686 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  24.94157              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24926884     Peri.  124.24609     +0.96134834     -0.11418024
a   2.5004838      Node   243.47343     +0.04471537     +0.96262484
e   0.5314908      Incl.   16.26155     +0.27167979     +0.24559376
P   3.95           H   21.1           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
091124 G96  0.1+  0.1+    091124 651  0.3-  0.9+    091124 H01  0.0   0.1-
091124 G96  0.0   0.1-    091124 651  0.5-  0.5-    091124 H01  0.0   0.0
091124 G96  0.3-  0.2-    091124 651  0.2-  0.3+    091124 H01  0.0   0.1-
091124 G96  0.2-  0.0     091124 926  0.4+  0.5+    091124 B18  0.3-  0.4+
091124 G96  0.4+  0.4-    091124 926  0.0   0.4-    091124 B18  0.6+  0.0
091124 G96  0.4+  0.0     091124 926  0.3+  0.1-    091124 B18  0.4-  0.4-
091124 G96  0.1-  0.1+    091124 H01  0.0   0.1-

Ephemeris:
2009 WH104               a,e,i = 2.50, 0.53, 16                  q = 1.1715
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 11 25    03 19.40   +22 01.7    0.371    1.354   169.9     7.4    20.1
2009 11 26    03 20.09   +21 16.5    0.377    1.359   169.1     7.9    20.2
2009 11 27    03 20.77   +20 32.7    0.384    1.365   168.2     8.5    20.3
2009 11 28    03 21.45   +19 50.5    0.390    1.370   167.3     9.1    20.4
2009 11 29    03 22.12   +19 09.8    0.397    1.376   166.3     9.8    20.4
2009 11 30    03 22.80   +18 30.6    0.405    1.381   165.3    10.4    20.5
2009 12 01    03 23.47   +17 52.8    0.412    1.387   164.3    11.1    20.6
2009 12 02    03 24.14   +17 16.5    0.419    1.393   163.2    11.8    20.6
2009 12 03    03 24.82   +16 41.6    0.427    1.399   162.2    12.5    20.7
2009 12 04    03 25.50   +16 08.2    0.435    1.404   161.1    13.1    20.8
2009 12 05    03 26.18   +15 36.1    0.443    1.410   160.1    13.8    20.9
2009 12 06    03 26.86   +15 05.4    0.451    1.416   159.0    14.4    20.9
2009 12 07    03 27.55   +14 36.0    0.460    1.422   158.0    15.1    21.0
2009 12 08    03 28.25   +14 07.8    0.468    1.428   156.9    15.7    21.1
2009 12 09    03 28.96   +13 41.0    0.477    1.434   155.9    16.3    21.2
2009 12 10    03 29.67   +13 15.4    0.486    1.440   154.9    16.9    21.2
2009 12 11    03 30.39   +12 50.9    0.495    1.446   153.9    17.4    21.3
2009 12 12    03 31.12   +12 27.7    0.505    1.452   152.9    18.0    21.4
2009 12 13    03 31.86   +12 05.6    0.514    1.458   151.9    18.5    21.4
2009 12 14    03 32.60   +11 44.5    0.524    1.464   150.9    19.1    21.5
2009 12 15    03 33.37   +11 24.6    0.534    1.471   149.9    19.6    21.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-W106

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