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MPEC 2009-W135: 2009 WM139

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M.P.E.C. 2009-W135                               Issued 2009 Nov. 28, 17:55 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 WM139

Observations:
     K09WD9M*QC2009 11 27.51218 01 20 18.14 -49 02 22.9          19.7 V EW135E12
     K09WD9M QC2009 11 27.52659 01 20 20.85 -49 01 50.4          19.2 V EW135E12
     K09WD9M QC2009 11 27.53621 01 20 22.47 -49 01 27.7          20.0 V EW135E12
     K09WD9M QC2009 11 27.54725 01 20 24.50 -49 01 02.5          19.4 V EW135E12
     K09WD9M QC2009 11 27.60666 01 20 35.23 -48 58 45.0          19.5 V EW135E12
     K09WD9M QC2009 11 27.61019 01 20 35.86 -48 58 36.9          19.6 V EW135E12
     K09WD9M QC2009 11 27.66819 01 20 46.55 -48 56 21.8          19.6 V EW135E12
     K09WD9M QC2009 11 27.67173 01 20 47.21 -48 56 13.2          19.5 V EW135E12
     K09WD9M QC2009 11 28.49837 01 23 22.54 -48 24 43.4          19.5 V EW135E12
     K09WD9M QC2009 11 28.50303 01 23 23.34 -48 24 32.5          19.5 V EW135E12
     K09WD9M QC2009 11 28.64613 01 23 49.10 -48 18 54.3                 EW135E12
     K09WD9M QC2009 11 28.65082 01 23 49.89 -48 18 43.5          19.5 V EW135E12

Observer details:
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  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.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 WM139                                               Earth MOID = 0.4154 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  13.46462              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25164254     Peri.  265.90939     +0.78643788     -0.54695279
a   2.4847346      Node   126.98882     +0.60411519     +0.77791719
e   0.5200827      Incl.   21.05637     -0.12868681     +0.30933395
P   3.92           H   18.5           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
091127 E12  0.4-  0.1+    091127 E12  0.1-  0.1+    091128 E12  0.1+  0.1+
091127 E12  0.8+  0.4-    091127 E12  0.3-  0.0     091128 E12  0.2-  0.1+
091127 E12  0.2-  0.2+    091127 E12  0.0   0.2-    091128 E12  0.4+  0.1+
091127 E12  0.2+  0.0     091127 E12  0.0   0.2+    091128 E12  0.3-  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2009 WM139               a,e,i = 2.48, 0.52, 21                  q = 1.1925
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 11 25    01 12.36   -50 34.4    0.543    1.202    99.5    54.1    19.5
2009 12 05    01 42.91   -43 56.0    0.550    1.222   101.6    52.2    19.6
2009 12 15    02 10.71   -36 02.6    0.565    1.251   104.4    49.7    19.6
2009 12 25    02 36.43   -27 20.1    0.593    1.288   107.0    46.9    19.7
2010 01 04    03 00.72   -18 25.9    0.637    1.333   108.9    44.3    19.8
2010 01 14    03 24.08   -09 56.8    0.699    1.384   109.5    42.1    20.1
2010 01 24    03 46.99   -02 20.1    0.782    1.440   108.6    40.4    20.3
2010 02 03    04 09.69   +04 10.5    0.883    1.499   106.6    39.1    20.7
2010 02 13    04 32.32   +09 33.6    1.000    1.561   103.5    38.0    21.0
2010 02 23    04 54.98   +13 54.2    1.131    1.625    99.8    36.9    21.3
2010 03 05    05 17.63   +17 20.2    1.274    1.690    95.7    35.7    21.6
2010 03 15    05 40.24   +19 59.8    1.427    1.756    91.2    34.5    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-W135

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