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MPEC 2009-Y03 : 2009 YA

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M.P.E.C. 2009-Y03                                Issued 2009 Dec. 16, 14:53 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 YA

Observations:
     K09Y00A* C2009 12 16.31881 05 56 29.65 +23 59 44.6          19.9 V EY003G96
     K09Y00A  C2009 12 16.32919 05 56 29.97 +24 03 13.7          20.4 V EY003G96
     K09Y00A  C2009 12 16.33466 05 56 30.12 +24 05 02.0          20.1 V EY003G96
     K09Y00A  C2009 12 16.33985 05 56 30.30 +24 06 45.0          19.9 V EY003G96
     K09Y00A  C2009 12 16.40285 05 56 32.11 +24 27 46.1          20.1 V EY003H01
     K09Y00A  C2009 12 16.40860 05 56 32.34 +24 29 41.4          20.2 V EY003H01
     K09Y00A  C2009 12 16.41576 05 56 32.64 +24 32 05.1          19.9 V EY003H01
     K09Y00A  C2009 12 16.42194 05 56 32.88 +24 34 09.1          20.0 V EY003H01
     K09Y00A  C2009 12 16.42769 05 56 33.14 +24 36 03.8          19.9 V EY003H01
     K09Y00A  C2009 12 16.43479 05 56 33.46 +24 38 25.9          19.8 V EY003H01

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer S. M. Larson.  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 YA                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0800 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 356.10869              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39895406     Peri.   31.72499     -0.39474985     -0.81637769
a   1.8274863      Node    84.63391     +0.72928632     -0.55747372
e   0.4414809      Incl.   25.04945     +0.55885062     +0.15083276
P   2.47           H   24.8           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
091216 G96  0.1+  0.1+    091216 H01  0.2-  0.2+    091216 H01  0.1+  0.2-
091216 G96  0.1+  1.1+    091216 H01  0.1-  0.2+    091216 H01  0.3+  0.5-
091216 G96  0.2-  0.3-    091216 H01  0.0   0.3+
091216 G96  0.1+  1.3-    091216 H01  0.1-  0.4+

Ephemeris:
2009 YA                  a,e,i = 1.83, 0.44, 25                  q = 1.0207
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 12 15    05 55.07   +17 02.3    0.0903   1.074   171.4     7.9    20.3
2009 12 17    05 57.34   +27 52.8    0.0834   1.067   173.8     5.7    20.0
2009 12 19    06 00.46   +40 06.4    0.0801   1.061   163.1    15.7    20.3
2009 12 21    06 05.11   +52 40.2    0.0808   1.055   150.7    27.1    20.7
2009 12 23    06 12.80   +64 21.3    0.0853   1.050   139.1    37.9    21.1
2009 12 25    06 27.78   +74 20.9    0.0931   1.045   129.0    47.0    21.5
2009 12 27    07 08.16   +82 21.0    0.103    1.040   120.8    54.3    21.9
2009 12 29    10 53.57   +87 23.0    0.115    1.036   114.3    59.9    22.3
2009 12 31    15 54.88   +84 46.1    0.128    1.032   109.1    64.1    22.7
2010 01 02    16 46.17   +80 53.3    0.142    1.029   105.1    67.3    23.0
2010 01 04    17 03.45   +77 36.7    0.156    1.027   101.8    69.6    23.3

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-Y03

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