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MPEC 2010-E41 : 2008 TZ3

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M.P.E.C. 2010-E41                                Issued 2010 Mar. 10, 16:50 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
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                                   2008 TZ3

                           Revision to MPEC 2008-T79

Additional Observations:
     K08T03Z  C2010 03 09.44642 15 37 24.68 -03 27 15.8          20.1 R EE041926
     K08T03Z  C2010 03 09.45124 15 37 25.81 -03 27 21.1          20.1 R EE041926
     K08T03Z  C2010 03 09.45604 15 37 26.89 -03 27 25.4          20.6 R EE041926
     K08T03Z  C2010 03 10.46047 15 41 22.61 -03 44 13.3          20.0 R EE041926
     K08T03Z  C2010 03 10.46529 15 41 23.65 -03 44 18.0          20.4 R EE041926
     K08T03Z  C2010 03 10.47009 15 41 24.77 -03 44 22.9          20.9 R EE041926
     K08T03Z  C2010 03 10.47491 15 41 25.92 -03 44 28.0          19.6 R EE041926

Observer details:
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  Measurer
    P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
100309 926 13.7+  1.6+    100310 926 15.7+  0.8+    MPO151081   -0.0057 day

Orbital elements:
2008 TZ3                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0173 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 291.35377              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.48936035     Peri.  219.10572     -0.12006503     +0.98698657
a   1.5948391      Node    44.29830     -0.86809417     -0.05210075
e   0.3917159      Incl.    8.81016     -0.48166056     -0.15212833
P   2.01           H   20.4           G   0.15           U   3
Residuals in seconds of arc
081006 G96  0.3+  0.1-    081009 291  0.6-  0.2+    081028 H01  0.4+  0.2-
081006 G96  0.0   0.5-    081009 291  0.2-  0.2-    081028 H01  0.4+  0.3-
081006 G96  0.5+  0.4-    081009 291  0.2-  0.1+    081028 H01  0.3+  0.1-
081006 G96  0.2+  0.8+    081010 H55  0.5+  0.1-    081029 H55  0.7+  0.0
081006 G96  0.3+  0.1-    081010 H55  0.9-  0.0     081029 H55  0.6+  0.2+
081006 G96  0.4+  0.2-    081010 H55  0.2+  0.1+    081029 H55  0.5+  0.3-
081006 G96  0.9+  0.4-    081017 291  0.1-  0.1+    081101 H55  1.6-  0.0
081006 G96  0.2+  0.0     081017 291 (2.4-  0.2-)   081101 H55  0.2+  0.5-
081007 G96  0.6+  0.0     081017 291  0.4+  0.0     081101 H55  1.4+  1.3-
081007 G96  0.4+  0.4-    081020 H55  0.3+  0.1-    081104 H55  0.1+  0.2+
081007 G96  0.3+  0.3-    081020 H55  0.0   0.1+    081104 H55  0.7+  0.5+
081007 G96  0.2+  0.1-    081020 H55  0.3-  0.0     081104 H55  0.6+  0.4+
081007 291  0.3-  0.2+    081020 H55  0.7+  0.4-    081106 H55  0.1-  0.7+
081007 291  0.3-  0.1+    081021 291  0.5-  0.0     081106 H55  0.2+  0.4+
081007 291  0.1+  0.2+    081021 291  0.1-  0.0     081106 H55  0.2+  0.4-
081008 291  0.3-  0.2+    081021 291  0.1-  0.1-    100309 926  0.9-  0.4+
081008 291  0.4-  0.1-    081022 291  0.0   0.6-    100309 926  0.2-  0.2-
081008 291  1.0-  0.3+    081022 291  0.6-  0.7+    100309 926  0.2-  0.3+
081009 568  0.1+  0.0     081026 291  0.3-  0.5+    100310 926  0.8+  0.2-
081009 568  0.0   0.0     081026 291  0.4+  0.1+    100310 926  0.2-  0.0
081009 568  0.0   0.0     081026 291  0.2-  0.0     100310 926  0.1+  0.0
081009 568  0.1+  0.0     081028 H01  0.3+  0.1-    100310 926  0.7+  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2008 TZ3                 a,e,i = 1.59, 0.39, 9                   q = 0.9701
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 03 05    15 20.93   -02 17.9    0.477    1.268   114.7    45.3    21.0
2010 03 15    16 00.21   -05 05.9    0.395    1.211   114.2    48.5    20.6
2010 03 25    16 49.57   -08 46.3    0.327    1.157   111.4    53.4    20.2
2010 04 04    17 53.22   -13 19.1    0.278    1.107   105.4    60.6    20.0
2010 04 14    19 12.28   -17 52.7    0.252    1.062    96.6    69.8    20.0
2010 04 24    20 38.44   -20 46.2    0.253    1.024    87.0    78.8    20.2
2010 05 04    21 57.01   -21 09.0    0.276    0.995    79.3    84.8    20.6
2010 05 14    23 00.04   -19 44.8    0.315    0.977    74.8    87.1    20.9
2010 05 24    23 48.67   -17 32.4    0.361    0.970    72.9    86.2    21.1

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-E41

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