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MPEC 2010-Q47 : 2008 TC4

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M.P.E.C. 2010-Q47                                Issued 2010 Aug. 31, 23:15 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 TC4

                           Revision to MPEC 2008-T82

Additional Observations:
     K08T04C KC2010 08 31.10011 23 59 56.98 +43 35 46.9                 EQ047J95
     K08T04C KC2010 08 31.10900 23 59 53.43 +43 35 31.0          20.9 R EQ047J95
     K08T04C KC2010 08 31.11645 23 59 50.30 +43 35 18.0          20.6 R EQ047J95
     K08T04C KC2010 08 31.92121 23 54 25.79 +43 11 16.9                 EQ047J95
     K08T04C KC2010 08 31.93268 23 54 20.99 +43 10 57.4          20.9 R EQ047J95
     K08T04C IC2010 08 31.94131 23 54 17.43 +43 10 42.0                 EQ047J95

Observer details:
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
100831 J95 0.06- 0.01+    100831 J95 0.06- 0.01+    MPO149073   +0.022 day

Orbital elements:
2008 TC4                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0034 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M  86.71810              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.42954272     Peri.  324.20480     -0.99309423     -0.06182195
a   0.7804372      Node   212.68306     +0.08500364     -0.96493409
e   0.5544832      Incl.   10.64069     -0.08085935     -0.25510829
P   0.69           H   21.5           G   0.15           U   5
Residuals in seconds of arc
081006 703  0.2-  0.1-    081011 355  0.6-  0.1-    081019 H55  0.2+  0.1-
081006 703  0.2+  0.7+    081011 355  0.3-  0.6+    081019 H55  0.1+  0.0
081006 703  0.1-  0.4+    081011 355  0.4+  0.5-    081019 204  0.1+  0.2-
081007 704  0.3+  0.5+    081011 355  1.0-  1.0-    081019 204  0.0   0.2-
081007 704  0.1+  0.7+    081012 H55  0.2+  0.2+    081019 204  0.3+  0.0
081007 704  0.1+  0.4+    081012 H55  0.2-  1.0+    081019 204  0.2+  0.1-
081007 704  0.1+  0.2+    081012 H55  0.1-  0.1-    081019 204  0.2+  0.1-
081007 704  0.3-  0.1+    081012 H55  0.1-  0.1+    081020 151  0.3+  0.5-
081007 J95  0.2-  0.3-    081013 J95  0.2-  0.2-    081020 151  0.1+  0.5-
081007 J95  0.2+  0.4-    081013 J95  0.2-  0.3-    081020 151  0.4+  0.4-
081007 J95  0.1-  0.3-    081013 J95  0.2-  0.1+    081020 151  0.1-  0.3-
081008 704  0.1+  0.6+    081017 H55  0.3+  0.5+    081020 151  0.2-  0.7-
081008 704  0.1+  0.7+    081017 448  0.2+  0.3-    081020 151  0.2-  0.1-
081008 704  0.1-  0.6+    081017 448  0.2-  0.5-    081020 151  0.6-  0.6+
081008 704  0.3-  0.8+    081017 448  0.7+  0.2-    081021 H45  0.4-  0.2+
081008 704  0.5-  0.6+    081017 291  0.1-  0.1+    081021 H45  0.7-  0.6-
081008 A70 (1.5+  0.1+)   081017 291  0.4+  0.9+    081021 H45  0.4-  0.1-
081008 A70  1.1+  0.6+    081017 291  0.2+  0.2+    081021 H45  0.6-  0.8-
081008 A70  0.8+  0.3-    081017 151  0.5-  1.3-    081021 H45  0.9-  0.3+
081009 H55  0.3-  0.2+    081017 151  0.4-  0.8-    081021 H45  0.0   0.5-
081009 H55  0.5-  0.1-    081017 151  0.1+  0.6-    081022 H55  0.1-  0.4+
081009 291  0.6+  0.5+    081018 304  0.3-  0.4-    081022 H55  0.3+  0.3+
081009 291  0.3-  0.9+    081018 304  0.1-  0.2-    081022 H55  0.4+  0.0
081009 291  0.1-  1.0+    081018 304  0.3-  0.4-    081022 H55  0.3+  0.3+
081010 G96  0.2+  0.2-    081018 304  0.1-  0.2-    081022 H55  0.4+  0.3+
081010 G96  0.2-  0.4-    081018 304  0.1-  0.2-    081022 H55  0.5+  0.1+
081010 G96  0.0   0.2-    081018 304  0.1-  0.2-    081024 704  0.4+  0.4-
081010 G96  0.2+  0.4-    081018 304  0.1-  0.2-    081024 704  0.6+  0.4+
081010 H55  1.1+  0.4-    081018 304  0.2-  0.2-    081024 704  0.5+  0.7+
081010 H55  0.0   0.2-    081018 304  0.4-  0.2-    081024 704  0.9+  0.5-
081010 H55  0.1+  0.1-    081018 304  0.2-  0.3-    081025 704  0.4+  0.3-
081010 H55  0.1+  0.1-    081018 304  0.2-  0.3-    081025 704  0.2-  1.0+
081010 H55  0.3+  0.1-    081018 304  0.1-  0.5-    081025 704  0.1+  0.7+
081010 H55  0.1+  0.0     081018 304  0.4-  0.4-    081025 704  0.6-  1.0+
081010 B03  0.1+  0.4-    081018 304  0.0   0.2-    081025 704  0.5-  0.4+
081010 B03  0.3+  0.1+    081018 304  0.3-  0.3-    100831 J95  0.9-  0.1+
081010 B03  0.2+  0.1-    081018 A81  1.0+  0.5-    100831 J95  0.7+  0.4-
081010 B03  0.2+  0.2-    081018 A81  0.2+  0.6-    100831 J95  0.3+  0.5-
081011 H55  0.2+  0.0     081019 H55  0.1+  0.0     100831 J95  0.0   0.6-
081011 H55  0.1+  0.2-    081019 H55  0.1+  0.0     100831 J95  0.3-  0.5+
081011 H55  0.2-  0.3-    081019 H55  0.2+  0.0     100831 J95  0.1+  0.6+
081011 H55  0.2-  0.0     081019 H55  0.2+  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2008 TC4                 a,e,i = 0.78, 0.55, 11                  q = 0.3477
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 09 01    23 53.88   +43 09.0    0.256    1.177   125.7    44.1    20.6
2010 09 11    22 46.77   +35 14.3    0.241    1.200   139.4    33.1    20.2
2010 09 21    21 53.91   +23 27.9    0.250    1.212   142.4    30.4    20.2
2010 10 01    21 21.62   +11 51.9    0.282    1.212   133.1    37.1    20.7
2010 10 11    21 05.71   +02 49.7    0.331    1.201   120.5    45.8    21.2
2010 10 21    21 00.78   -03 34.0    0.388    1.179   108.7    53.1    21.7

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-Q47

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