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MPEC 2000-S40: 2000 SD8

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M.P.E.C. 2000-S40                                Issued 2000 Sept. 24, 21:23 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.

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                                   2000 SD8

Observations:
     K00S08D* C2000 09 20.45250 00 01 15.08 -13 23 05.4          19.7        608
     K00S08D  C2000 09 20.46303 00 01 12.70 -13 22 58.2          19.6        608
     K00S08D  C2000 09 20.47379 00 01 10.26 -13 22 50.3          19.3        608
     K00S08D 1C2000 09 20.76904 00 00 06.49 -13 18 53.7          18.7 R      413
     K00S08D 1C2000 09 20.77039 00 00 06.22 -13 18 53.3          18.6 R      413
     K00S08D  C2000 09 21.25678 23 58 27.04 -13 13 58.2                      684
     K00S08D  C2000 09 21.25950 23 58 26.41 -13 13 56.4                      684
     K00S08D  C2000 09 21.26262 23 58 25.75 -13 13 53.8          18.4 R      684
     K00S08D  C2000 09 21.28350 23 58 21.17 -13 13 38.0          18.5 R      853
     K00S08D  C2000 09 21.28440 23 58 20.97 -13 13 37.4          18.7 R      853
     K00S08D  C2000 09 22.23734 23 55 07.78 -13 02 33.4                      684
     K00S08D  C2000 09 22.23981 23 55 07.22 -13 02 31.6                      684
     K00S08D  C2000 09 22.24432 23 55 06.31 -13 02 28.5          18.5 R      684

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, D. Talent, R. Maeda, P. Tanner.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
684 Prescott.  Observer P. G. Comba.  0.46-m f/4.5 reflector + CCD.
853 Biosphere 2 Observatory.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.5-m f/8.1 reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2000 SD8
Epoch 2000 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451800.5                Spahr
M  88.57837              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.82313860     Peri.  211.05105     -0.64550772     +0.76281017
a   1.1275974      Node    18.83178     -0.67439381     -0.54595400
e   0.3097083      Incl.    6.75232     -0.35848678     -0.34648935
P   1.20           H   20.7           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2000 Sept. 20-22.

Ephemeris:
2000 SD8                 a,e,i = 1.13, 0.31, 7                   q = 0.7784
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2000 09 23    23 52.62   -12 53.2    0.267    1.265   166.8    10.4    19.0
2000 10 03    23 26.59   -10 51.0    0.323    1.304   157.0    17.4    19.7
2000 10 13    23 12.11   -08 48.5    0.393    1.340   145.5    25.0    20.5
2000 10 23    23 06.56   -06 50.5    0.473    1.371   135.2    30.8    21.1
2000 11 02    23 07.58   -04 55.8    0.561    1.399   126.2    34.9    21.6
2000 11 12    23 13.37   -03 01.8    0.656    1.422   118.2    37.8    22.1

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-S40

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