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MPEC 2008-B66 : 2008 BH16

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M.P.E.C. 2008-B66                                Issued 2008 Jan. 30, 23:32 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,
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                                   2008 BH16

Observations:
     K08B16H* C2008 01 30.38058 09 35 34.11 +17 19 48.9          18.3 V EB066703
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.38708 09 35 34.29 +17 20 44.2          18.2 V EB066703
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.40003 09 35 34.65 +17 22 32.7          18.2 V EB066703
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.41381 09 35 34.66 +17 24 23.0          18.0 R EB066734
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.41789 09 35 34.84 +17 24 57.3          18.2 R EB066734
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.42196 09 35 34.93 +17 25 31.1          18.5 R EB066734
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.43154 09 35 35.59 +17 26 57.5          18.3 V EB066703
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.43369 09 35 35.66 +17 27 15.5          18.3 V EB066703
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.43477 09 35 35.70 +17 27 24.5          18.0 V EB066703
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.92962 09 35 59.12 +18 38 18.2          17.9 R EB066B40
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.93463 09 35 59.28 +18 39 02.7          18.2 R EB066B40
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.93974 09 35 59.43 +18 39 47.4          18.4 R EB066B40
     K08B16H  C2008 01 30.94552 09 35 59.65 +18 40 38.3          17.8 R EB066B40

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.
B40 Skylive Observatory, Catania.  Observer F. Tozzi.  0.41-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD + f/5.6 focal reducer.

Orbital elements:
2008 BH16                                                Earth MOID = 0.1701 AU
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M 295.15726              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39700955     Peri.   82.65809     -0.71537427     +0.56839815
a   1.8334486      Node   130.93146     -0.62620513     -0.77956636
e   0.5363299      Incl.   32.54283     +0.31001093     -0.26305860
P   2.48           H   20.6           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080130 703  0.0   0.3-    080130 734  0.1-  0.4-    080130 B40  0.1-  0.2+
080130 703  0.0   0.4+    080130 703  0.0   0.2+    080130 B40  0.2-  0.0
080130 703  0.2-  0.2+    080130 703  0.0   0.1+    080130 B40  0.4+  0.0
080130 734  0.2-  0.1-    080130 703  0.1+  0.0
080130 734  0.5+  0.0     080130 B40  0.1-  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2008 BH16                a,e,i = 1.83, 0.54, 33                  q = 0.8501
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 01 25    09 32.21   +07 06.6    0.284    1.255   160.0    15.6    19.2
2008 01 30    09 35.31   +16 27.4    0.234    1.215   168.4     9.4    18.5
2008 02 04    09 39.47   +30 08.9    0.195    1.175   164.5    12.9    18.2
2008 02 09    09 46.63   +48 21.9    0.174    1.136   146.4    28.7    18.3
2008 02 14    10 04.46   +68 09.7    0.175    1.098   125.1    47.4    18.8
2008 02 19    11 57.56   +84 29.8    0.196    1.061   106.5    63.3    19.4
2008 02 24    20 05.08   +81 01.5    0.228    1.025    92.4    74.7    20.1
2008 02 29    20 48.87   +72 13.3    0.268    0.991    82.4    82.1    20.6
2008 03 05    21 01.03   +65 37.0    0.310    0.960    75.1    86.7    21.0
2008 03 10    21 07.27   +60 29.9    0.354    0.932    69.7    89.4    21.3
2008 03 15    21 11.79   +56 18.8    0.397    0.907    65.7    90.7    21.6
2008 03 20    21 15.97   +52 43.0    0.439    0.886    62.8    91.1    21.8
2008 03 25    21 20.45   +49 30.0    0.479    0.869    60.6    90.7    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-B66

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