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MPEC 2008-C08 : 2008 CG

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M.P.E.C. 2008-C08                                Issued 2008 Feb. 2, 15:16 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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                                    2008 CG

Observations:
     K08C00G* C2008 02 01.34090 10 29 36.02 -00 22 08.0          19.2   EC008704
     K08C00G  C2008 02 01.35344 10 29 33.74 -00 20 27.8          19.3   EC008704
     K08C00G  C2008 02 01.36600 10 29 31.48 -00 18 47.5          19.4   EC008704
     K08C00G  C2008 02 01.37855 10 29 29.19 -00 17 07.8          19.0   EC008704
     K08C00G  C2008 02 01.39107 10 29 26.97 -00 15 29.2          19.5   EC008704
     K08C00G  C2008 02 01.96522 10 27 55.69 +01 00 19.4          20.1 R EC008J95
     K08C00G  C2008 02 01.96863 10 27 55.10 +01 00 46.0          19.3 R EC008J95
     K08C00G  C2008 02 01.97206 10 27 54.51 +01 01 13.7          19.4 R EC008J95
     K08C00G  C2008 02 02.37588 10 26 47.10 +01 54 57.5          19.4 R EC008854
     K08C00G  C2008 02 02.37935 10 26 46.46 +01 55 26.0          19.6 R EC008854
     K08C00G  C2008 02 02.38282 10 26 45.82 +01 55 53.2          19.3 R EC008854
     K08C00G 5C2008 02 02.46343 10 26 31.42 +02 06 32.2          19.5 R EC008673
     K08C00G 5C2008 02 02.46806 10 26 30.53 +02 07 08.6                 EC008673
     K08C00G 5C2008 02 02.47315 10 26 29.56 +02 07 49.3                 EC008673
     K08C00G 5C2008 02 02.47738 10 26 28.85 +02 08 22.8                 EC008673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 CG                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1268 AU
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M   7.60402              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.94871438     Peri.  230.17493     +0.95795554     -0.18451221
a   1.0257599      Node   139.04500     +0.21861931     +0.96535020
e   0.2517430      Incl.   19.58533     -0.18581384     +0.18453792
P   1.04           H   22.2           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
080201 704  0.3+  0.8-    080201 J95  0.2-  0.2+    080202 854  0.6+  0.1+
080201 704  0.0   0.1-    080201 J95  0.1-  0.3-    080202 673  0.4+  0.2+
080201 704  0.1+  0.5+    080201 J95  0.0   0.1+    080202 673  0.3-  0.2-
080201 704  0.3-  0.6+    080202 854  0.6+  0.4-    080202 673  1.0-  0.1+
080201 704  0.3+  0.1-    080202 854  0.6+  0.5+    080202 673  0.1-  0.0

Ephemeris:
2008 CG                  a,e,i = 1.03, 0.25, 20                  q = 0.7675
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 01 25    10 47.59   -15 42.6    0.167    1.100   130.8    42.7    20.2
2008 02 04    10 22.28   +05 29.9    0.161    1.137   158.6    18.4    19.5
2008 02 14    09 53.69   +25 02.4    0.186    1.170   168.2     9.9    19.5
2008 02 24    09 29.09   +37 20.8    0.236    1.199   149.6    24.7    20.6
2008 03 05    09 13.38   +43 37.9    0.301    1.224   135.3    34.8    21.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-C08

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