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MPEC 2008-C49 : 2008 CX21

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M.P.E.C. 2008-C49                                Issued 2008 Feb.  9, 14:43 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 CX21

Observations:
     K08C21X* C2008 02 07.28324 10 04 32.00 +25 09 10.1          19.4   EC049704
     K08C21X  C2008 02 07.29534 10 04 42.00 +25 14 59.5          19.7   EC049704
     K08C21X  C2008 02 07.30746 10 04 51.85 +25 20 52.0          19.9   EC049704
     K08C21X  C2008 02 07.31958 10 05 01.92 +25 26 42.3          19.8   EC049704
     K08C21X  C2008 02 07.33170 10 05 11.81 +25 32 33.0          19.7   EC049704
     K08C21X  C2008 02 08.33313 10 21 43.58 +33 54 11.4          19.7   EC049704
     K08C21X  C2008 02 08.34534 10 21 56.54 +34 00 28.4          19.7   EC049704
     K08C21X  C2008 02 08.35754 10 22 09.63 +34 06 45.7          19.6   EC049704
     K08C21X  C2008 02 08.36999 10 22 22.92 +34 13 09.8          20.1   EC049704
     K08C21X  C2008 02 09.10090 10 37 30.42 +40 30 59.8                 EC049J95
     K08C21X  C2008 02 09.10257 10 37 32.51 +40 31 51.0                 EC049J95
     K08C21X  C2008 02 09.10392 10 37 34.29 +40 32 32.6          20.0 R EC049J95
     K08C21X  C2008 02 09.23579 10 40 47.20 +41 41 01.4          19.8 R EC049651
     K08C21X  C2008 02 09.23640 10 40 48.13 +41 41 20.8          19.9 R EC049651
     K08C21X  C2008 02 09.23762 10 40 49.73 +41 41 57.9          20.1 R EC049651
     K08C21X  C2008 02 09.23823 10 40 50.59 +41 42 17.2          19.9 R EC049651
     K08C21X 5C2008 02 09.30098 10 42 18.02 +42 14 43.3                 EC049673
     K08C21X 5C2008 02 09.30642 10 42 25.44 +42 17 32.0                 EC049673
     K08C21X 5C2008 02 09.31171 10 42 32.96 +42 20 16.2                 EC049673

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
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.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 CX21                                                Earth MOID = 0.0658 AU
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M 307.96985              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36849121     Peri.   48.22055     -0.93256845     +0.14284043
a   1.9268650      Node   136.70696     -0.16014996     -0.98676742
e   0.5112212      Incl.   28.91237     +0.32352446     -0.07672459
P   2.67           H   24.5           G   0.15           U   5
Residuals in seconds of arc
080207 704  0.3-  0.1-    080208 704  0.5+  0.2+    080209 651  0.2-  1.1-
080207 704  0.8+  0.8-    080208 704  0.1-  0.0     080209 651  0.1+  0.8-
080207 704  0.6-  0.9+    080209 J95  0.8+  0.5+    080209 673  0.3+  0.6+
080207 704  0.7+  0.2+    080209 J95  0.5-  0.0     080209 673  1.2-  0.2+
080207 704  0.7-  0.2-    080209 J95  0.5-  0.2-    080209 673  0.7+  0.1+
080208 704  0.0   0.1-    080209 651  0.4-  0.4-
080208 704  0.4-  0.4-    080209 651  0.7+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2008 CX21                a,e,i = 1.93, 0.51, 29                  q = 0.9418
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 02 04    09 30.56   +03 47.3    0.0878   1.071   166.1    12.8    20.1
2008 02 05    09 38.63   +09 12.7    0.0807   1.066   170.4     8.9    19.8
2008 02 06    09 48.42   +15 35.0    0.0747   1.060   172.1     7.3    19.5
2008 02 07    10 00.53   +22 55.0    0.0699   1.055   167.9    11.3    19.5
2008 02 08    10 15.75   +31 03.6    0.0666   1.049   160.2    18.5    19.7
2008 02 09    10 35.25   +39 38.8    0.0651   1.044   151.2    27.1    19.9
2008 02 10    11 00.68   +48 06.4    0.0654   1.039   141.8    35.9    20.1
2008 02 11    11 34.19   +55 46.8    0.0675   1.034   132.7    44.5    20.4
2008 02 12    12 17.99   +62 04.8    0.0713   1.029   124.3    52.4    20.8
2008 02 13    13 12.81   +66 35.5    0.0764   1.024   116.9    59.3    21.1
2008 02 14    14 15.06   +69 10.7    0.0827   1.019   110.6    65.1    21.4
2008 02 15    15 16.59   +70 03.4    0.0898   1.015   105.2    69.9    21.8
2008 02 16    16 09.75   +69 43.0    0.0975   1.010   100.6    73.9    22.1
2008 02 17    16 51.82   +68 41.1    0.106    1.006    96.8    77.2    22.3
2008 02 18    17 23.94   +67 20.4    0.114    1.002    93.5    80.0    22.6
2008 02 19    17 48.37   +65 54.3    0.123    0.998    90.7    82.2    22.8
2008 02 20    18 07.21   +64 29.5    0.133    0.994    88.3    84.0    23.0
2008 02 21    18 22.00   +63 09.1    0.142    0.990    86.2    85.5    23.2
2008 02 22    18 33.85   +61 54.3    0.151    0.986    84.5    86.8    23.4
2008 02 23    18 43.52   +60 45.4    0.161    0.982    82.9    87.8    23.6
2008 02 24    18 51.55   +59 42.1    0.170    0.979    81.5    88.6    23.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-C49

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