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MPEC 2008-C67 : 2008 CH70

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M.P.E.C. 2008-C67                                Issued 2008 Feb. 11, 04:35 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 CH70

Observations:
     K08C70H* C2008 02 09.29058 09 02 25.69 +11 04 03.7          20.7 V EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 09.29664 09 02 23.35 +11 04 30.8          20.1 V EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 09.30271 09 02 21.04 +11 04 58.1          20.8 V EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 09.30880 09 02 18.70 +11 05 24.9          21.0 V EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 09.35433 09 02 01.28 +11 08 47.8                 EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 09.36257 09 01 58.10 +11 09 24.1          20.9 V EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 09.37082 09 01 54.99 +11 10 00.8          20.7 V EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 09.37904 09 01 51.65 +11 10 34.8                 EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 09.39897 09 01 44.30 +11 12 06.5          20.2 R EC067651
     K08C70H  C2008 02 09.40004 09 01 43.85 +11 12 11.4          20.2 R EC067651
     K08C70H  C2008 02 10.10123 08 57 35.44 +12 03 18.7                 EC067J95
     K08C70H  C2008 02 10.10805 08 57 32.99 +12 03 46.3          20.7 R EC067J95
     K08C70H  C2008 02 10.26026 08 56 42.25 +12 15 09.0          20.6 V EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 10.26480 08 56 40.56 +12 15 28.8          20.6 V EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 10.26927 08 56 38.88 +12 15 48.2          20.8 V EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 10.27653 08 56 36.16 +12 16 19.4          20.9 V EC067G96
     K08C70H  C2008 02 11.01717 08 52 17.87 +13 08 43.1                 EC067J95
     K08C70H  C2008 02 11.02782 08 52 13.95 +13 09 28.4          20.7 R EC067J95

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers S. M. Larson, R. A. Kowalski.  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.  1.5-m reflector
    + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 CH70                                                Earth MOID = 0.0678 AU
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M  22.99882              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.25433096     Peri.  188.05464     +0.88839594     +0.45413909
a   0.8515195      Node   144.68626     -0.41445554     +0.85632906
e   0.3248194      Incl.    6.67177     -0.19743165     +0.24588255
P   0.79           H   24.4           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080209 G96  0.1-  0.5-    080209 G96  0.1-  0.2-    080210 G96  0.4+  0.1-
080209 G96  0.3-  0.5-    080209 G96 (3.2-  2.5-)   080210 G96  0.6+  0.0
080209 G96  0.0   0.3-    080209 651  0.2+  0.4+    080210 G96  0.6+  0.0
080209 G96  0.1-  0.6-    080209 651  0.5-  0.6+    080210 G96  0.6+  0.3-
080209 G96  0.0   0.1-    080210 J95  0.3-  1.3+    080211 J95  0.4+  0.4-
080209 G96  0.5-  0.4-    080210 J95  0.4+  0.6-    080211 J95  0.6-  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2008 CH70                a,e,i = 0.85, 0.32, 7                   q = 0.5749
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 02 04    09 35.31   +04 07.5    0.122    1.104   165.9    12.6    20.8
2008 02 06    09 22.66   +06 49.3    0.123    1.108   170.8     8.2    20.6
2008 02 08    09 10.24   +09 26.7    0.126    1.111   173.3     5.9    20.6
2008 02 10    08 58.22   +11 56.6    0.129    1.114   171.4     7.6    20.7
2008 02 12    08 46.75   +14 17.1    0.133    1.117   167.2    11.3    21.0
2008 02 14    08 35.96   +16 26.6    0.138    1.119   162.5    15.4    21.2
2008 02 16    08 25.93   +18 24.6    0.143    1.122   157.8    19.5    21.4
2008 02 18    08 16.72   +20 11.0    0.149    1.123   153.2    23.3    21.6
2008 02 20    08 08.34   +21 46.2    0.156    1.125   148.9    27.0    21.8
2008 02 22    08 00.80   +23 10.9    0.163    1.126   144.9    30.4    22.0
2008 02 24    07 54.09   +24 26.1    0.170    1.127   141.0    33.5    22.2

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-C67

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