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MPEC 2008-D15 : 2008 DC

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M.P.E.C. 2008-D15                                Issued 2008 Feb. 19, 16:12 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                    2008 DC

Observations:
     K08D00C* C2008 02 18.27986 11 16 31.76 +16 52 56.7          19.8 V ED015G96
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.28867 11 16 30.18 +16 52 51.7          19.8 V ED015G96
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.29755 11 16 28.63 +16 52 45.7          19.7 V ED015G96
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.30637 11 16 27.04 +16 52 39.7          19.6 V ED015G96
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.31259 11 16 25.96 +16 52 35.7          19.3 V ED015G96
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.32094 11 16 24.49 +16 52 30.9          19.5 V ED015G96
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.32706 11 16 23.37 +16 52 27.2          19.4 V ED015G96
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.33321 11 16 22.29 +16 52 22.9          19.4 V ED015G96
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.93320 11 14 39.81 +16 45 42.8                 ED015J95
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.94112 11 14 38.39 +16 45 38.9                 ED015J95
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.94926 11 14 36.93 +16 45 35.6          19.4 V ED015595
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.95311 11 14 36.29 +16 45 30.5          19.5 R ED015J95
     K08D00C  C2008 02 18.98923 11 14 29.80 +16 45 08.5                 ED015595
     K08D00C  C2008 02 19.31611 11 13 33.60 +16 41 36.7          19.7 V ED015703
     K08D00C  C2008 02 19.31745 11 13 33.42 +16 41 35.1          20.4 V ED015703
     K08D00C  C2008 02 19.31880 11 13 33.21 +16 41 36.7          19.4 V ED015703
     K08D00C  C2008 02 19.32013 11 13 32.90 +16 41 32.4          20.3 V ED015703
     K08D00C  C2008 02 19.40584 11 13 17.61 +16 40 35.0          18.1 V ED015703
     K08D00C  C2008 02 19.40730 11 13 17.43 +16 40 34.9          18.9 V ED015703
     K08D00C  C2008 02 19.41021 11 13 16.96 +16 40 34.0          19.6 V ED015703

Observer details:
595 Farra d'Isonzo.  Observer E. Pettarin.  0.40-m f/4.5 reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  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.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer 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 DC                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0982 AU
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M  24.33226              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.61462653     Peri.   47.18919     +0.83041850     -0.55233075
a   1.3700251      Node   345.81893     +0.38311536     +0.66129718
e   0.2361957      Incl.   17.34751     +0.40450925     +0.50755963
P   1.60           H   19.5           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080218 G96  0.2+  0.2-    080218 G96  0.1-  0.2+    080219 703  0.3-  0.0
080218 G96  0.1-  0.4+    080218 J95  0.3+  0.7-    080219 703  0.1+  2.5+
080218 G96  0.1+  0.1+    080218 J95  0.2-  0.5+    080219 703  0.9-  0.9-
080218 G96  0.3-  0.3-    080218 595  1.2+  0.6+    080219 703  0.5-  1.3-
080218 G96  0.0   0.3-    080218 J95  0.1-  0.2-    080219 703  0.7+  0.4-
080218 G96  0.2+  0.3+    080218 595  0.4+  0.4-    080219 703  1.4+  0.7+
080218 G96  0.3-  0.5+    080219 703  1.2-  0.7+

Ephemeris:
2008 DC                  a,e,i = 1.37, 0.24, 17                  q = 1.0464
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 02 14    11 28.44   +17 37.1    0.497    1.454   155.3    16.5    19.7
2008 02 24    11 00.02   +15 47.1    0.500    1.485   169.8     6.8    19.4
2008 03 05    10 32.39   +13 36.8    0.528    1.514   169.2     7.0    19.5
2008 03 15    10 10.12   +11 18.9    0.579    1.541   155.8    15.3    20.1
2008 03 25    09 55.35   +09 06.0    0.650    1.566   143.1    22.5    20.6
2008 04 04    09 47.84   +07 03.9    0.735    1.589   132.0    27.9    21.1
2008 04 14    09 46.45   +05 11.6    0.832    1.610   122.4    31.7    21.5
2008 04 24    09 49.83   +03 25.7    0.935    1.629   114.1    34.3    21.8

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