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MPEC 2008-D46 : 2008 DY

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M.P.E.C. 2008-D46                                Issued 2008 Feb. 27, 12:33 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 DY

Observations:
     K08D00Y* C2008 02 26.33385 12 24 20.97 +62 36 21.8          19.2   ED046704
     K08D00Y  C2008 02 26.34551 12 24 28.15 +62 36 36.1          19.4   ED046704
     K08D00Y  C2008 02 26.35734 12 24 35.76 +62 36 49.9          20.4   ED046704
     K08D00Y  C2008 02 26.36955 12 24 43.32 +62 37 02.9          19.7   ED046704
     K08D00Y  C2008 02 26.38113 12 24 50.38 +62 37 16.6          19.6   ED046704
     K08D00Y 5C2008 02 27.29143512 35 04.586+62 52 42.87         18.6 R ED046673
     K08D00Y 5C2008 02 27.29780112 35 08.729+62 52 49.69                ED046673
     K08D00Y 5C2008 02 27.30300912 35 12.150+62 52 55.15                ED046673
     K08D00Y 5C2008 02 27.30729212 35 14.888+62 52 59.32                ED046673
     K08D00Y  C2008 02 27.30788 12 35 13.30 +62 53 02.7          18.6 R ED046734
     K08D00Y  C2008 02 27.30965 12 35 14.49 +62 53 04.3          18.5 R ED046734
     K08D00Y  C2008 02 27.31142 12 35 15.60 +62 53 06.1          18.5 R ED046734
     K08D00Y  C2008 02 27.31320 12 35 16.78 +62 53 08.0          18.7 R ED046734

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.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 DY                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1380 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M  11.30210              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22079053     Peri.  108.06447     -0.98476371     +0.09938035
a   2.7111222      Node    77.82603     -0.15133697     -0.89398822
e   0.6132923      Incl.    8.39434     +0.08565955     -0.43693089
P   4.46           H   20.5           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080226 704  0.0   0.2+    080227 673  0.3+  0.4+    080227 734  0.1+  0.4-
080226 704  0.7-  0.5+    080227 673  0.1+  0.4+    080227 734  0.2-  0.3-
080226 704  0.9+  0.4+    080227 673  0.2+  0.3+    080227 734  0.0   0.1-
080226 704  0.5+  0.8-    080227 673  0.3-  0.0
080226 704  0.7-  0.4-    080227 734  0.2-  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2008 DY                  a,e,i = 2.71, 0.61, 8                   q = 1.0484
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 02 24    11 59.91   +61 41.8    0.195    1.114   125.3    46.4    18.9
2008 03 05    13 56.21   +62 52.2    0.173    1.077   115.1    56.5    18.9
2008 03 15    15 42.87   +56 10.8    0.161    1.055   107.7    63.9    18.9
2008 03 25    16 46.78   +44 14.3    0.158    1.049   104.6    67.0    19.0
2008 04 04    17 20.85   +30 50.2    0.164    1.059   106.5    64.9    19.0
2008 04 14    17 37.78   +18 07.7    0.177    1.084   113.0    58.4    19.0
2008 04 24    17 43.79   +06 56.2    0.197    1.124   122.7    48.8    19.1
2008 05 04    17 41.65   -02 32.6    0.223    1.176   134.6    37.6    19.1
2008 05 14    17 33.52   -10 20.4    0.259    1.237   147.7    25.9    19.2
2008 05 24    17 22.24   -16 26.7    0.305    1.305   161.0    14.6    19.3
2008 06 03    17 10.63   -20 56.6    0.366    1.379   173.9     4.5    19.4
2008 06 13    17 01.19   -24 04.8    0.441    1.455   174.2     4.0    19.9
2008 06 23    16 55.42   -26 11.2    0.533    1.535   163.4    10.9    20.7
2008 07 03    16 53.62   -27 35.0    0.640    1.615   153.5    16.3    21.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-D46

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