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MPEC 2008-E22 : 2008 EF

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M.P.E.C. 2008-E22                                Issued 2008 Mar. 3, 12:50 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 EF

Observations:
     K08E00F* C2008 03 01.26337 08 20 57.48 +31 14 55.6          21.7 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 01.27013 08 20 58.38 +31 14 39.4          22.3 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 01.27694 08 20 59.31 +31 14 23.4          21.6 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 01.28371 08 21 00.21 +31 14 07.2          21.7 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 01.32465 08 21 05.86 +31 12 28.4          21.9 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 01.33131 08 21 06.84 +31 12 12.3          21.4 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 01.33799 08 21 07.77 +31 11 57.6          21.6 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 01.34463 08 21 08.67 +31 11 40.1          22.2 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 01.40332 08 21 16.92 +31 09 17.5          22.1 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 01.40754 08 21 17.53 +31 09 07.7          21.5 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 01.41175 08 21 18.10 +31 08 57.4          21.7 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 01.41596 08 21 18.72 +31 08 46.7          22.1 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 02.31450 08 23 28.27 +30 33 52.2          21.3 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 02.32687 08 23 30.01 +30 33 23.4          22.6 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 03.28171 08 25 43.59 +29 57 16.5          22.6 V EE022G96
     K08E00F  C2008 03 03.28500 08 25 44.05 +29 57 09.3          21.9 V EE022G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. Beshore.  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.

Orbital elements:
2008 EF                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1211 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M  45.02834              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31418796     Peri.   83.70602     +0.19668248     -0.98039172
a   2.1429384      Node   354.90232     +0.83669988     +0.17429984
e   0.5393817      Incl.    7.87162     +0.51112554     +0.09193284
P   3.14           H   22.1           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080301 G96  0.4+  0.5-    080301 G96  0.3+  1.4+    080302 G96  0.4-  0.1-
080301 G96  0.1+  0.5-    080301 G96  0.0   0.0     080302 G96  0.6+  0.1+
080301 G96  0.0   0.1-    080301 G96  0.1-  0.2-    080303 G96  0.3-  0.1-
080301 G96  0.4-  0.0     080301 G96  0.0   0.2+    080303 G96  0.2+  0.1+
080301 G96  0.4-  0.1-    080301 G96  0.4-  0.2+
080301 G96  0.3+  0.1-    080301 G96  0.1-  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2008 EF                  a,e,i = 2.14, 0.54, 8                   q = 0.9871
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 02 24    08 03.85   +35 49.2    0.325    1.252   138.6    31.5    21.5
2008 02 25    08 06.87   +35 01.8    0.333    1.259   138.6    31.3    21.6
2008 02 26    08 09.77   +34 15.8    0.341    1.266   138.5    31.2    21.6
2008 02 27    08 12.55   +33 31.2    0.350    1.273   138.5    31.0    21.7
2008 02 28    08 15.23   +32 48.0    0.358    1.280   138.4    30.9    21.7
2008 02 29    08 17.82   +32 06.1    0.366    1.287   138.2    30.9    21.8
2008 03 01    08 20.32   +31 25.5    0.375    1.294   138.0    30.8    21.9
2008 03 02    08 22.74   +30 46.1    0.384    1.301   137.8    30.7    21.9
2008 03 03    08 25.09   +30 07.9    0.393    1.309   137.6    30.7    22.0
2008 03 04    08 27.37   +29 30.8    0.402    1.316   137.3    30.7    22.0
2008 03 05    08 29.59   +28 54.9    0.411    1.323   137.1    30.7    22.1

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-E22

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