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MPEC 2008-E32 : 2008 ER

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M.P.E.C. 2008-E32                                Issued 2008 Mar. 3, 13:25 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

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                                    2008 ER

Observations:
     K08E00R* C2008 03 02.44222 12 02 27.96 +11 45 08.1          20.8 V EE032G96
     K08E00R  C2008 03 02.44888 12 02 27.42 +11 45 20.4          21.0 V EE032G96
     K08E00R  C2008 03 02.45567 12 02 26.84 +11 45 32.7          21.1 V EE032G96
     K08E00R  C2008 03 02.46244 12 02 26.23 +11 45 45.3          22.1 V EE032G96
     K08E00R  C2008 03 02.47619 12 02 25.13 +11 46 09.7          20.5 V EE032G96
     K08E00R  C2008 03 02.48293 12 02 24.57 +11 46 21.7          20.7 V EE032G96
     K08E00R  C2008 03 02.49623 12 02 23.49 +11 46 45.5          20.4 V EE032G96
     K08E00R  C2008 03 03.35492 12 01 16.35 +12 12 51.8          20.7 V EE032G96
     K08E00R  C2008 03 03.36054 12 01 15.88 +12 13 02.0          20.3 V EE032G96
     K08E00R  C2008 03 03.36616 12 01 15.34 +12 13 12.6          20.8 V EE032G96

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 ER                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1052 AU
Epoch 2008 Feb. 24.0 TT = JDT 2454520.5                 MPC
M 137.13470              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.66907458     Peri.  225.44969     +0.95841978     -0.26371216
a   1.2946519      Node   149.34980     +0.28196986     +0.93391442
e   0.1691479      Incl.   12.34918     -0.04386933     +0.24137056
P   1.47           H   20.8           G   0.15
From 10 observations 2008 Mar. 2-3.  E-assumed.

Ephemeris:
2008 ER                  a,e,i = 1.29, 0.17, 12                  q = 1.0757
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 02 24    12 10.95   +08 01.5    0.515    1.469   154.0    17.2    21.1
2008 03 05    11 59.03   +13 02.7    0.502    1.482   164.6    10.2    20.8
2008 03 15    11 44.15   +17 47.3    0.511    1.493   164.3    10.4    20.9
2008 03 25    11 29.54   +21 31.5    0.540    1.501   153.9    17.0    21.2
2008 04 04    11 18.09   +23 55.8    0.586    1.507   142.3    23.9    21.7
2008 04 14    11 11.54   +25 03.3    0.645    1.511   131.8    29.7    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-E32

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