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MPEC 2008-E82 : 2008 EM8

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M.P.E.C. 2008-E82                                Issued 2008 Mar. 10, 19:31 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 EM8

Observations:
     K08E08M* C2008 03 06.43548 11 57 01.18 +15 19 23.4          19.3 V EE082G96
     K08E08M  C2008 03 06.44166 11 57 00.46 +15 19 20.6          19.3 V EE082G96
     K08E08M  C2008 03 06.44774 11 56 59.82 +15 19 18.0          19.2 V EE082G96
     K08E08M  C2008 03 06.45383 11 56 59.10 +15 19 15.7          19.1 V EE082G96
     K08E08M  C2008 03 08.90568 11 52 26.48 +15 01 01.7          19.5 V EE082A13
     K08E08M  C2008 03 08.91647 11 52 25.40 +15 00 57.7          19.7 V EE082J87
     K08E08M  C2008 03 08.92418 11 52 24.45 +15 00 54.1          19.8 V EE082A13
     K08E08M  C2008 03 08.92599 11 52 24.32 +15 00 53.5          19.4 V EE082J87
     K08E08M  C2008 03 08.93551 11 52 23.22 +15 00 49.4          19.5 V EE082J87
     K08E08M  C2008 03 08.94284 11 52 22.21 +15 00 45.3          19.4 V EE082A13
     K08E08M  C2008 03 08.97477 11 52 18.67 +15 00 31.6          19.9 V EE082J87
     K08E08M  C2008 03 08.97998 11 52 18.07 +15 00 29.3          19.7 V EE082J87
     K08E08M  C2008 03 08.99585 11 52 16.24 +15 00 23.4          19.6 V EE082941
     K08E08M  C2008 03 08.99664 11 52 16.14 +15 00 22.7          19.3 V EE082941
     K08E08M  C2008 03 08.99742 11 52 16.05 +15 00 22.4          19.7 V EE082941
     K08E08M  C2008 03 09.00056 11 52 15.70 +15 00 21.0          19.7 V EE082941
     K08E08M  C2008 03 09.00292 11 52 15.37 +15 00 19.5          19.6 V EE082941
     K08E08M  C2008 03 09.00606 11 52 15.04 +15 00 17.5          19.6 V EE082941

Observer details:
941 Observatorio Pla D'Arguines.  Observers R. Ferrando, M. Ferrando.
    Measurer R. Ferrando.  0.40-m f/10 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
A13 Observatoire Naef, Marly.  Observer P. Kocher.  0.5-m f/3.3 Hypergraph
    + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon 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.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
J87 La Canada.  Observer J. Lacruz.  0.40-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 EM8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.3799 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M  72.43739              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.38074520     Peri.   75.50089     +0.04936680     -0.99763374
a   1.8852969      Node    11.97994     +0.80440832     +0.01131505
e   0.3213910      Incl.   13.32867     +0.59202211     +0.06781514
P   2.59           H   18.9           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080306 G96  0.4-  0.1-    080308 A13  1.2+  0.3+    080308 941  0.3+  0.8+
080306 G96  0.4-  0.1-    080308 J87  0.0   0.5-    080308 941  0.1+  0.5+
080306 G96  0.5+  0.1-    080308 J87  0.1-  0.3-    080308 941  0.1+  0.5+
080306 G96  0.3+  0.3+    080308 A13  0.2-  0.1-    080309 941  0.3+  0.6+
080308 A13  0.2-  0.5-    080308 J87  0.5-  0.3-    080309 941  0.5-  0.2+
080308 J87  0.1-  0.5-    080308 J87  0.5-  0.3-    080309 941  0.0   0.4-

Ephemeris:
2008 EM8                 a,e,i = 1.89, 0.32, 13                  q = 1.2794
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 03 05    11 59.70   +15 29.5    0.626    1.601   163.3    10.3    19.6
2008 03 15    11 41.38   +14 10.6    0.658    1.643   167.9     7.3    19.6
2008 03 25    11 25.50   +12 33.3    0.712    1.686   160.8    11.2    20.0
2008 04 04    11 13.94   +10 44.8    0.787    1.728   150.3    16.7    20.5
2008 04 14    11 07.32   +08 51.4    0.880    1.771   140.0    21.3    20.9
2008 04 24    11 05.35   +06 57.1    0.989    1.813   130.6    24.9    21.3
2008 05 04    11 07.27   +05 03.7    1.109    1.854   122.1    27.4    21.7
2008 05 14    11 12.33   +03 11.1    1.239    1.894   114.3    29.1    22.0

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-E82

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