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MPEC 2008-E86 : 2008 EM9

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M.P.E.C. 2008-E86                                Issued 2008 Mar. 10, 20:49 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 EM9

Observations:
     K08E09M* C2008 03 09.74118 14 19 37.38 -33 49 46.6          17.2 V EE086E12
     K08E09M  C2008 03 09.74986 14 19 34.10 -33 49 29.8          17.0 V EE086E12
     K08E09M  C2008 03 09.76751 14 19 27.40 -33 48 55.6          17.2 V EE086E12
     K08E09M  C2008 03 09.79768 14 19 15.95 -33 47 57.1          17.2 R EE086E12
     K08E09M  C2008 03 09.79965 14 19 15.20 -33 47 52.9          17.2 R EE086E12
     K08E09M  C2008 03 10.37666 14 15 42.76 -33 29 25.9          17.7 R EE086854
     K08E09M EC2008 03 10.37755 14 15 43.08 -33 28 55.8          17.0 R EE086474
     K08E09M  C2008 03 10.37762 14 15 42.41 -33 29 24.2          17.9 R EE086854
     K08E09M  C2008 03 10.37953 14 15 41.68 -33 29 20.7          18.1 R EE086854
     K08E09M EC2008 03 10.37963 14 15 42.29 -33 28 53.9          17.3 R EE086474
     K08E09M EC2008 03 10.38183 14 15 41.49 -33 28 48.3          17.4 R EE086474
     K08E09M  C2008 03 10.39259 14 15 37.57 -33 28 27.1          17.3 R EE086474
     K08E09M  C2008 03 10.39433 14 15 36.98 -33 28 23.7          17.2 R EE086474
     K08E09M  C2008 03 10.52371 14 14 49.388-33 24 14.52         17.4 R EE086E12
     K08E09M  C2008 03 10.52572 14 14 48.642-33 24 10.62         17.4 R EE086E12

Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  Measurer
    P. M. Kilmartin.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  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.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 EM9                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1378 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M  46.68154              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36833705     Peri.  182.47672     +0.64409954     -0.75428980
a   1.9274026      Node   227.46088     +0.70475463     +0.64981686
e   0.8563062      Incl.    9.94192     +0.29741670     +0.09372800
P   2.68           H   17.2           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080309 E12  0.1-  0.0     080310 854  0.5-  0.2+    080310 474  0.2-  0.2-
080309 E12  0.1+  0.0     080310 474  0.0   0.5+    080310 474  0.3+  0.3+
080309 E12  0.1+  0.0     080310 854  0.4-  0.1+    080310 474  0.9+  0.3+
080309 E12  0.2-  0.1-    080310 854  0.5-  0.2-    080310 E12  0.0   0.2+
080309 E12  0.2-  0.2+    080310 474  0.3-  1.6-    080310 E12  0.1-  0.2+

Ephemeris:
2008 EM9                 a,e,i = 1.93, 0.86, 10                  q = 0.2770
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 03 05    14 49.76   -36 05.2    0.464    1.245   112.4    47.5    17.8
2008 03 15    13 48.41   -30 45.2    0.494    1.389   135.2    30.3    17.7
2008 03 25    12 59.09   -24 06.6    0.559    1.523   155.5    15.8    17.7
2008 04 04    12 24.56   -17 52.0    0.661    1.650   166.0     8.5    18.0
2008 04 14    12 02.77   -12 56.4    0.797    1.768   158.3    12.1    18.7
2008 04 24    11 50.44   -09 25.6    0.959    1.880   146.3    17.3    19.4
2008 05 04    11 44.70   -07 04.0    1.141    1.986   135.0    21.1    20.0
2008 05 14    11 43.59   -05 34.8    1.338    2.086   124.7    23.5    20.5
2008 05 24    11 45.74   -04 44.1    1.546    2.181   115.4    24.8    21.0
2008 06 03    11 50.22   -04 21.7    1.761    2.271   106.7    25.3    21.4
2008 06 13    11 56.42   -04 20.3    1.980    2.357    98.6    25.2    21.7
2008 06 23    12 03.88   -04 34.8    2.201    2.439    90.9    24.6    22.0

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