MPEC 2008-E96 : 2008 EL68

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M.P.E.C. 2008-E96                                Issued 2008 Mar. 11, 23:40 UT

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                                   2008 EL68

Observations:
     K08E68L* C2008 03 06.40768 12 48 28.26 +04 52 35.4          20.4 V EE096G96
     K08E68L  C2008 03 06.41421 12 48 28.83 +04 52 16.8          20.9 V EE096G96
     K08E68L  C2008 03 06.42076 12 48 29.52 +04 51 58.4          21.3 V EE096G96
     K08E68L  C2008 03 06.42737 12 48 30.20 +04 51 39.6          20.8 V EE096G96
     K08E68L  C2008 03 06.46049 12 48 33.80 +04 50 04.6          20.5 V EE096G96
     K08E68L  C2008 03 06.46664 12 48 34.48 +04 49 46.7          20.1 V EE096G96
     K08E68L  C2008 03 06.47274 12 48 35.17 +04 49 28.6          20.2 V EE096G96
     K08E68L  C2008 03 06.47892 12 48 35.96 +04 49 11.2          20.4 V EE096G96

Observer details:
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.

Orbital elements:
2008 EL68                                                Earth MOID = 0.0006 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M  73.44868              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.72755999     Peri.  348.01106     -0.66156094     -0.74987267
a   1.2243066      Node   143.40759     +0.68874470     -0.61039789
e   0.1981575      Incl.    0.50958     +0.29659377     -0.25515759
P   1.35           H   27.7           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
080306 G96  1.0+  0.5-    080306 G96  0.2+  0.1-    080306 G96  0.0   0.8-
080306 G96  0.2-  0.5-    080306 G96  0.7+  0.1-    080306 G96  0.7+  0.4-
080306 G96  0.2+  0.2-    080306 G96  0.3+  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2008 EL68                a,e,i = 1.22, 0.20, 1                   q = 0.9817
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 03 05    12 42.01   +06 10.5    0.0193   1.009   155.5    24.0    20.3
2008 03 10    12 59.27   +02 44.5    0.0281   1.019   155.7    23.6    21.1
2008 03 15    13 06.76   +00 58.0    0.0373   1.029   158.4    20.8    21.6
2008 03 20    13 10.09   -00 05.8    0.0470   1.041   162.2    17.1    22.1
2008 03 25    13 11.23   -00 47.6    0.0573   1.053   166.4    12.9    22.4

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