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MPEC 2008-E97 : 2008 EM68

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M.P.E.C. 2008-E97                                Issued 2008 Mar. 11, 23:44 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,
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                                   2008 EM68

Observations:
     K08E68M* C2008 03 08.25164 11 48 03.02 +10 40 09.7          20.3 V EE097G96
     K08E68M  C2008 03 08.25662 11 48 03.96 +10 40 03.1          20.1 V EE097G96
     K08E68M  C2008 03 08.26166 11 48 04.93 +10 39 56.1          20.3 V EE097G96
     K08E68M  C2008 03 08.26665 11 48 05.94 +10 39 49.7          20.8 V EE097G96
     K08E68M  C2008 03 08.30433 11 48 13.02 +10 39 00.4          20.5 V EE097G96
     K08E68M  C2008 03 08.31163 11 48 14.50 +10 38 51.4          20.3 V EE097G96
     K08E68M  C2008 03 08.31917 11 48 15.91 +10 38 40.9          20.5 V EE097G96
     K08E68M  C2008 03 08.32648 11 48 17.34 +10 38 31.5          20.4 V EE097G96
     K08E68M  C2008 03 08.34337 11 48 20.52 +10 38 05.1          20.6 V EE097G96
     K08E68M  C2008 03 08.34950 11 48 21.70 +10 37 57.7          20.1 V EE097G96
     K08E68M  C2008 03 08.35565 11 48 22.89 +10 37 47.2          20.3 V EE097G96
     K08E68M  C2008 03 08.36183 11 48 24.08 +10 37 36.3          20.0 V EE097G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. D.  Grauer.  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 EM68                                                Earth MOID = 0.0002 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M   6.92388              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42862784     Peri.  268.71877     -0.18654476     +0.98231722
a   1.7421376      Node   350.48513     -0.85869272     -0.17090601
e   0.6497150      Incl.    5.53198     -0.47733412     -0.07644620
P   2.30           H   27.5           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080308 G96  0.3+  0.8+    080308 G96  0.9-  0.9-    080308 G96  0.1+  0.5-
080308 G96  0.1-  0.2+    080308 G96  0.5+  0.2+    080308 G96  0.1+  1.3+
080308 G96  0.2-  0.6-    080308 G96  0.2+  0.2+    080308 G96  0.1+  0.1+
080308 G96  0.6+  0.8-    080308 G96  0.8+  1.2+    080308 G96  0.1-  1.3-

Ephemeris:
2008 EM68                a,e,i = 1.74, 0.65, 6                   q = 0.6102
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 03 05    11 41.40   +11 10.1    0.0653   1.056   169.3    10.0    22.3
2008 03 06    11 42.46   +11 06.0    0.0537   1.045   169.7     9.7    21.9
2008 03 07    11 44.06   +10 59.3    0.0421   1.034   170.0     9.6    21.3
2008 03 08    11 46.83   +10 47.0    0.0305   1.023   170.1     9.6    20.6
2008 03 09    11 53.06   +10 18.4    0.0190   1.012   169.6    10.2    19.6
2008 03 10    12 16.32   +08 25.8    0.00753  1.000   165.8    14.1    17.7
2008 03 11    22 26.94   -16 04.1    0.00443  0.989    19.0   160.9    27.0
2008 03 12    23 19.06   -12 49.8    0.0158   0.978     9.9   170.0
2008 03 13    23 27.29   -12 14.6    0.0274   0.967     9.4   170.3
2008 03 14    23 30.62   -11 59.8    0.0389   0.956     9.6   170.0
2008 03 15    23 32.42   -11 51.3    0.0505   0.945     9.9   169.5

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