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MPEC 2008-E101: 2008 EU68

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M.P.E.C. 2008-E101                               Issued 2008 Mar. 12, 18:03 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 EU68

Observations:
     K08E68U* C2008 03 11.28740 10 15 15.55 +00 48 22.0          20.8 V EE101G96
     K08E68U  C2008 03 11.29565 10 15 14.72 +00 48 34.0          21.5 V EE101G96
     K08E68U  C2008 03 11.30403 10 15 13.89 +00 48 46.1          21.2 V EE101G96
     K08E68U  C2008 03 11.31234 10 15 13.10 +00 48 58.6          21.3 V EE101G96
     K08E68U  C2008 03 11.35683 10 15 08.74 +00 50 04.7          21.2 V EE101G96
     K08E68U  C2008 03 11.36628 10 15 07.81 +00 50 18.7          20.6 V EE101G96
     K08E68U  C2008 03 11.37579 10 15 06.91 +00 50 32.7          21.7 V EE101G96
     K08E68U  C2008 03 11.38526 10 15 05.97 +00 50 46.8          20.2 V EE101G96
     K08E68U  C2008 03 12.19606 10 13 56.27 +01 10 17.9          21.7 V EE101291
     K08E68U  C2008 03 12.20893 10 13 55.08 +01 10 36.4          21.7 V EE101291
     K08E68U  C2008 03 12.21642 10 13 54.36 +01 10 48.0          21.3 V EE101291
     K08E68U  C2008 03 12.26227 10 13 49.97 +01 11 55.5          20.0 V EE101G96
     K08E68U  C2008 03 12.26800 10 13 49.65 +01 11 59.8          21.1 V EE101G96
     K08E68U  C2008 03 12.27382 10 13 49.10 +01 12 07.9          21.3 V EE101G96
     K08E68U  C2008 03 12.27964 10 13 48.51 +01 12 15.5          20.2 V EE101G96

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer S. M. Larson.  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 EU68                                                Earth MOID = 0.0504 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M  83.24729              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.55369892     Peri.  172.18159     +0.75534452     -0.65410199
a   1.4687693      Node   228.75022     +0.59833124     +0.71329720
e   0.6415294      Incl.    3.05472     +0.26730954     +0.25170954
P   1.78           H   21.5           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080311 G96  0.4-  0.4+    080311 G96  0.5-  0.2+    080312 291  0.8-  1.0+
080311 G96  0.7-  0.1+    080311 G96  0.2-  0.2+    080312 G96 (3.1-  4.0+)
080311 G96  0.7-  0.2-    080311 G96  0.6-  0.3+    080312 G96  0.0   0.2+
080311 G96  0.2-  0.0     080312 291  0.2-  0.4-    080312 G96  0.2-  0.1+
080311 G96  0.3-  0.2+    080312 291  0.3-  0.1-    080312 G96  1.0-  0.5-

Ephemeris:
2008 EU68                a,e,i = 1.47, 0.64, 3                   q = 0.5265
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 03 05    10 27.51   -02 17.0    0.331    1.318   167.7     9.2    20.3
2008 03 10    10 17.32   +00 15.5    0.385    1.367   163.4    12.0    20.8
2008 03 15    10 10.40   +02 11.7    0.444    1.415   157.5    15.6    21.3
2008 03 20    10 05.98   +03 39.9    0.506    1.461   151.6    18.9    21.8
2008 03 25    10 03.50   +04 46.7    0.572    1.506   146.0    21.7    22.2

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