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MPEC 2008-E103: 2008 EY68

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M.P.E.C. 2008-E103                               Issued 2008 Mar. 12, 18:54 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2008 EY68

Observations:
     K08E68Y* C2008 03 11.37743 13 40 44.43 -10 00 36.5          19.2   EE103704
     K08E68Y  C2008 03 11.38868 13 40 34.93 -09 58 57.0          19.7   EE103704
     K08E68Y  C2008 03 11.39992 13 40 25.55 -09 57 15.9          19.4   EE103704
     K08E68Y  C2008 03 11.42247 13 40 06.54 -09 53 56.7          19.4   EE103704
     K08E68Y  C2008 03 12.54792 13 24 52.95 -07 05 41.2          19.2 R EE103474
     K08E68Y  C2008 03 12.54884 13 24 52.17 -07 05 33.4          19.8 R EE103474
     K08E68Y  C2008 03 12.54988 13 24 51.32 -07 05 23.7          19.2 R EE103474
     K08E68Y  C2008 03 12.55093 13 24 50.52 -07 05 15.0          19.1 R EE103474

Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  Measurer
    P. M. Kilmartin.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 EY68                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0420 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 190.30849              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.50539721     Peri.  198.69829     +0.96639685     -0.25553160
a   0.7539953      Node   175.79634     +0.25609765     +0.96646508
e   0.7871148      Incl.   22.40718     -0.02216140     +0.02547254
P   0.65           H   21.9           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080311 704  0.0   0.5-    080311 704  0.3-  0.7-    080312 474  0.5-  0.0
080311 704  0.6-  0.8-    080312 474  0.1-  0.1-    080312 474  0.4+  0.7-
080311 704  0.5+  0.5+    080312 474  0.5-  0.5-

Ephemeris:
2008 EY68                a,e,i = 0.75, 0.79, 22                  q = 0.1605
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 03 05    15 07.60   -23 47.2    0.179    1.076   113.5    57.7    20.4
2008 03 10    13 59.76   -13 21.3    0.164    1.119   137.2    37.1    19.7
2008 03 15    12 53.21   -01 10.4    0.172    1.159   161.5    15.8    19.3
2008 03 20    11 58.55   +08 56.5    0.200    1.194   171.2     7.3    19.3
2008 03 25    11 18.61   +15 39.2    0.243    1.225   157.3    18.3    20.2
2008 03 30    10 50.95   +19 44.6    0.295    1.252   145.2    27.0    20.9
2008 04 04    10 32.27   +22 11.5    0.352    1.276   135.6    33.3    21.6

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-E103

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