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MPEC 2008-E118: 2008 EC85

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M.P.E.C. 2008-E118                               Issued 2008 Mar. 15, 11:36 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.

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                                   2008 EC85

Observations:
     K08E85C* C2008 03 13.29024 10 32 49.28 +06 12 54.9          19.6 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 13.29182 10 32 49.15 +06 13 05.7          19.6 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 13.29340 10 32 49.07 +06 13 17.1          20.5 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 13.29498 10 32 48.98 +06 13 28.7          20.3 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 13.31640 10 32 47.86 +06 16 02.5          20.3 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 13.31693 10 32 47.86 +06 16 06.1          20.1 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 13.31748 10 32 47.83 +06 16 10.2          20.5 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 13.31801 10 32 47.79 +06 16 14.0          20.3 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 13.41163 10 32 43.02 +06 27 22.5          19.5 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 13.41251 10 32 42.98 +06 27 29.3          19.9 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 13.41340 10 32 42.96 +06 27 37.0          20.4 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 13.41428 10 32 42.94 +06 27 42.0          19.3 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 14.31514 10 32 05.24 +08 11 45.7          21.3 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 14.31567 10 32 05.19 +08 11 48.6          20.9 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 14.31622 10 32 05.20 +08 11 52.2          20.6 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 14.31675 10 32 05.13 +08 11 55.7          20.2 V EE118G96
     K08E85C HC2008 03 15.16202 10 31 33.27 +09 44 14.0                 EE118291
     K08E85C HC2008 03 15.16576 10 31 33.12 +09 44 36.7                 EE118291
     K08E85C  C2008 03 15.16579 10 31 33.09 +09 44 36.5          21.6 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 15.16644 10 31 33.10 +09 44 40.2          21.0 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 15.16708 10 31 33.08 +09 44 44.8          22.2 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 15.16773 10 31 33.06 +09 44 48.3          21.1 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 15.18640 10 31 32.22 +09 46 47.7          21.4 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 15.18705 10 31 32.22 +09 46 51.0          21.3 V EE118G96
     K08E85C  C2008 03 15.18770 10 31 32.14 +09 46 56.4          22.0 V EE118G96

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer T. H. Bressi.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers R. E. Hill, A. R. Gibbs.  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 EC85                                                Earth MOID = 0.3034 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M  23.43572              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.17182156     Peri.  272.30809     +0.06724956     -0.98521582
a   3.2044311      Node   169.02435     +0.84114424     +0.14092004
e   0.7394797      Incl.   55.85222     -0.53661332     +0.09742350
P   5.74           H   21.0           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080313 G96  0.5+  0.1+    080313 G96  0.2-  0.1+    080315 G96  0.3-  0.3-
080313 G96  0.2-  0.4-    080313 G96  0.2+  1.4+    080315 G96  0.3+  0.8-
080313 G96  0.1-  0.4-    080313 G96  0.5+  0.2+    080315 G96  0.4+  0.2-
080313 G96  0.2-  0.1-    080314 G96  0.1+  0.5+    080315 G96  0.5+  0.9-
080313 G96  0.3-  0.0     080314 G96  0.3-  0.2-    080315 G96  0.1+  0.5-
080313 G96  0.2+  0.2-    080314 G96  0.3+  0.3-    080315 G96  0.5+  1.4-
080313 G96  0.1+  0.0     080314 G96  0.4-  0.4-    080315 G96  0.2-  0.1-
080313 G96  0.0   0.0     080315 291  0.2-  1.1+
080313 G96  0.2-  0.5-    080315 291  0.1-  0.0

Ephemeris:
2008 EC85                a,e,i = 3.20, 0.74, 56                  q = 0.8348
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 03 15    10 31.64   +09 27.0    0.433    1.411   161.4    13.0    20.7
2008 03 16    10 31.04   +11 10.9    0.447    1.422   159.6    14.1    20.8
2008 03 17    10 30.51   +12 48.1    0.461    1.432   157.7    15.3    20.9
2008 03 18    10 30.03   +14 19.0    0.476    1.443   155.8    16.4    21.1
2008 03 19    10 29.61   +15 44.0    0.492    1.454   154.0    17.5    21.2
2008 03 20    10 29.24   +17 03.4    0.507    1.464   152.2    18.5    21.3
2008 03 21    10 28.93   +18 17.6    0.524    1.475   150.5    19.4    21.4
2008 03 22    10 28.67   +19 26.9    0.540    1.485   148.8    20.3    21.5
2008 03 23    10 28.46   +20 31.6    0.557    1.496   147.2    21.2    21.6
2008 03 24    10 28.30   +21 32.0    0.574    1.506   145.6    22.0    21.7
2008 03 25    10 28.19   +22 28.5    0.592    1.517   144.0    22.7    21.9
2008 03 26    10 28.12   +23 21.2    0.610    1.527   142.5    23.4    22.0
2008 03 27    10 28.09   +24 10.5    0.628    1.538   141.1    24.0    22.0
2008 03 28    10 28.10   +24 56.6    0.646    1.548   139.7    24.6    22.1
2008 03 29    10 28.15   +25 39.6    0.665    1.559   138.3    25.2    22.2
2008 03 30    10 28.25   +26 19.9    0.683    1.569   137.0    25.7    22.3
2008 03 31    10 28.38   +26 57.5    0.702    1.580   135.7    26.2    22.4
2008 04 01    10 28.55   +27 32.6    0.721    1.590   134.5    26.6    22.5
2008 04 02    10 28.75   +28 05.5    0.741    1.601   133.3    27.0    22.6
2008 04 03    10 28.99   +28 36.2    0.760    1.611   132.1    27.4    22.7
2008 04 04    10 29.26   +29 04.9    0.780    1.622   130.9    27.8    22.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-E118

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