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MPEC 2008-F42 : 2008 FH

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M.P.E.C. 2008-F42                                Issued 2008 Mar. 28, 15:27 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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                                    2008 FH

Observations:
     K08F00H* C2008 03 27.20633 11 31 57.46 +03 03 02.0          21.2 V EF042G96
     K08F00H  C2008 03 27.21351 11 31 55.38 +03 03 01.8          20.4 V EF042G96
     K08F00H  C2008 03 27.22065 11 31 53.32 +03 03 01.6          21.4 V EF042G96
     K08F00H  C2008 03 27.22780 11 31 51.20 +03 03 02.5          19.9 V EF042G96
     K08F00H  C2008 03 27.23785 11 31 48.21 +03 03 01.7          19.9 V EF042G96
     K08F00H  C2008 03 27.24452 11 31 46.23 +03 03 01.8          20.8 V EF042G96
     K08F00H  C2008 03 27.25119 11 31 44.25 +03 03 01.9          20.4 V EF042G96
     K08F00H  C2008 03 27.25794 11 31 42.31 +03 03 01.7          20.7 V EF042G96
     K08F00H  C2008 03 28.15408 11 27 29.24 +03 02 44.4                 EF042291
     K08F00H HC2008 03 28.15863 11 27 27.70 +03 02 45.1                 EF042291
     K08F00H HC2008 03 28.16233 11 27 26.60 +03 02 45.0                 EF042291
     K08F00H  C2008 03 28.18475 11 27 19.45 +03 02 44.2          21.4 R EF042651
     K08F00H  C2008 03 28.18616 11 27 18.97 +03 02 44.8          21.3 R EF042651

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer T. H. Bressi.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  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 FH                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0181 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 350.25622              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.53317225     Peri.  266.70108     +0.03080204     +0.99950877
a   1.5062291      Node     5.07486     -0.88912027     +0.03004313
e   0.4780027      Incl.    3.74936     -0.45663594     +0.00892386
P   1.85           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080327 G96  0.8-  0.4+    080327 G96  1.0-  0.3+    080328 291  0.5-  0.6+
080327 G96  0.5-  0.2+    080327 G96  1.2-  0.5+    080328 651  0.1-  0.1-
080327 G96  0.0   0.0     080327 G96  0.4-  0.3+    080328 651  0.6-  0.5+
080327 G96  0.3-  0.9+    080328 291  0.0   0.1-
080327 G96  0.8-  0.2+    080328 291  1.6-  0.6+

Ephemeris:
2008 FH                  a,e,i = 1.51, 0.48, 4                   q = 0.7862
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 03 25    11 40.96   +03 03.2    0.153    1.148   169.8     8.9    20.9
2008 03 27    11 32.86   +03 03.6    0.139    1.133   166.0    12.3    20.8
2008 03 29    11 23.07   +03 02.8    0.125    1.118   161.7    16.3    20.7
2008 03 31    11 11.09   +03 00.3    0.111    1.102   157.0    20.8    20.6
2008 04 02    10 56.19   +02 55.3    0.0986   1.087   151.5    26.1    20.4
2008 04 04    10 37.30   +02 46.4    0.0865   1.072   145.0    32.4    20.3
2008 04 06    10 12.92   +02 31.7    0.0752   1.057   137.2    40.0    20.2
2008 04 08    09 40.98   +02 08.2    0.0652   1.042   127.5    49.6    20.1
2008 04 10    08 59.06   +01 31.8    0.0568   1.028   115.4    61.7    20.1
2008 04 12    08 05.59   +00 39.8    0.0509   1.013   100.5    76.7    20.3
2008 04 14    07 02.65   -00 24.8    0.0483   0.999    83.3    93.9    20.9
2008 04 16    05 57.77   -01 29.2    0.0495   0.984    65.8   111.6    21.8
2008 04 18    04 59.94   -02 19.7    0.0543   0.970    50.3   127.3    23.2
2008 04 20    04 13.54   -02 52.0    0.0620   0.957    37.9   139.8    24.8
2008 04 22    03 38.13   -03 09.6    0.0717   0.943    28.9   149.0    26.5
2008 04 24    03 11.38   -03 17.0    0.0828   0.930    22.7   155.4    28.1

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-F42

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