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MPEC 2008-F47 : 2008 FO

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M.P.E.C. 2008-F47                                Issued 2008 Mar. 28, 16:20 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

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                    2008 FO

Observations:
     K08F00O* C2008 03 27.29813 09 40 48.63 +06 22 20.0          18.5   EF047704
     K08F00O  C2008 03 27.31024 09 40 57.93 +06 21 35.8          18.4   EF047704
     K08F00O  C2008 03 27.32231 09 41 07.18 +06 20 52.0          18.4   EF047704
     K08F00O  C2008 03 27.33457 09 41 16.60 +06 20 07.1          18.4   EF047704
     K08F00O  C2008 03 27.34677 09 41 26.00 +06 19 22.9          18.5   EF047704
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.10995 09 51 25.84 +05 35 55.2          18.3 V EF047G96
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.11026 09 51 26.06 +05 35 54.6          18.5 V EF047G96
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.11056 09 51 26.28 +05 35 53.3          18.6 V EF047G96
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.11086 09 51 26.49 +05 35 52.4          18.4 V EF047G96
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.15845 09 51 58.92 +05 33 19.6          17.9 R EF047651
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.15918 09 51 59.41 +05 33 17.1          18.0 R EF047651
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.16130 09 52 00.91 +05 33 10.0          17.9 R EF047651
     K08F00O 5C2008 03 28.17726 09 52 12.79 +05 32 10.9          18.2 R EF047673
     K08F00O 5C2008 03 28.18351 09 52 16.99 +05 31 50.5                 EF047673
     K08F00O 5C2008 03 28.19404 09 52 24.09 +05 31 16.1                 EF047673
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.19998 09 52 24.19 +05 30 35.4          18.5 R EF047H51
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.20067 09 52 24.65 +05 30 32.9          18.4 R EF047H51
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.20135 09 52 25.11 +05 30 30.9          18.3 R EF047H51
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.20204 09 52 25.59 +05 30 29.0          18.4 R EF047H51
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.20271 09 52 26.06 +05 30 26.4          18.4 R EF047H51
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.20406 09 52 26.96 +05 30 21.7          18.5 R EF047H51
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.20473 09 52 27.44 +05 30 20.1          18.6 R EF047H51
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.20542 09 52 27.91 +05 30 17.3          18.4 R EF047H51
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.20610 09 52 28.37 +05 30 15.5          18.5 R EF047H51
     K08F00O 5C2008 03 28.21406 09 52 37.59 +05 30 10.4                 EF047673
     K08F00O 9C2008 03 28.27197 09 53 16.30 +05 27 01.5                 EF047673
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.36602 09 54 22.97 +05 24 14.9          18.3 V EF047F85
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.38859 09 54 37.79 +05 23 01.0          18.3 V EF047F85
     K08F00O  C2008 03 28.40983 09 54 51.82 +05 21 51.4          18.3 V EF047F85

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observers J. Young, H. Rhoades.
    0.4-m f/8.3 Cassegrain + CCD, 0.61-m f/16 Cassegrain + 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.
F85 Tiki Observatory, Punaauia.  Observer N. Teamo.  0.41-m f/8.0
    Ritchey-Chretien + 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.
H51 Greiner Research Observatory, Verona.  Observer M. Mills.  0.40-m f/8
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 FO                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0038 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M  77.03624              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.72219827     Peri.  136.51547     -0.41714168     -0.90882683
a   1.2303587      Node   338.13724     +0.83000842     -0.37864067
e   0.2783799      Incl.    0.79362     +0.37024158     -0.17511435
P   1.36           H   23.2           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
080327 704  0.3+  0.2+    080328 651  1.1-  0.5+    080328 H51  0.3+  0.8-
080327 704  0.6+  0.0     080328 651  0.1-  0.3+    080328 H51  0.7+  0.2-
080327 704  0.2+  0.1+    080328 673  1.3+  0.3+    080328 H51  0.7+  0.8-
080327 704  0.2-  0.2-    080328 673  0.9+  0.2+    080328 H51  0.6+  0.3-
080327 704  0.7-  0.0     080328 673  0.9+  0.1+    080328 673  1.4+  0.3-
080328 G96  1.4-  0.1+    080328 H51  0.5+  0.6-    080328 673  0.2+  0.1-
080328 G96  1.3-  0.5+    080328 H51  0.4+  0.8-    080328 F85  1.3-  1.1+
080328 G96  1.1-  0.2+    080328 H51  0.3+  0.6-    080328 F85  0.9-  0.7+
080328 G96  1.0-  0.2+    080328 H51  0.4+  0.2-    080328 F85  0.0   0.3+
080328 651  1.1-  0.6+    080328 H51  0.6+  0.6-

Ephemeris:
2008 FO                  a,e,i = 1.23, 0.28, 1                   q = 0.8879
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 03 25    09 05.22   +08 55.7    0.0459   1.028   131.0    47.0    18.3
2008 04 04    10 50.44   +01 04.6    0.0819   1.071   148.6    29.1    19.2
2008 04 14    11 31.75   -02 05.0    0.128    1.115   149.7    27.0    20.2
2008 04 24    11 55.54   -03 50.6    0.181    1.160   146.2    28.8    21.1
2008 05 04    12 13.39   -05 09.6    0.240    1.205   141.2    31.6    21.9

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-F47

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