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MPEC 2008-G40 : 2008 GL2

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M.P.E.C. 2008-G40                                Issued 2008 Apr. 7, 21:34 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 GL2

Observations:
     K08G02L* C2008 04 06.27517 12 04 56.06 +01 45 39.3          20.6 V EG040G96
     K08G02L  C2008 04 06.28402 12 04 51.88 +01 44 22.1          20.8 V EG040G96
     K08G02L  C2008 04 06.29288 12 04 47.64 +01 43 04.4          20.0 V EG040G96
     K08G02L  C2008 04 06.30173 12 04 43.46 +01 41 48.2          20.3 V EG040G96
     K08G02L  C2008 04 06.31177 12 04 38.71 +01 40 20.3          20.1 V EG040G96
     K08G02L  C2008 04 06.31858 12 04 35.40 +01 39 20.2          19.0 V EG040G96
     K08G02L  C2008 04 06.32524 12 04 32.30 +01 38 22.0          20.0 V EG040G96
     K08G02L  C2008 04 06.33191 12 04 29.13 +01 37 23.4          20.2 V EG040G96
     K08G02L  C2008 04 07.02971 11 59 56.84 -00 10 23.9                 EG040J95
     K08G02L  C2008 04 07.03612 11 59 53.84 -00 11 25.6                 EG040J95
     K08G02L  C2008 04 07.04246 11 59 50.70 -00 12 26.3          20.6 R EG040J95
     K08G02L  C2008 04 07.21577 11 58 50.19 -00 39 15.6          20.5 V EG040G96
     K08G02L  C2008 04 07.21624 11 58 49.98 -00 39 19.3          20.5 V EG040G96
     K08G02L  C2008 04 07.21672 11 58 49.69 -00 39 24.4          21.1 V EG040G96
     K08G02L  C2008 04 07.21719 11 58 49.47 -00 39 29.2          20.8 V EG040G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers S. M. Larson, 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.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 GL2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0185 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 346.71333              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.82722455     Peri.  235.66352     -0.30425631     +0.95223358
a   1.1238813      Node    16.68193     -0.84145095     -0.25583263
e   0.1290259      Incl.    5.20932     -0.44652928     -0.16673592
P   1.19           H   27.0           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
080406 G96  0.5+  0.1-    080406 G96  1.1-  0.0     080407 J95  0.7-  0.1-
080406 G96  0.8+  0.2-    080406 G96  0.5-  0.1+    080407 G96  0.5-  0.3-
080406 G96  0.2+  0.6-    080406 G96  1.0-  0.1+    080407 G96  0.0   0.6+
080406 G96  0.3+  0.5+    080407 J95  0.1+  0.1+    080407 G96  0.6-  0.3+
080406 G96  0.3+  0.4+    080407 J95  1.0+  0.2-    080407 G96  0.2-  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2008 GL2                 a,e,i = 1.12, 0.13, 5                   q = 0.9789
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 04 04    12 17.48   +06 34.1    0.0360   1.035   164.8    14.7    20.7
2008 04 06    12 06.63   +02 27.3    0.0319   1.031   163.8    15.7    20.4
2008 04 08    11 53.06   -02 50.9    0.0282   1.028   160.8    18.6    20.3
2008 04 10    11 35.76   -09 38.5    0.0249   1.025   155.4    24.1    20.2
2008 04 12    11 13.26   -18 08.2    0.0224   1.021   147.2    32.1    20.2
2008 04 14    10 43.35   -28 09.3    0.0207   1.018   136.6    42.6    20.3
2008 04 16    10 03.08   -38 45.9    0.0200   1.015   124.5    54.6    20.5
2008 04 18    09 09.61   -48 17.4    0.0205   1.012   112.1    66.8    20.9
2008 04 20    08 03.44   -55 05.3    0.0220   1.009   101.0    77.8    21.4
2008 04 22    06 52.47   -58 32.7    0.0244   1.006    91.9    86.7    22.0
2008 04 24    05 48.53   -59 17.3    0.0273   1.004    84.7    93.7    22.5

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