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MPEC 2008-G51 : 2008 GU3

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M.P.E.C. 2008-G51                                Issued 2008 Apr.  9, 15:31 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 GU3

Observations:
     K08G03U* C2008 04 07.38176 15 41 54.13 +03 53 48.7          21.2 V EG051G96
     K08G03U  C2008 04 07.38875 15 41 54.88 +03 54 05.9          21.1 V EG051G96
     K08G03U  C2008 04 07.39571 15 41 55.60 +03 54 22.3          21.1 V EG051G96
     K08G03U  C2008 04 07.40267 15 41 56.29 +03 54 39.1          20.8 V EG051G96
     K08G03U  C2008 04 07.47223 15 42 03.38 +03 57 23.8          21.7 V EG051G96
     K08G03U  C2008 04 07.47296 15 42 03.45 +03 57 25.6          21.6 V EG051G96
     K08G03U  C2008 04 07.47366 15 42 03.52 +03 57 26.9          21.8 V EG051G96
     K08G03U  C2008 04 07.47438 15 42 03.56 +03 57 28.9          21.7 V EG051G96
     K08G03U  C2008 04 08.37612 15 43 44.18 +04 32 45.4          21.3 V EG051G96
     K08G03U  C2008 04 08.37752 15 43 44.36 +04 32 48.9          21.7 V EG051G96
     K08G03U  C2008 04 08.37892 15 43 44.47 +04 32 51.7          20.9 V EG051G96
     K08G03U  C2008 04 08.38032 15 43 44.61 +04 32 55.1          21.4 V EG051G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer 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 GU3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1972 AU
Epoch 2008 Apr. 4.0 TT = JDT 2454560.5                  MPC
M   5.27995              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27087257     Peri.    2.24476     -0.99738639     +0.07186969
a   2.3656983      Node   181.92434     -0.06925735     -0.98026388
e   0.4952243      Incl.   12.77520     -0.02058660     -0.18416697
P   3.64           H   22.4           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2008 Apr. 7-8.

Ephemeris:
2008 GU3                 a,e,i = 2.37, 0.50, 13                  q = 1.1941
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 04 04    15 34.96   +01 35.5    0.266    1.213   139.0    32.7    21.3
2008 04 06    15 39.19   +02 58.5    0.269    1.217   139.3    32.4    21.3
2008 04 08    15 43.04   +04 18.4    0.273    1.222   139.6    32.1    21.4
2008 04 10    15 46.53   +05 34.6    0.277    1.227   139.9    31.7    21.4
2008 04 12    15 49.65   +06 47.0    0.281    1.232   140.2    31.4    21.4
2008 04 14    15 52.43   +07 55.3    0.286    1.237   140.5    31.0    21.5
2008 04 16    15 54.87   +08 59.3    0.292    1.243   140.8    30.7    21.5
2008 04 18    15 57.01   +09 59.0    0.297    1.250   141.1    30.3    21.6
2008 04 20    15 58.84   +10 54.2    0.303    1.256   141.4    29.9    21.6
2008 04 22    16 00.39   +11 44.9    0.310    1.263   141.7    29.6    21.7
2008 04 24    16 01.67   +12 31.1    0.317    1.270   141.9    29.2    21.7
2008 04 26    16 02.71   +13 12.8    0.324    1.278   142.2    28.9    21.8
2008 04 28    16 03.51   +13 50.1    0.331    1.285   142.4    28.5    21.8
2008 04 30    16 04.11   +14 23.0    0.339    1.293   142.7    28.2    21.9
2008 05 02    16 04.51   +14 51.6    0.347    1.302   142.9    27.8    21.9
2008 05 04    16 04.74   +15 15.8    0.355    1.310   143.1    27.5    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-G51

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