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MPEC 2008-G70 : 2008 GV20

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M.P.E.C. 2008-G70                                Issued 2008 Apr. 12, 11:48 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 GV20

Observations:
     K08G20V* C2008 04 11.30319 13 35 28.17 +19 28 09.5          21.3 V EG070G96
     K08G20V  C2008 04 11.30754 13 35 27.74 +19 28 15.2          20.9 V EG070G96
     K08G20V  C2008 04 11.31184 13 35 27.42 +19 28 20.0          21.1 V EG070G96
     K08G20V  C2008 04 11.31612 13 35 27.02 +19 28 24.7          20.7 V EG070G96
     K08G20V  C2008 04 11.36326 13 35 22.77 +19 29 17.2          20.4 V EG070G96
     K08G20V  C2008 04 11.36878 13 35 22.27 +19 29 23.5          20.6 V EG070G96
     K08G20V  C2008 04 11.37440 13 35 21.80 +19 29 29.7          20.7 V EG070G96
     K08G20V  C2008 04 11.37999 13 35 21.26 +19 29 36.0          20.6 V EG070G96
     K08G20V  C2008 04 12.27344 13 34 03.82 +19 46 12.5          21.4 V EG070G96
     K08G20V  C2008 04 12.28242 13 34 02.96 +19 46 23.5          21.9 V EG070G96
     K08G20V  C2008 04 12.29142 13 34 02.13 +19 46 33.9          21.8 V EG070G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. D. Grauer.  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 GV20                                                Earth MOID = 0.0774 AU
Epoch 2008 Apr. 4.0 TT = JDT 2454560.5                  MPC
M 214.88365              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.55201816     Peri.  200.83317     +0.99131892     -0.03607556
a   1.4717492      Node   159.94045     +0.04295161     +0.99771846
e   0.3789169      Incl.   21.63013     -0.12426564     +0.05706505
P   1.79           H   18.7           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2008 Apr. 11-12.  E-assumed.

Ephemeris:
2008 GV20                a,e,i = 1.47, 0.38, 22                  q = 0.9141
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 04 04    13 45.65   +17 00.1    1.027    1.975   153.9    12.9    21.0
2008 04 14    13 31.54   +20 17.3    1.021    1.956   150.3    14.7    21.0
2008 04 24    13 17.05   +22 46.2    1.039    1.935   142.3    18.5    21.2
2008 05 04    13 04.14   +24 17.3    1.077    1.911   132.8    22.8    21.4
2008 05 14    12 54.35   +24 52.0    1.130    1.884   123.2    26.7    21.5
2008 05 24    12 48.47   +24 39.2    1.192    1.854   114.2    29.9    21.7
2008 06 03    12 46.60   +23 49.4    1.260    1.822   106.0    32.4    21.9
2008 06 13    12 48.50   +22 31.4    1.328    1.787    98.5    34.2    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-G70

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