MPEC 2008-G79 : 2008 GX21

The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.


Read MPEC 2008-G78 Read MPEC 2008-G80


M.P.E.C. 2008-G79                                Issued 2008 Apr. 14, 15:52 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 GX21

Observations:
     K08G21X* C2008 04 13.27737 12 13 50.91 +08 19 15.2          19.8 V EG079G96
     K08G21X  C2008 04 13.28444 12 13 51.34 +08 18 30.4          19.8 V EG079G96
     K08G21X  C2008 04 13.29160 12 13 51.78 +08 17 45.4          19.8 V EG079G96
     K08G21X  C2008 04 13.32735 12 13 53.97 +08 14 00.0          19.8 V EG079G96
     K08G21X  C2008 04 13.33454 12 13 54.41 +08 13 14.8          19.7 V EG079G96
     K08G21X  C2008 04 13.34183 12 13 54.92 +08 12 28.4          19.4 V EG079G96
     K08G21X  C2008 04 13.34917 12 13 55.34 +08 11 42.1          19.9 V EG079G96
     K08G21X 5C2008 04 14.25334 12 15 16.12 +06 36 37.2          19.6 R EG079673
     K08G21X 5C2008 04 14.26296 12 15 16.66 +06 35 39.5                 EG079673
     K08G21X 5C2008 04 14.26748 12 15 16.95 +06 35 11.5                 EG079673
     K08G21X 5C2008 04 14.27141 12 15 17.18 +06 34 45.6                 EG079673
     K08G21X  C2008 04 14.28244 12 15 17.38 +06 33 37.0          19.1 V EG079G96
     K08G21X  C2008 04 14.28919 12 15 17.78 +06 32 54.4          19.1 V EG079G96
     K08G21X  C2008 04 14.29585 12 15 18.21 +06 32 12.1          19.0 V EG079G96
     K08G21X  C2008 04 14.30244 12 15 18.64 +06 31 30.3          18.8 V EG079G96

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. Beshore.  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 GX21                                                Earth MOID = 0.1147 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M  14.76059              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.38664906     Peri.  166.47180     -0.97054154     +0.22929780
a   1.8660563      Node    27.12982     -0.23338763     -0.81850180
e   0.4036649      Incl.    9.33538     -0.05982758     -0.52676116
P   2.55           H   22.8           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080413 G96  0.3-  0.1+    080413 G96  0.7+  0.1-    080414 673  0.1-  0.6+
080413 G96  0.2-  0.1-    080413 G96  0.0   0.1-    080414 G96  0.1-  0.3-
080413 G96  0.1-  0.0     080414 673  0.9+  1.9-    080414 G96  0.4-  0.2-
080413 G96  0.1+  0.0     080414 673  0.0   1.1+    080414 G96  0.2-  0.4-
080413 G96  0.1-  0.2+    080414 673  0.1+  1.7+    080414 G96  0.0   0.4-

Ephemeris:
2008 GX21                a,e,i = 1.87, 0.40, 9                   q = 1.1128
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 04 14    12 14.89   +07 03.9    0.123    1.116   155.1    22.3    19.6
2008 04 24    12 31.02   -09 56.5    0.133    1.128   156.2    21.1    19.7
2008 05 04    12 49.93   -23 18.4    0.158    1.150   151.9    24.4    20.2
2008 05 14    13 11.05   -32 00.2    0.195    1.179   147.2    27.6    20.8
2008 05 24    13 33.67   -37 06.5    0.242    1.216   143.6    29.7    21.4
2008 06 03    13 56.99   -39 50.4    0.297    1.258   140.5    30.9    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-G79

Read MPEC 2008-G78 Read MPEC 2008-G80


Our Web policy. Index to the CBAT/MPC/ICQ pages.

MPC

Valid HTML 4.01!