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MPEC 2008-H55 : 2008 HS3

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M.P.E.C. 2008-H55                                Issued 2008 Apr. 30, 14:20 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2008 HS3

Observations:
     K08H03S* C2008 04 30.17660 10 45 56.12 -16 29 58.3          17.5 V EH055703
     K08H03S  C2008 04 30.18193 10 45 57.34 -16 29 34.4          17.5 V EH055703
     K08H03S  C2008 04 30.18729 10 45 58.60 -16 29 11.1          17.5 V EH055703
     K08H03S  C2008 04 30.19262 10 45 59.86 -16 28 48.5          17.7 V EH055703
     K08H03S  C2008 04 30.21482 10 46 05.12 -16 27 09.6          17.7 V EH055703
     K08H03S  C2008 04 30.22031 10 46 06.45 -16 26 44.9          17.6 V EH055703
     K08H03S  C2008 04 30.22586 10 46 07.78 -16 26 20.2          17.7 V EH055703
     K08H03S  C2008 04 30.23138 10 46 09.04 -16 25 55.9          17.6 V EH055703
     K08H03S  C2008 04 30.23910 10 46 09.94 -16 25 25.7          17.8 R EH055734
     K08H03S  C2008 04 30.24160 10 46 10.62 -16 25 14.3          17.8 R EH055734
     K08H03S  C2008 04 30.24409 10 46 11.15 -16 25 02.6          16.6 R EH055734
     K08H03S  C2008 04 30.24658 10 46 11.78 -16 24 52.4          16.9 R EH055734

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer D. Tibbets.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 HS3                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0147 AU
Epoch 2008 Apr. 24.0 TT = JDT 2454580.5                 MPC
M 124.24036              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.26140580     Peri.  165.92863     +0.41736573     -0.90797364
a   0.8483326      Node   259.39215     +0.83004045     +0.39759927
e   0.2998967      Incl.    2.17358     +0.36991715     +0.13228261
P   0.78           H   21.4           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2008 Apr. 30.  E-assumed.

Ephemeris:
2008 HS3                 a,e,i = 0.85, 0.30, 2                   q = 0.5939
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 04 24    10 02.88   -27 09.9    0.0484   1.032   121.4    56.3    16.9
2008 05 04    11 01.11   -12 37.1    0.0848   1.060   125.7    50.5    18.0
2008 05 14    11 27.03   -07 08.7    0.126    1.081   121.3    53.0    19.0
2008 05 24    11 45.74   -04 48.6    0.168    1.095   115.4    56.6    19.8
2008 06 03    12 02.31   -03 54.2    0.210    1.102   109.4    60.3    20.4
2008 06 13    12 18.49   -03 48.1    0.251    1.102   103.5    63.7    20.9
2008 06 23    12 34.65   -04 10.3    0.289    1.094    97.8    67.0    21.3
2008 07 03    12 50.83   -04 49.3    0.322    1.079    92.2    70.4    21.6
2008 07 13    13 07.05   -05 38.1    0.350    1.056    86.7    73.9    21.8
2008 07 23    13 22.90   -06 29.4    0.370    1.027    81.2    77.9    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-H55

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