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MPEC 2008-K43 : 2008 KO

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M.P.E.C. 2008-K43                                Issued 2008 May 27, 22:27 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 KO

Observations:
     K08K00O* C2008 05 27.37580 17 12 57.70 +05 13 48.7          19.4 V EK043G96
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.38233 17 12 58.57 +05 14 32.8          19.6 V EK043G96
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.38899 17 12 59.47 +05 15 19.4          18.8 V EK043G96
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.39554 17 13 00.33 +05 16 03.2          20.1 V EK043G96
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.42486 17 13 04.36 +05 19 25.3          19.6 V EK043G96
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.42764 17 13 04.76 +05 19 44.3          19.6 V EK043G96
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.43044 17 13 05.16 +05 20 03.9          19.7 V EK043G96
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.43323 17 13 05.55 +05 20 23.4          19.3 V EK043G96
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.44078 17 13 06.61 +05 21 15.4          20.0 V EK043G96
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.44318 17 13 06.96 +05 21 32.2          20.2 V EK043G96
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.44551 17 13 07.28 +05 21 49.0          20.0 V EK043G96
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.91667 17 14 50.59 +06 22 11.5          19.3 V EK043A82
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.91945 17 14 51.15 +06 22 34.5          19.4 V EK043A82
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.92224 17 14 51.64 +06 22 57.7          19.1 V EK043A82
     K08K00O  C2008 05 27.92332 17 14 51.87 +06 23 07.2          19.1 V EK043A82

Observer details:
A82 Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste.  Observers C. Cremaschini,
    C. Zamberlan.  0.36-m f/7 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
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 KO                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0002 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 340.46318              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30126150     Peri.  269.78013     +0.92493221     +0.29050262
a   2.2038073      Node    73.32449     -0.15607098     +0.87830513
e   0.7443073      Incl.   14.82893     -0.34661543     +0.37972139
P   3.27           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
080527 G96  0.1-  0.1+    080527 G96  0.1+  0.2-    080527 G96  0.2-  0.4+
080527 G96  0.0   0.3-    080527 G96  0.2+  0.0     080527 A82  0.3-  1.1+
080527 G96  0.2+  0.9+    080527 G96  0.2+  0.2+    080527 A82  0.3+  0.2+
080527 G96  0.1-  0.2-    080527 G96  0.1-  0.3-    080527 A82  0.2-  0.6-
080527 G96  0.0   0.1+    080527 G96  0.0   0.2-    080527 A82  0.3+  0.4-

Ephemeris:
2008 KO                  a,e,i = 2.20, 0.74, 15                  q = 0.5635
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 05 24    17 06.92   +01 23.7    0.114    1.115   153.0    24.3    20.8
2008 05 25    17 08.17   +02 10.7    0.1000   1.103   152.6    25.0    20.5
2008 05 26    17 09.77   +03 11.7    0.0862   1.090   151.9    26.0    20.1
2008 05 27    17 11.95   +04 34.9    0.0724   1.077   150.7    27.4    19.8
2008 05 28    17 15.10   +06 35.8    0.0588   1.064   148.9    29.5    19.4
2008 05 29    17 20.16   +09 47.6    0.0453   1.051   145.7    32.9    18.9
2008 05 30    17 29.65   +15 37.2    0.0321   1.038   139.7    39.1    18.3
2008 05 31    17 54.07   +28 54.7    0.0198   1.026   125.5    53.6    17.6
2008 06 01    20 33.95   +64 01.4    0.0117   1.013    82.5    96.8    17.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-K43

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