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MPEC 2008-K63 : 2008 KE6

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M.P.E.C. 2008-K63                                Issued 2008 May 30, 13:00 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 KE6

Observations:
     K08K06E* C2008 05 29.43319 21 17 30.30 -06 20 58.3          19.8 V EK063G96
     K08K06E  C2008 05 29.43895 21 17 33.50 -06 20 44.1          19.7 V EK063G96
     K08K06E  C2008 05 29.44473 21 17 36.74 -06 20 29.9          19.4 V EK063G96
     K08K06E  C2008 05 29.46793 21 17 49.63 -06 19 32.7          19.4 V EK063G96
     K08K06E  C2008 05 29.46937 21 17 50.46 -06 19 29.3          19.2 V EK063G96
     K08K06E  C2008 05 29.47075 21 17 51.18 -06 19 25.8          19.5 V EK063G96
     K08K06E  C2008 05 29.47216 21 17 51.97 -06 19 22.5          19.5 V EK063G96
     K08K06E ,C2008 05 30.34887 21 26 19.31 -05 41 49.1          19.3 R EK063807
     K08K06E ,C2008 05 30.34976 21 26 19.89 -05 41 47.2          19.3 R EK063807
     K08K06E ,C2008 05 30.35131 21 26 20.81 -05 41 42.4          19.4 R EK063807
     K08K06E ,C2008 05 30.35230 21 26 21.32 -05 41 39.8          19.1 R EK063807
     K08K06E ,C2008 05 30.35291 21 26 21.53 -05 41 38.8          19.3 R EK063807
     K08K06E ,C2008 05 30.35352 21 26 21.87 -05 41 37.0          19.3 R EK063807
     K08K06E 5C2008 05 30.40752 21 26 54.60 -05 39 56.0          20.0 R EK063673
     K08K06E 5C2008 05 30.41076 21 26 56.40 -05 39 47.3                 EK063673
     K08K06E 5C2008 05 30.41528 21 26 59.14 -05 39 35.6                 EK063673
     K08K06E 5C2008 05 30.42183 21 27 02.95 -05 39 18.9                 EK063673
     K08K06E  C2008 05 30.42303 21 27 03.34 -05 39 15.5          20.8 V EK063G96
     K08K06E  C2008 05 30.42350 21 27 03.63 -05 39 14.2          20.7 V EK063G96
     K08K06E  C2008 05 30.42398 21 27 03.92 -05 39 13.3          21.0 V EK063G96
     K08K06E  C2008 05 30.42445 21 27 04.17 -05 39 12.3          20.4 V EK063G96

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
807 Cerro Tololo.  Observers O. Vaduvescu, A. Tudorica.  1.0-m f/10 reflector
    + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers A. Boattini, 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 KE6                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0223 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 325.27157              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.46141069     Peri.  227.11686     +0.93837394     +0.34095339
a   1.6586100      Node   112.87594     -0.29648965     +0.87828608
e   0.5196584      Incl.    3.52286     -0.17761825     +0.33520791
P   2.14           H   20.6           G   0.15
From 21 observations 2008 May 29-30.  E-assumed.

Ephemeris:
2008 KE6                 a,e,i = 1.66, 0.52, 4                   q = 0.7967
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 05 24    20 31.20   -09 31.8    0.274    1.156   115.0    52.6    20.0
2008 05 26    20 47.05   -08 28.6    0.260    1.139   112.9    55.0    20.0
2008 05 28    21 04.27   -07 17.2    0.247    1.123   110.3    57.8    19.9
2008 05 30    21 22.91   -05 57.0    0.235    1.107   107.4    60.9    19.9
2008 06 01    21 42.94   -04 28.1    0.226    1.091   104.1    64.3    19.8
2008 06 03    22 04.30   -02 50.9    0.218    1.076   100.5    68.0    19.8
2008 06 05    22 26.80   -01 07.0    0.212    1.060    96.5    72.0    19.9
2008 06 07    22 50.18   +00 41.5    0.208    1.044    92.3    76.2    19.9
2008 06 09    23 14.08   +02 31.7    0.206    1.029    88.0    80.4    20.0
2008 06 11    23 38.09   +04 20.3    0.207    1.014    83.7    84.6    20.2
2008 06 13    00 01.81   +06 04.4    0.210    0.999    79.5    88.6    20.3
2008 06 15    00 24.85   +07 41.3    0.215    0.984    75.5    92.3    20.5
2008 06 17    00 46.91   +09 09.3    0.222    0.970    71.8    95.7    20.7
2008 06 19    01 07.77   +10 27.7    0.231    0.956    68.4    98.6    20.9
2008 06 21    01 27.32   +11 36.4    0.241    0.942    65.4   101.1    21.1
2008 06 23    01 45.52   +12 36.0    0.253    0.928    62.8   103.2    21.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-K63

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