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MPEC 2008-L17 : 2008 LG2

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M.P.E.C. 2008-L17                                Issued 2008 June 4, 23:04 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 LG2

Observations:
     K08L02G* C2008 06 03.31737 18 12 00.73 -02 42 18.0          19.5   EL017704
     K08L02G  C2008 06 03.32766 18 11 52.81 -02 42 28.4          19.8   EL017704
     K08L02G  C2008 06 03.33789 18 11 45.02 -02 42 37.9          20.0   EL017704
     K08L02G  C2008 06 03.34809 18 11 37.09 -02 42 46.8          20.4   EL017704
     K08L02G  C2008 06 04.30902 18 00 09.49 -02 57 48.4          19.1   EL017704
     K08L02G  C2008 06 04.31924 18 00 00.66 -02 57 58.9          19.4   EL017704
     K08L02G  C2008 06 04.33969 17 59 43.25 -02 58 19.3          19.9   EL017704
     K08L02G  C2008 06 04.34991 17 59 34.46 -02 58 29.6          20.0   EL017704

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 LG2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0039 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 169.14651              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.24650729     Peri.  337.54927     +0.43509621     -0.89892710
a   0.8550789      Node    86.62738     +0.83368165     +0.38073270
e   0.2263398      Incl.    2.93987     +0.34009734     +0.21673181
P   0.79           H   25.1           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080603 704  0.0   1.2+    080603 704  0.3-  0.5-    080604 704  0.3+  0.1+
080603 704  0.4-  0.1-    080604 704  0.7+  0.0     080604 704  0.0   0.1+
080603 704  0.7+  0.6-    080604 704  1.0-  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2008 LG2                 a,e,i = 0.86, 0.23, 3                   q = 0.6615
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 06 03    18 15.49   -02 35.3    0.0347   1.045   150.5    28.6    19.2
2008 06 05    17 51.04   -03 07.0    0.0311   1.043   156.0    23.3    18.8
2008 06 07    17 20.61   -03 47.4    0.0281   1.041   160.5    19.0    18.4
2008 06 09    16 43.62   -04 34.9    0.0257   1.039   160.6    18.9    18.2
2008 06 11    16 00.57   -05 25.0    0.0241   1.037   154.3    25.1    18.2
2008 06 13    15 13.71   -06 09.8    0.0235   1.035   143.9    35.4    18.5
2008 06 15    14 26.76   -06 42.3    0.0240   1.032   132.0    47.0    18.8
2008 06 17    13 43.41   -06 59.7    0.0253   1.029   120.4    58.4    19.3
2008 06 19    13 05.85   -07 04.5    0.0275   1.026   109.9    68.7    19.8
2008 06 21    12 34.52   -07 00.8    0.0302   1.022   100.8    77.6    20.3
2008 06 23    12 08.82   -06 52.5    0.0333   1.019    93.0    85.2    20.7
2008 06 25    11 47.77   -06 41.9    0.0367   1.015    86.2    91.7    21.2
2008 06 27    11 30.40   -06 30.3    0.0404   1.011    80.3    97.4    21.7
2008 06 29    11 15.90   -06 18.4    0.0442   1.006    75.1   102.5    22.1
2008 07 01    11 03.61   -06 06.2    0.0481   1.002    70.4   107.0    22.5
2008 07 03    10 53.03   -05 53.8    0.0521   0.997    66.1   111.1    22.9

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