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MPEC 2008-L21 : 2008 JF

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M.P.E.C. 2008-L21                                Issued 2008 June 5, 11:23 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 JF

Additional Observations:
     K08J00F  C2008 06 04.21503 14 43 36.86 +10 13 30.6          19.2   EL021704
     K08J00F  C2008 06 04.22518 14 43 35.93 +10 13 19.8          20.0   EL021704
     K08J00F  C2008 06 04.23528 14 43 34.86 +10 13 10.3          20.0   EL021704
     K08J00F  C2008 06 04.24540 14 43 33.95 +10 12 59.3          19.4   EL021704
     K08J00F  C2008 06 04.25551 14 43 33.00 +10 12 47.2          19.3   EL021704
     K08J00F  C2008 06 04.92490 14 42 33.53 +10 01 10.7                 EL021J95
     K08J00F  C2008 06 04.92882 14 42 33.14 +10 01 06.9                 EL021J95
     K08J00F  C2008 06 04.93271 14 42 32.83 +10 01 02.6          19.7 R EL021J95
     K08J00F 5C2008 06 05.18495 14 42 10.86 +09 56 40.9          19.2 R EL021673
     K08J00F 5C2008 06 05.19884 14 42 09.56 +09 56 26.2                 EL021673
     K08J00F 5C2008 06 05.21968 14 42 07.61 +09 56 03.8                 EL021673
     K08J00F 5C2008 06 05.22674 14 42 06.94 +09 55 56.0                 EL021673
     K08J00F  C2008 06 05.26774 14 42 03.11 +09 55 12.4          19.2 R EL021854
     K08J00F  C2008 06 05.27158 14 42 02.71 +09 55 08.7          19.5 R EL021854
     K08J00F  C2008 06 05.27541 14 42 02.40 +09 55 05.0          19.2 R EL021854

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
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.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 JF                                                  Earth MOID = 0.2435 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 306.47454              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37456318     Peri.  235.62703     +0.78429367     +0.51964051
a   1.9059844      Node    90.79609     -0.39676188     +0.84008658
e   0.3924788      Incl.   19.81222     -0.47693129     +0.15565434
P   2.63           H   17.9           G   0.15           U   6
Residuals in seconds of arc
080501 703  0.5+  0.1+    080502 701  0.1+  0.0     080604 704  0.6-  0.6+
080501 703  0.7+  0.6+    080502 701  0.5-  0.1+    080604 704  0.5-  1.1-
080501 703  0.3+  0.6+    080502 G96  0.2+  0.1+    080604 J95  0.2+  0.4-
080501 703  0.1-  0.4+    080502 G96  0.3+  0.0     080604 J95  0.2-  0.1-
080501 703  1.3-  0.6-    080502 701  0.4-  0.3-    080604 J95  0.5+  0.3-
080501 703  0.7-  0.9-    080502 G96  0.2+  0.1-    080605 673  0.5+  0.8+
080501 703  1.3-  0.7+    080502 G96  0.2+  0.0     080605 673  0.2+  0.8+
080501 A74  0.5+  0.5+    080502 701  0.0   0.2+    080605 673  0.2-  0.4+
080501 198  0.1+  0.0     080502 291  0.1-  0.2-    080605 673  0.5-  0.1+
080501 198  0.2+  0.0     080502 291  0.0   0.2-    080605 854  0.0   0.3-
080501 198  0.2+  0.0     080502 291  0.0   0.0     080605 854  0.7-  0.1+
080501 198  0.3+  0.0     080604 704  0.2+  0.8+    080605 854  0.1-  0.4+
080501 A74  0.6+  0.0     080604 704  0.6+  0.4+
080501 A74  0.4+  0.1-    080604 704  1.2-  1.2+

Ephemeris:
2008 JF                  a,e,i = 1.91, 0.39, 20                  q = 1.1579
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 06 03    14 45.46   +10 33.9    0.718    1.610   136.0    26.0    19.4
2008 06 13    14 31.90   +07 21.9    0.713    1.557   127.6    31.1    19.5
2008 06 23    14 22.78   +03 22.6    0.720    1.504   119.0    36.2    19.6
2008 07 03    14 18.67   -01 09.1    0.735    1.452   111.0    40.8    19.6
2008 07 13    14 19.63   -06 01.1    0.755    1.402   103.7    44.8    19.7
2008 07 23    14 25.36   -11 04.6    0.777    1.354    97.2    48.1    19.8
2008 08 02    14 35.58   -16 13.8    0.799    1.310    91.7    50.8    19.9
2008 08 12    14 50.20   -21 24.2    0.819    1.269    87.0    52.9    19.9
2008 08 22    15 09.27   -26 31.2    0.837    1.233    83.1    54.5    20.0
2008 09 01    15 33.12   -31 28.8    0.853    1.203    80.0    55.7    20.0
2008 09 11    16 02.38   -36 09.0    0.867    1.180    77.7    56.4    20.0
2008 09 21    16 37.74   -40 19.7    0.879    1.165    76.1    56.8    20.0
2008 10 01    17 19.83   -43 44.6    0.891    1.158    75.2    56.7    20.0
2008 10 11    18 08.59   -46 03.6    0.904    1.160    75.0    56.2    20.0
2008 10 21    19 02.43   -46 56.6    0.920    1.171    75.2    55.3    20.1
2008 10 31    19 58.25   -46 10.2    0.941    1.189    75.8    54.0    20.1
2008 11 10    20 52.27   -43 44.9    0.970    1.215    76.6    52.5    20.2
2008 11 20    21 41.65   -39 55.9    1.008    1.247    77.3    50.6    20.3
2008 11 30    22 25.36   -35 06.7    1.059    1.286    77.8    48.6    20.4
2008 12 10    23 03.67   -29 42.4    1.122    1.328    77.9    46.5    20.5
2008 12 20    23 37.45   -24 04.8    1.198    1.374    77.4    44.3    20.7
2008 12 30    00 07.72   -18 30.1    1.287    1.423    76.3    42.2    20.9
2009 01 09    00 35.37   -13 09.0    1.389    1.474    74.7    40.0    21.0
2009 01 19    01 01.08   -08 08.3    1.501    1.526    72.4    37.9    21.2
2009 01 29    01 25.42   -03 30.7    1.621    1.579    69.7    35.8    21.4
2009 02 08    01 48.80   +00 42.5    1.749    1.632    66.6    33.7    21.6
2009 02 18    02 11.50   +04 31.7    1.882    1.685    63.2    31.6    21.8

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-L21

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