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MPEC 2008-M08 : 2008 LW16

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M.P.E.C. 2008-M08                                Issued 2008 June 16, 16:12 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 LW16

Observations:
     K08L16W* C2008 06 15.38141 21 13 15.56 -05 16 26.4          18.6 V EM008703
     K08L16W  C2008 06 15.38685 21 13 15.99 -05 16 55.0          18.5 V EM008703
     K08L16W  C2008 06 15.39227 21 13 16.39 -05 17 23.2          18.9 V EM008703
     K08L16W  C2008 06 15.39771 21 13 16.75 -05 17 51.7          18.7 V EM008703
     K08L16W  C2008 06 16.34100 21 14 35.62 -06 43 24.3          19.1 V EM008703
     K08L16W  C2008 06 16.34637 21 14 35.91 -06 43 54.4          18.8 V EM008703
     K08L16W  C2008 06 16.35177 21 14 36.31 -06 44 23.6          18.7 V EM008703
     K08L16W  C2008 06 16.35718 21 14 36.74 -06 44 54.4          18.5 V EM008703
     K08L16W 6C2008 06 16.59543621 14 55.14 -07 07 06.6          18.0 R EM008F65
     K08L16W 6C2008 06 16.59631021 14 55.21 -07 07 11.5          18.3 R EM008F65
     K08L16W 6C2008 06 16.59712021 14 55.26 -07 07 16.2          17.9 R EM008F65

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.
F65 Haleakala-Faulkes Telescope North.  Observer R. Miles.  2.0-m f/10.0
    Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 LW16                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0144 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 161.72678              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.88737436     Peri.  347.01303     +0.05424931     -0.86561284
a   1.0725020      Node    98.14432     +0.95519533     -0.10027130
e   0.0989333      Incl.   30.18793     +0.29096201     +0.49057118
P   1.11           H   19.6           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080615 703  0.4-  0.6-    080616 703  1.0+  0.3-    080616 F65  0.1-  0.0
080615 703  0.2+  0.3-    080616 703  0.6-  0.4-    080616 F65  0.1+  0.1+
080615 703  0.3+  0.3+    080616 703  0.5-  0.6+    080616 F65  0.0   0.1-
080615 703  0.1-  0.7+    080616 703  0.1+  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2008 LW16                a,e,i = 1.07, 0.10, 30                  q = 0.9664
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 06 13    21 09.96   -01 58.3    0.266    1.178   121.9    47.1    18.9
2008 06 15    21 12.72   -04 42.6    0.253    1.177   124.3    45.5    18.7
2008 06 17    21 15.48   -07 45.2    0.242    1.177   126.8    43.7    18.6
2008 06 19    21 18.26   -11 07.4    0.231    1.176   129.3    41.9    18.4
2008 06 21    21 21.07   -14 49.9    0.221    1.175   131.9    40.1    18.3
2008 06 23    21 23.90   -18 53.1    0.213    1.175   134.3    38.3    18.1
2008 06 25    21 26.77   -23 16.2    0.205    1.174   136.4    36.6    18.0
2008 06 27    21 29.70   -27 57.3    0.199    1.173   138.2    35.3    17.9
2008 06 29    21 32.68   -32 53.2    0.195    1.172   139.5    34.3    17.8
2008 07 01    21 35.75   -37 59.3    0.193    1.171   140.0    34.0    17.8
2008 07 03    21 38.92   -43 09.9    0.192    1.170   139.7    34.2    17.8

2008 07 13    21 58.23   -66 49.9    0.212    1.163   129.3    42.6    18.2
2008 07 23    22 43.34   -82 35.6    0.261    1.154   115.8    52.5    18.9
2008 08 02    07 16.26   -87 29.6    0.321    1.143   105.4    58.9    19.5
2008 08 12    09 14.05   -82 54.6    0.381    1.131    97.9    62.6    20.0
2008 08 22    09 33.93   -80 18.7    0.437    1.117    92.2    64.8    20.3
2008 09 01    09 41.95   -79 06.2    0.484    1.102    87.7    66.2    20.6
2008 09 11    09 43.85   -78 48.5    0.520    1.086    84.3    67.3    20.7
2008 09 21    09 40.26   -79 06.2    0.544    1.070    81.6    68.2    20.8
2008 10 01    09 30.31   -79 48.3    0.554    1.053    79.6    69.2    20.9
2008 10 11    09 10.94   -80 45.7    0.550    1.037    78.3    70.5    20.9
2008 10 21    08 37.65   -81 47.9    0.530    1.021    77.5    72.1    20.8
2008 10 31    07 43.16   -82 42.2    0.496    1.007    77.2    74.1    20.7
2008 11 10    06 20.98   -83 01.9    0.448    0.994    77.4    76.5    20.5
2008 11 20    04 41.99   -82 07.1    0.388    0.983    77.9    79.4    20.3
2008 11 30    03 11.93   -79 12.4    0.318    0.975    78.6    82.7    19.9
2008 12 10    02 03.50   -73 02.8    0.241    0.969    79.2    86.6    19.5

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