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MPEC 2008-N46 : 2008 NO3

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M.P.E.C. 2008-N46                                Issued 2008 July 15, 23:17 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 NO3

Observations:
     K08N03O* C2008 07 14.36382 11 14 05.24 -32 38 22.5          19.1 V EN046E12
     K08N03O  C2008 07 14.37369 11 14 07.76 -32 39 21.0          18.7 V EN046E12
     K08N03O  C2008 07 14.38352 11 14 10.35 -32 40 19.3          18.2 V EN046E12
     K08N03O  C2008 07 14.39335 11 14 12.98 -32 41 20.7          18.5 V EN046E12
     K08N03O  C2008 07 14.44037 11 14 25.53 -32 46 03.6          18.4 R EN046E12
     K08N03O  C2008 07 14.44984 11 14 28.04 -32 47 01.8          18.3 R EN046E12
     K08N03O  C2008 07 15.37999 11 18 48.15 -34 22 10.2          19.0 R EN046E12
     K08N03O  C2008 07 15.38617 11 18 49.84 -34 22 48.0          18.7 R EN046E12
     K08N03O  C2008 07 15.39011 11 18 50.97 -34 23 11.5          19.0 R EN046E12

Observer details:
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  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.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 NO3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0878 AU
Epoch 2008 July 13.0 TT = JDT 2454660.5                 MPC
M  12.50690              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.41444009     Peri.  191.33666     -0.53643595     +0.83162616
a   1.7816739      Node    46.41379     -0.75796755     -0.39991142
e   0.4949933      Incl.   11.43842     -0.37110869     -0.38531648
P   2.38           H   18.6           G   0.15
From 9 observations 2008 July 14-15.

Ephemeris:
2008 NO3                 a,e,i = 1.78, 0.49, 11                  q = 0.8998
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 07 13    11 08.11   -30 19.9    0.281    0.976    73.9    90.1    19.0
2008 07 23    12 03.36   -47 11.5    0.272    1.029    85.2    79.6    18.6
2008 08 02    13 41.69   -60 44.1    0.289    1.091    97.5    67.3    18.5
2008 08 12    16 09.00   -65 31.4    0.330    1.158   107.8    56.4    18.6
2008 08 22    18 10.72   -61 51.6    0.392    1.229   114.9    48.3    18.8
2008 09 01    19 20.21   -55 24.3    0.471    1.302   118.5    43.0    19.2
2008 09 11    20 01.90   -49 01.6    0.566    1.375   119.3    39.7    19.6
2008 09 21    20 30.85   -43 22.5    0.674    1.448   118.0    37.8    20.1
2008 10 01    20 53.63   -38 27.3    0.795    1.520   115.1    36.6    20.5
2008 10 11    21 13.28   -34 08.7    0.927    1.591   111.3    35.8    20.9
2008 10 21    21 31.19   -30 19.1    1.070    1.659   106.9    35.0    21.3
2008 10 31    21 48.10   -26 51.9    1.221    1.726   102.0    34.2    21.6
2008 11 10    22 04.46   -23 41.8    1.379    1.791    96.8    33.3    22.0

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