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MPEC 2008-O42 : 2008 OX2

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M.P.E.C. 2008-O42                                Issued 2008 July 29, 14:05 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 OX2

Observations:
     K08O02X* C2008 07 28.42552 21 55 38.92 +07 07 31.7          20.7 V EO042G96
     K08O02X  C2008 07 28.42866 21 55 38.49 +07 07 33.3          20.1 V EO042G96
     K08O02X  C2008 07 28.43178 21 55 38.06 +07 07 32.7          20.4 V EO042G96
     K08O02X  C2008 07 28.43493 21 55 37.63 +07 07 33.7          20.5 V EO042G96
     K08O02X  C2008 07 28.98743 21 54 25.13 +07 09 30.1                 EO042246
     K08O02X  C2008 07 28.98850 21 54 25.07 +07 09 29.8                 EO042246
     K08O02X  C2008 07 29.27222 21 53 47.12 +07 10 32.5          21.1 V EO042G96
     K08O02X  C2008 07 29.27657 21 53 46.53 +07 10 32.8          21.1 V EO042G96
     K08O02X  C2008 07 29.28090 21 53 45.92 +07 10 33.2          20.6 V EO042G96
     K08O02X  C2008 07 29.38685 21 53 30.87 +07 10 55.2          21.8 V EO042G96
     K08O02X  C2008 07 29.39105 21 53 30.30 +07 10 56.1          20.9 V EO042G96
     K08O02X  C2008 07 29.39530 21 53 29.68 +07 10 56.7          20.9 V EO042G96
     K08O02X  C2008 07 29.39951 21 53 29.11 +07 10 57.9          20.9 V EO042G96

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
    + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon 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.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 OX2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0542 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 191.92582              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.89111299     Peri.  260.11527     -0.34461403     -0.93677469
a   1.0695002      Node   210.26431     +0.90161511     -0.31225980
e   0.6477888      Incl.    6.92673     +0.26140269     -0.15794618
P   1.11           H   20.2           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080728 G96  0.1+  0.1-    080728 246  0.6+  0.3-    080729 G96  0.1+  0.1+
080728 G96  0.1+  0.8+    080729 G96  0.2-  0.5+    080729 G96  0.1-  0.1-
080728 G96  0.1-  0.5-    080729 G96  0.1+  0.1-    080729 G96  0.3+  0.2+
080728 G96  0.1-  0.2-    080729 G96  0.1+  0.6-
080728 246  0.7-  0.2+    080729 G96  0.3-  0.0

Ephemeris:
2008 OX2                 a,e,i = 1.07, 0.65, 7                   q = 0.3767
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 07 23    22 05.88   +06 41.6    0.613    1.541   141.0    24.5    21.2
2008 08 02    21 44.54   +07 19.7    0.509    1.482   151.5    19.1    20.6
2008 08 12    21 11.31   +07 01.0    0.425    1.416   157.6    15.8    20.0
2008 08 22    20 26.00   +05 17.5    0.366    1.341   150.0    22.1    19.7
2008 09 01    19 33.26   +02 01.2    0.335    1.258   131.9    36.7    19.8
2008 09 11    18 41.56   -02 10.2    0.327    1.165   111.1    53.8    20.1
2008 09 21    17 56.01   -06 23.7    0.333    1.062    90.7    71.0    20.4
2008 10 01    17 15.13   -10 11.7    0.345    0.948    71.1    88.7    20.9

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-O42

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