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MPEC 2008-O65 : 2008 OC9

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M.P.E.C. 2008-O65                                Issued 2008 July 31, 17:24 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
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                                   2008 OC9

Observations:
     K08O09C* C2008 07 30.72561 21 51 17.60 -32 12 10.1          18.2 V EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 30.73502 21 51 04.57 -32 09 04.6          18.8 V EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 30.74437 21 50 51.64 -32 06 02.7          18.6 V EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 30.77133 21 50 14.89 -31 57 18.4          18.1 V EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 30.77211 21 50 13.81 -31 57 03.0          18.3 V EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 30.78126 21 50 01.35 -31 54 03.9          18.8 V EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 30.78154 21 50 00.85 -31 53 58.3          17.9 V EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 30.78211 21 50 00.27 -31 53 48.3          18.3 V EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 31.56429 21 33 48.54 -27 42 37.1          18.5 R EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 31.56666 21 33 45.59 -27 41 51.2          18.6 R EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 31.56923 21 33 42.48 -27 41 02.4          18.6 R EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 31.57157 21 33 39.57 -27 40 17.4          18.4 R EO065E12
     K08O09C  C2008 07 31.58229 21 33 26.46 -27 36 52.5          18.7 R EO065E12

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 OC9                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0743 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 359.36513              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.77995178     Peri.  267.87499     -0.68180424     +0.62734996
a   1.1688467      Node   310.70767     -0.29601380     -0.70695696
e   0.2618761      Incl.   29.75950     -0.66896847     -0.32656374
P   1.26           H   23.1           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080730 E12  0.5+  1.6-    080730 E12  0.1+  0.3+    080731 E12  0.3+  0.1-
080730 E12  0.2-  1.0+    080730 E12  1.4-  0.5+    080731 E12  0.3-  0.2+
080730 E12  1.1-  0.9+    080730 E12  1.1+  0.7-    080731 E12  0.2-  0.1+
080730 E12  0.6+  0.3-    080731 E12  0.4+  0.4-
080730 E12  0.3+  0.1-    080731 E12  0.2-  0.2+

Ephemeris:
2008 OC9                 a,e,i = 1.17, 0.26, 30                  q = 0.8628
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 07 23    01 48.32   -55 56.2    0.0997   1.053   109.6    65.3    20.5
2008 07 25    00 44.92   -54 05.6    0.0886   1.062   119.4    56.4    20.0
2008 07 27    23 36.78   -49 14.5    0.0804   1.071   131.6    45.1    19.5
2008 07 29    22 34.82   -41 03.8    0.0762   1.079   145.9    31.8    19.0
2008 07 31    21 45.38   -30 44.3    0.0767   1.088   160.9    17.7    18.6
2008 08 02    21 08.39   -20 16.5    0.0820   1.097   174.9     4.7    18.3
2008 08 04    20 41.15   -11 09.4    0.0913   1.105   172.8     6.6    18.6
2008 08 06    20 20.93   -03 51.5    0.104    1.114   163.2    15.2    19.3
2008 08 08    20 05.68   +01 46.6    0.118    1.122   155.6    21.9    19.8
2008 08 10    19 53.99   +06 05.6    0.134    1.131   149.6    27.0    20.2
2008 08 12    19 44.90   +09 25.1    0.150    1.139   144.7    30.9    20.6
2008 08 14    19 37.75   +12 00.5    0.168    1.148   140.7    34.0    20.9
2008 08 16    19 32.10   +14 02.8    0.186    1.156   137.4    36.4    21.2
2008 08 18    19 27.61   +15 40.2    0.205    1.165   134.5    38.3    21.5
2008 08 20    19 24.05   +16 58.5    0.223    1.173   132.0    39.9    21.8
2008 08 22    19 21.26   +18 01.9    0.243    1.181   129.8    41.1    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-O65

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