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MPEC 2008-O66 : 2008 OS9

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M.P.E.C. 2008-O66                                Issued 2008 July 31, 20:14 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 OS9

Observations:
     K08O09S  C2008 07 25.36573 21 41 38.11 -03 41 12.7          17.5 V EO066703
     K08O09S  C2008 07 25.36988 21 41 38.11 -03 41 21.7          17.4 V EO066703
     K08O09S  C2008 07 25.37819 21 41 38.14 -03 41 36.6          17.5 V EO066703
     K08O09S* C2008 07 29.97248 21 42 48.78 -06 50 56.9          16.7 R EO066069
     K08O09S  C2008 07 30.00282 21 42 48.93 -06 52 25.7          16.2 R EO066069
     K08O09S  C2008 07 30.92411 21 43 02.14 -07 45 00.2          16.3 R EO066069
     K08O09S  C2008 07 30.92966 21 43 02.39 -07 45 14.1          15.7 R EO066069
     K08O09S  C2008 07 30.94522 21 43 02.33 -07 46 15.0          15.8 R EO066069
     K08O09S  C2008 07 30.95077 21 43 02.51 -07 46 31.4          16.3 R EO066069
     K08O09S  C2008 07 30.98777 21 43 02.44 -07 48 52.3          16.1 R EO066069
     K08O09S  C2008 07 30.99332 21 43 02.68 -07 49 06.3          16.1 R EO066069
     K08O09S  C2008 07 31.66075 21 43 11.78 -08 31 23.9          16.8 V EO066900
     K08O09S  C2008 07 31.66868 21 43 11.76 -08 31 55.7          17.1 V EO066900

Observer details:
069 Baldone, near Riga.  Observer I. Eglitis.  Measurer K. Cernis.  0.80-m
    f/3.0 Schmidt + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  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.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.26-m f/7.0 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 OS9                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0588 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 291.46827              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.46816158     Peri.  287.91472     +0.43681573     -0.86645275
a   1.6426267      Node   133.63630     +0.89851752     +0.40738047
e   0.6583612      Incl.   19.51513     +0.04310775     +0.28861874
P   2.11           H   18.8           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080725 703  0.3+  0.6+    080730 069  1.6-  0.9-    080730 069 (2.5+  4.6+)
080725 703  0.0   0.7-    080730 069 (1.8+  5.3+)   080731 900  0.7+  0.5+
080725 703  0.3-  0.0     080730 069  0.0   0.9+    080731 900  0.6+  0.3+
080729 069  1.1+  0.9+    080730 069 (2.3+  4.6+)
080730 069 (1.3+  9.6+)   080730 069  0.8-  1.7-

Ephemeris:
2008 OS9                 a,e,i = 1.64, 0.66, 20                  q = 0.5612
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 07 23    21 40.93   -02 35.8    0.313    1.300   151.8    21.6    17.9
2008 07 24    21 41.24   -03 01.3    0.299    1.290   152.9    21.0    17.8
2008 07 25    21 41.53   -03 29.7    0.286    1.279   154.1    20.3    17.6
2008 07 26    21 41.81   -04 01.4    0.273    1.268   155.2    19.6    17.5
2008 07 27    21 42.08   -04 36.9    0.259    1.258   156.4    18.8    17.3
2008 07 28    21 42.33   -05 16.7    0.246    1.247   157.7    18.0    17.2
2008 07 29    21 42.58   -06 01.4    0.233    1.236   159.0    17.1    17.0
2008 07 30    21 42.82   -06 51.8    0.220    1.225   160.4    16.2    16.8
2008 07 31    21 43.05   -07 48.9    0.207    1.214   161.8    15.1    16.6
2008 08 01    21 43.27   -08 53.8    0.195    1.203   163.3    14.0    16.4
2008 08 02    21 43.49   -10 08.1    0.182    1.192   164.9    12.8    16.2
2008 08 03    21 43.71   -11 33.4    0.170    1.181   166.5    11.6    16.0
2008 08 04    21 43.94   -13 12.1    0.158    1.170   168.1    10.3    15.8
2008 08 05    21 44.17   -15 07.1    0.146    1.159   169.5     9.2    15.6
2008 08 06    21 44.43   -17 22.3    0.135    1.147   170.6     8.3    15.3
2008 08 07    21 44.71   -20 02.6    0.123    1.136   170.7     8.3    15.1
2008 08 08    21 45.04   -23 14.4    0.112    1.125   169.6     9.4    14.9
2008 08 09    21 45.43   -27 06.1    0.102    1.113   166.9    11.9    14.8
2008 08 10    21 45.93   -31 48.2    0.0921   1.102   162.7    15.8    14.7
2008 08 11    21 46.59   -37 33.8    0.0831   1.091   157.1    21.2    14.6
2008 08 12    21 47.55   -44 36.8    0.0752   1.079   150.0    28.0    14.6
2008 08 13    21 49.07   -53 08.5    0.0686   1.068   141.4    36.3    14.6
2008 08 14    21 51.87   -63 09.7    0.0639   1.056   131.1    46.3    14.7
2008 08 15    21 58.79   -74 20.5    0.0614   1.044   119.6    57.4    14.9
2008 08 16    22 44.21   -85 52.5    0.0614   1.033   107.7    69.1    15.2
2008 08 17    09 09.18   -82 43.0    0.0638   1.021    96.2    80.2    15.7
2008 08 18    09 29.29   -72 45.2    0.0684   1.010    85.9    90.2    16.2
2008 08 19    09 34.29   -64 14.4    0.0748   0.998    77.1    98.7    16.7
2008 08 20    09 36.57   -57 11.0    0.0826   0.986    69.8   105.7    17.3
2008 08 21    09 37.88   -51 23.6    0.0914   0.975    63.7   111.5    17.8
2008 08 22    09 38.74   -46 38.3    0.101    0.963    58.7   116.2    18.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-O66

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