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MPEC 2008-T102: 2008 TX9

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M.P.E.C. 2008-T102                               Issued 2008 Oct.  9, 04:26 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2008 TX9

Observations:
     K08T09X* C2008 10 08.36010 01 15 43.23 +19 35 09.3          21.2 V ET102G96
     K08T09X  C2008 10 08.36516 01 15 47.37 +19 35 00.3          21.0 V ET102G96
     K08T09X  C2008 10 08.37022 01 15 51.55 +19 34 51.2          21.0 V ET102G96
     K08T09X  C2008 10 08.37517 01 15 55.69 +19 34 42.2          20.9 V ET102G96
     K08T09X  C2008 10 08.40244 01 16 18.44 +19 33 50.8          20.9 V ET102G96
     K08T09X  C2008 10 08.40560 01 16 21.14 +19 33 44.5          20.8 V ET102G96
     K08T09X  C2008 10 08.41192 01 16 26.44 +19 33 32.8          20.7 V ET102G96
     K08T09X  C2008 10 08.45385 01 17 01.84 +19 32 04.1          20.3 R ET102H01
     K08T09X  C2008 10 08.45804 01 17 05.48 +19 31 55.8          20.3 R ET102H01
     K08T09X  C2008 10 08.46156 01 17 08.52 +19 31 48.5          20.5 R ET102H01
     K08T09X  C2008 10 09.03746 01 26 23.69 +19 12 10.6                 ET102J95
     K08T09X  C2008 10 09.04682 01 26 32.67 +19 11 50.6          19.9 R ET102J95

Observer details:
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.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 TX9                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0170 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M   5.19734              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37200809     Peri.  223.66870     +0.44734203     -0.89320839
a   1.9147017      Node   199.89270     +0.85286233     +0.44132742
e   0.5116115      Incl.    7.67280     +0.26927859     +0.08607488
P   2.65           H   26.3           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081008 G96  0.2+  0.2-    081008 G96  0.0   0.1-    081008 H01  0.0   0.2+
081008 G96  0.3-  0.0     081008 G96  0.6+  0.4-    081008 H01  0.2-  0.1+
081008 G96  0.5-  0.1+    081008 G96  0.4+  0.1+    081009 J95  0.0   0.6-
081008 G96  0.0   0.2+    081008 H01  0.3-  0.1+    081009 J95  0.0   0.6+

Ephemeris:
2008 TX9                 a,e,i = 1.91, 0.51, 8                   q = 0.9351
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 10 01    00 13.89   +20 42.3    0.0978   1.095   162.1    16.3    22.3
2008 10 03    00 24.47   +20 40.1    0.0854   1.083   163.0    15.6    22.0
2008 10 05    00 38.60   +20 30.2    0.0735   1.071   164.2    14.7    21.6
2008 10 07    00 58.05   +20 06.3    0.0620   1.060   165.3    13.8    21.2
2008 10 09    01 25.77   +19 15.1    0.0512   1.048   165.5    13.8    20.7
2008 10 11    02 06.55   +17 27.2    0.0415   1.038   162.0    17.3    20.4
2008 10 13    03 06.69   +13 44.2    0.0338   1.028   151.6    27.5    20.2
2008 10 15    04 28.30   +07 01.3    0.0296   1.018   133.6    45.2    20.4
2008 10 17    05 57.24   -01 31.1    0.0302   1.008   112.2    66.2    21.1
2008 10 19    07 11.21   -08 29.1    0.0353   0.999    94.5    83.4    22.0
2008 10 21    08 03.47   -12 48.7    0.0433   0.991    82.8    94.7    22.8

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-T102

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