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MPEC 2008-U65 : 2008 UW5

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M.P.E.C. 2008-U65                                Issued 2008 Oct. 27, 02:44 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 UW5

Observations:
     K08U05W* C2008 10 25.82418 00 30 59.21 +24 21 54.0          18.8 R EU065118
     K08U05W  C2008 10 25.85321 00 30 56.61 +24 21 37.0          18.9 R EU065118
     K08U05W  C2008 10 25.99917 00 30 43.52 +24 20 09.2          19.1 R EU065118
     K08U05W  C2008 10 26.02598 00 30 41.13 +24 19 53.2          18.9 R EU065118
     K08U05W  C2008 10 26.09213 00 30 36.17 +24 19 16.0          20.3 V EU065291
     K08U05W  C2008 10 26.09661 00 30 35.77 +24 19 13.5          20.3 V EU065291
     K08U05W  C2008 10 26.10074 00 30 35.41 +24 19 11.2          20.2 V EU065291
     K08U05W 5C2008 10 26.14444 00 30 31.62 +24 18 45.3          19.8 R EU065673
     K08U05W 5C2008 10 26.15255 00 30 30.90 +24 18 40.5                 EU065673
     K08U05W 5C2008 10 26.15521 00 30 30.62 +24 18 38.7                 EU065673
     K08U05W 5C2008 10 26.16007 00 30 30.20 +24 18 36.0                 EU065673
     K08U05W  C2008 10 26.16505 00 30 29.63 +24 18 33.1          19.6 R EU065H01
     K08U05W  C2008 10 26.16815 00 30 29.35 +24 18 31.3          19.4 R EU065H01
     K08U05W  C2008 10 26.17252 00 30 28.97 +24 18 28.6          19.5 R EU065H01
     K08U05W  C2008 10 26.17609 00 30 28.64 +24 18 26.6          19.4 R EU065H01
     K08U05W  C2008 10 26.92048 00 29 24.34 +24 10 54.9                 EU065118
     K08U05W  C2008 10 26.92557 00 29 23.91 +24 10 52.8                 EU065118

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observer S. Gajdos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer A. F. Tubbiolo.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.
    Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 UW5                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1208 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 296.92885              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40058584     Peri.  207.81538     -0.83786222     -0.52561253
a   1.8225201      Node   299.72177     +0.52703720     -0.70857899
e   0.4018755      Incl.    9.77016     +0.14219244     -0.47079432
P   2.46           H   17.7           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081025 118  0.3+  0.2-    081026 291  0.2-  0.1+    081026 H01  0.0   0.0
081025 118  0.4+  0.0     081026 673  0.8+  0.3+    081026 H01  0.1+  0.2-
081025 118  0.1-  0.4-    081026 673  0.9+  0.3+    081026 H01  0.0   0.0
081026 118  0.3-  0.1-    081026 673  0.3+  0.0     081026 118  0.1-  0.6-
081026 291  0.3-  0.1-    081026 673  0.5+  0.2+    081026 118  0.1+  0.4+
081026 291  0.3-  0.0     081026 H01  0.0   0.1-

Ephemeris:
2008 UW5                 a,e,i = 1.82, 0.40, 10                  q = 1.0901
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 10 21    00 38.23   +25 06.6    1.009    1.970   158.9    10.5    19.9
2008 10 31    00 23.85   +23 28.0    0.995    1.923   150.6    14.7    19.9
2008 11 10    00 12.82   +21 35.1    1.004    1.874   140.1    19.8    20.1
2008 11 20    00 06.32   +19 45.5    1.030    1.824   129.3    24.8    20.2
2008 11 30    00 04.70   +18 12.5    1.068    1.772   119.2    29.1    20.4
2008 12 10    00 07.81   +17 04.2    1.114    1.719   109.8    32.6    20.5
2008 12 20    00 15.14   +16 23.0    1.162    1.665   101.4    35.4    20.6
2008 12 30    00 26.20   +16 07.9    1.210    1.609    93.8    37.6    20.7
2009 01 09    00 40.59   +16 16.4    1.254    1.554    87.1    39.2    20.7
2009 01 19    00 57.93   +16 44.6    1.293    1.498    81.0    40.5    20.7
2009 01 29    01 18.00   +17 28.2    1.325    1.442    75.7    41.4    20.7
2009 02 08    01 40.70   +18 22.9    1.350    1.387    70.9    42.2    20.7
2009 02 18    02 05.92   +19 23.3    1.367    1.334    66.8    42.9    20.7
2009 02 28    02 33.68   +20 24.1    1.377    1.283    63.2    43.5    20.6
2009 03 10    03 03.96   +21 19.3    1.380    1.236    60.2    44.2    20.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-U65

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