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MPEC 2008-U108: 2008 UP100

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M.P.E.C. 2008-U108                               Issued 2008 Oct. 31, 21:06 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 UP100

Observations:
     K08UA0P* C2008 10 31.18137 23 09 22.53 +26 11 44.4          17.8 V EU108703
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.18795 23 09 32.04 +26 11 25.4          18.8 V EU108703
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.19454 23 09 41.36 +26 11 04.0          19.4 V EU108703
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.20112 23 09 50.58 +26 10 42.0          19.2 V EU108703
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.35057 23 13 19.90 +26 01 39.7          18.2 R EU108H01
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.35122 23 13 20.81 +26 01 37.3          18.4 R EU108H01
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.35325 23 13 23.69 +26 01 29.6          18.2 R EU108H01
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.35480 23 13 25.89 +26 01 24.0          18.3 R EU108H01
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.35627 23 13 27.96 +26 01 18.5          18.3 R EU108H01
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.76929 23 23 18.18 +25 36 49.0          19.3 R EU108J95
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.77177 23 23 21.42 +25 36 39.2          18.8 R EU108J95
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.77507 23 23 25.90 +25 36 28.8          19.7 R EU108J95
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.77978 23 23 32.15 +25 36 12.2          19.9 R EU108J95
     K08UA0P  C2008 10 31.78413 23 23 37.96 +25 35 55.4          19.9 R EU108J95

Observer details:
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.
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 UP100                                               Earth MOID = 0.0416 AU
Epoch 2008 Oct. 21.0 TT = JDT 2454760.5                 MPC
M  16.56052              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.49334172     Peri.  109.61190     +0.94486149     +0.31679555
a   1.5862470      Node   232.00755     -0.32578243     +0.88367189
e   0.4286719      Incl.    6.04033     -0.03320485     +0.34462237
P   2.00           H   23.3           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2008 Oct. 31.

Ephemeris:
2008 UP100               a,e,i = 1.59, 0.43, 6                   q = 0.9063
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 10 31    23 04.94   +26 21.9    0.0616   1.035   132.5    45.0    19.0
2008 11 05    00 39.09   +20 59.3    0.0807   1.062   150.5    27.3    19.2
2008 11 10    01 29.96   +16 32.4    0.108    1.091   158.1    19.8    19.6
2008 11 15    01 59.35   +13 38.7    0.139    1.121   159.6    17.9    20.2
2008 11 20    02 18.21   +11 48.8    0.174    1.151   158.2    18.5    20.8
2008 11 25    02 31.52   +10 40.2    0.211    1.183   155.7    20.1    21.3
2008 11 30    02 41.77   +09 59.6    0.251    1.215   152.6    21.9    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-U108

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