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MPEC 2008-V50 : 2008 VK14

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M.P.E.C. 2008-V50                                Issued 2008 Nov. 10, 13:04 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 VK14

Observations:
     K08V14K* C2008 11 08.43797 09 47 13.81 +52 50 26.7          18.0   EV050704
     K08V14K  C2008 11 08.45009 09 47 06.39 +52 50 41.9          18.7   EV050704
     K08V14K  C2008 11 08.46245 09 46 59.04 +52 50 58.9          18.1   EV050704
     K08V14K  C2008 11 08.47458 09 46 51.65 +52 51 14.8          18.5   EV050704
     K08V14K  C2008 11 08.48689 09 46 44.21 +52 51 30.1          18.3   EV050704
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.42731 09 37 35.50 +53 08 25.5          18.2   EV050704
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.43967 09 37 27.94 +53 08 39.7          18.6   EV050704
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.45183 09 37 20.61 +53 08 53.6          18.3   EV050704
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.46126 09 37 14.13 +53 09 02.8          17.8 R EV050H36
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.46207 09 37 13.59 +53 09 03.6          17.7 R EV050H36
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.46370 09 37 12.58 +53 09 05.5          17.8 R EV050H36
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.46414 09 37 13.15 +53 09 07.0          18.4   EV050704
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.46532 09 37 11.67 +53 09 07.4          17.7 R EV050H36
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.46694 09 37 10.62 +53 09 09.1          17.8 R EV050H36
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.47649 09 37 05.69 +53 09 20.7          18.2   EV050704
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.95532 09 32 26.99 +53 16 18.5          17.5 R EV050587
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.96241 09 32 22.86 +53 16 25.4          17.5 R EV050587
     K08V14K  C2008 11 09.98174 09 32 11.57 +53 16 46.3          17.7 R EV050587
     K08V14K  C2008 11 10.02630 09 31 45.28 +53 17 31.3          18.2 V EV050A13
     K08V14K  C2008 11 10.02909 09 31 43.62 +53 17 34.1          18.2 V EV050A13
     K08V14K  C2008 11 10.03220 09 31 41.80 +53 17 37.7          18.4 V EV050A13

Observer details:
587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, A. Testa.  Measurer F. Manca.  0.5-m f/6.8
    reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
A13 Observatoire Naef, Marly.  Observer P. Kocher.  0.5-m f/3.3 Hypergraph
    + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 VK14                                                Earth MOID = 0.0849 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M  39.06002              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.52453329     Peri.   30.09213     +0.92254294     +0.37399748
a   1.5227222      Node   307.63895     -0.37366338     +0.80422064
e   0.4996066      Incl.    6.89619     -0.09638575     +0.46190371
P   1.88           H   18.9           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081108 704  0.3+  0.1+    081109 704  0.1-  0.1+    081109 704  0.1+  0.2+
081108 704  0.8-  0.7-    081109 H36  0.1-  0.5-    081109 587  0.6+  0.2+
081108 704  0.2+  0.2+    081109 H36  0.5-  0.5-    081109 587  0.5+  0.3-
081108 704  0.2-  0.4+    081109 H36  0.7-  0.4-    081109 587  0.3+  0.2+
081108 704  0.0   0.0     081109 704  0.2-  0.1-    081110 A13  0.5-  0.1-
081109 704  0.7+  0.4-    081109 H36  0.0   0.2-    081110 A13  0.6-  0.2-
081109 704  0.3-  0.2-    081109 H36  0.6-  0.2-    081110 A13  0.5-  0.2+

Ephemeris:
2008 VK14                a,e,i = 1.52, 0.50, 7                   q = 0.7620
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 10    09 31.96   +53 17.3    0.200    1.041    99.2    69.8    17.9
2008 11 20    07 57.96   +53 23.2    0.225    1.121   121.2    48.9    17.7
2008 11 30    06 41.09   +49 47.2    0.262    1.201   141.2    31.0    17.7
2008 12 10    05 48.61   +44 29.5    0.315    1.281   156.9    17.6    17.8
2008 12 20    05 17.28   +39 17.6    0.387    1.358   162.4    12.6    18.3
2008 12 30    05 00.85   +35 01.6    0.478    1.433   155.9    16.2    19.0
2009 01 09    04 54.57   +31 49.6    0.585    1.505   146.1    21.4    19.7
2009 01 19    04 55.11   +29 31.9    0.707    1.574   136.5    25.5    20.3
2009 01 29    05 00.34   +27 54.8    0.841    1.639   127.5    28.5    20.9
2009 02 08    05 08.94   +26 46.0    0.985    1.702   119.3    30.4    21.3
2009 02 18    05 19.94   +25 56.1    1.137    1.760   111.6    31.5    21.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-V50

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