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MPEC 2008-W39 : 2008 WJ14

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M.P.E.C. 2008-W39                                Issued 2008 Nov. 21, 16:27 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.

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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2008 WJ14

Observations:
     K08W14J* C2008 11 21.36087 03 49 39.14 +13 19 50.1          21.3 V EW039G96
     K08W14J  C2008 11 21.36136 03 49 39.57 +13 19 46.3          21.4 V EW039G96
     K08W14J  C2008 11 21.36185 03 49 40.18 +13 19 40.4          20.7 V EW039G96
     K08W14J  C2008 11 21.36232 03 49 40.72 +13 19 35.4          20.3 V EW039G96
     K08W14J  C2008 11 21.36726 03 49 46.52 +13 18 40.7          20.5 V EW039G96
     K08W14J  C2008 11 21.36779 03 49 47.24 +13 18 34.7          20.7 V EW039G96
     K08W14J  C2008 11 21.36833 03 49 47.92 +13 18 28.2          21.4 V EW039G96
     K08W14J  C2008 11 21.38830 03 50 11.29 +13 14 49.9          20.3 V EW039G96
     K08W14J  C2008 11 21.38885 03 50 11.90 +13 14 44.0          20.4 V EW039G96
     K08W14J  C2008 11 21.38939 03 50 12.51 +13 14 38.7          20.8 V EW039G96
     K08W14J  C2008 11 21.38993 03 50 13.20 +13 14 31.7          20.4 V EW039G96
     K08W14J  C2008 11 21.46285 03 51 39.29 +13 01 09.3          20.9 V EW039G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  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.

Orbital elements:
2008 WJ14                                                Earth MOID = 0.0574 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M   1.42626              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.12953526     Peri.  179.06263     +0.55335062     -0.81730163
a   3.8685128      Node   237.32276     +0.76296757     +0.57474003
e   0.7296861      Incl.   11.00560     +0.33419092     +0.04113324
P   7.61           H   26.3           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081121 G96  1.2+  0.8-    081121 G96  0.5-  0.2-    081121 G96  0.2-  0.0
081121 G96  1.0-  0.8+    081121 G96  0.9+  0.4-    081121 G96  0.5-  0.7+
081121 G96  0.4-  0.2+    081121 G96  1.6+  0.9-    081121 G96  0.3+  0.4-
081121 G96  0.6-  0.4+    081121 G96  0.4+  0.1-    081121 G96  0.1+  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2008 WJ14                a,e,i = 3.87, 0.73, 11                  q = 1.0457
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 20    03 20.92   +17 25.7    0.0580   1.046   174.4     5.3    20.7
2008 11 21    03 42.26   +14 26.3    0.0585   1.046   174.4     5.3    20.7
2008 11 22    04 02.45   +11 25.3    0.0597   1.047   170.9     8.6    20.9
2008 11 23    04 21.27   +08 28.6    0.0614   1.047   166.6    12.7    21.1
2008 11 24    04 38.61   +05 40.7    0.0637   1.048   162.3    16.6    21.3
2008 11 25    04 54.42   +03 04.7    0.0665   1.049   158.4    20.2    21.5
2008 11 26    05 08.74   +00 42.4    0.0698   1.051   154.9    23.5    21.7
2008 11 27    05 21.66   -01 25.8    0.0734   1.052   151.8    26.3    21.9
2008 11 28    05 33.27   -03 20.3    0.0774   1.054   149.0    28.8    22.1
2008 11 29    05 43.71   -05 01.8    0.0817   1.056   146.6    31.0    22.3
2008 11 30    05 53.08   -06 31.4    0.0862   1.058   144.5    32.8    22.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-W39

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