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MPEC 2008-X22 : 2008 XJ

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M.P.E.C. 2008-X22                                Issued 2008 Dec. 2, 13:12 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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                                    2008 XJ

Observations:
     K08X00J* C2008 12 01.41944 08 04 37.74 +26 13 14.8          21.6 V EX022G96
     K08X00J  C2008 12 01.42605 08 04 38.64 +26 13 32.9          21.7 V EX022G96
     K08X00J  C2008 12 01.43271 08 04 39.61 +26 13 51.4          21.8 V EX022G96
     K08X00J  C2008 12 01.43942 08 04 40.58 +26 14 09.1          21.2 V EX022G96
     K08X00J  C2008 12 02.40589 08 07 06.12 +26 58 35.3          21.3 R EX022H01
     K08X00J  C2008 12 02.41980 08 07 08.11 +26 59 14.2          21.0 R EX022H01
     K08X00J  C2008 12 02.42619 08 07 09.04 +26 59 32.0          20.9 R EX022H01
     K08X00J  C2008 12 02.43600 08 07 10.44 +26 59 59.3          21.4 R EX022H01

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. Beshore.  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.

Orbital elements:
2008 XJ                                                  Earth MOID = 0.3509 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 349.29331              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29643879     Peri.   32.22533     -0.33269105     -0.86804567
a   2.2276453      Node    79.54617     +0.76607962     -0.47666614
e   0.4166649      Incl.   22.00880     +0.54994425     +0.13887443
P   3.32           H   21.2           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081201 G96  0.2+  0.0     081201 G96  0.1+  0.3-    081202 H01  0.1+  0.0
081201 G96  0.3-  0.0     081202 H01  0.0   0.0     081202 H01  0.0   0.1-
081201 G96  0.0   0.3+    081202 H01  0.1-  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2008 XJ                  a,e,i = 2.23, 0.42, 22                  q = 1.2995
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 30    08 01.09   +25 09.8    0.476    1.346   130.6    33.8    21.6
2008 12 10    08 26.76   +33 18.9    0.427    1.324   135.5    31.4    21.3
2008 12 20    08 54.60   +42 37.3    0.400    1.309   138.0    30.2    21.1
2008 12 30    09 24.50   +51 52.1    0.395    1.301   137.1    31.0    21.1
2009 01 09    09 55.30   +59 41.6    0.409    1.300   133.7    33.2    21.2
2009 01 19    10 24.03   +65 21.4    0.437    1.306   129.6    35.5    21.4
2009 01 29    10 45.93   +68 48.7    0.474    1.320   125.9    37.2    21.7
2009 02 08    10 57.72   +70 19.0    0.517    1.340   123.0    38.1    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-X22

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