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MPEC 2008-Y03 : 2008 YA

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M.P.E.C. 2008-Y03                                Issued 2008 Dec. 17, 13:18 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 YA

Observations:
     K08Y00A* C2008 12 16.45798 22 39 31.35 -57 37 51.9          19.2 V EY003E12
     K08Y00A  C2008 12 16.46182 22 39 35.02 -57 37 43.9          19.3 V EY003E12
     K08Y00A  C2008 12 16.46568 22 39 38.62 -57 37 36.9          19.6 V EY003E12
     K08Y00A  C2008 12 16.46953 22 39 42.19 -57 37 30.3          19.3 V EY003E12
     K08Y00A  C2008 12 16.48193 22 39 54.02 -57 37 07.3          19.2 V EY003E12
     K08Y00A  C2008 12 16.48483 22 39 56.83 -57 37 02.1          19.3 V EY003E12
     K08Y00A  C2008 12 17.42861 22 54 44.41 -57 05 23.8          19.2 V EY003E12
     K08Y00A  C2008 12 17.43290 22 54 48.34 -57 05 14.0          19.4 V EY003E12
     K08Y00A  C2008 12 17.49875 22 55 49.06 -57 02 42.7          19.2 V EY003E12
     K08Y00A  C2008 12 17.50497 22 55 54.78 -57 02 28.2          19.0 V EY003E12

Observer details:
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observers R. H. Mcnaught, R. H. McNaught.
    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.
    0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 YA                                                  Earth MOID = 0.4595 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M   5.13278              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25152189     Peri.  200.24561     +0.72930082     +0.50786473
a   2.4855291      Node   120.56389     -0.53125441     +0.84259851
e   0.8156417      Incl.   32.17083     -0.43114855     -0.17916797
P   3.92           H   17.8           G   0.15
From 10 observations 2008 Dec. 16-17.

Ephemeris:
2008 YA                  a,e,i = 2.49, 0.82, 32                  q = 0.4582
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 12 10    20 55.40   -58 05.7    0.644    0.791    53.3    86.0    19.4
2008 12 15    22 16.07   -58 13.0    0.618    0.868    60.6    81.1    19.3
2008 12 20    23 32.70   -55 07.0    0.608    0.945    68.2    75.1    19.2
2008 12 25    00 34.10   -49 33.4    0.616    1.020    75.4    68.9    19.2
2008 12 30    01 19.61   -42 46.7    0.641    1.094    81.8    62.8    19.3
2009 01 04    01 53.21   -35 47.2    0.682    1.167    87.0    57.3    19.4
2009 01 09    02 18.78   -29 10.8    0.736    1.238    91.0    52.5    19.5
2009 01 14    02 39.03   -23 13.4    0.801    1.308    93.7    48.6    19.7
2009 01 19    02 55.70   -17 59.0    0.876    1.376    95.2    45.4    19.9
2009 01 24    03 09.94   -13 25.4    0.960    1.443    95.8    42.8    20.2
2009 01 29    03 22.48   -09 28.3    1.049    1.508    95.6    40.6    20.4
2009 02 03    03 33.81   -06 02.6    1.144    1.571    94.8    38.7    20.6
2009 02 08    03 44.26   -03 03.7    1.244    1.633    93.5    37.1    20.8
2009 02 13    03 54.06   -00 27.5    1.346    1.694    91.8    35.6    21.1
2009 02 18    04 03.37   +01 49.7    1.452    1.753    89.8    34.3    21.3
2009 02 23    04 12.32   +03 50.7    1.561    1.812    87.5    33.1    21.4
2009 02 28    04 20.99   +05 37.9    1.671    1.869    85.1    31.9    21.6
2009 03 05    04 29.45   +07 13.2    1.782    1.924    82.6    30.7    21.8
2009 03 10    04 37.75   +08 38.1    1.894    1.979    79.9    29.6    22.0
2009 03 15    04 45.90   +09 54.1    2.007    2.033    77.2    28.5    22.1
2009 03 20    04 53.95   +11 02.1    2.119    2.085    74.4    27.4    22.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-Y03

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