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MPEC 2009-F55 : 2009 EC

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M.P.E.C. 2009-F55                                Issued 2009 Mar. 21, 18:30 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

                                    2009 EC

Additional Observations:
     K09E00C  C2009 03 21.44196 16 10 13.29 +01 45 17.7          19.1 V EF055703
     K09E00C  C2009 03 21.44802 16 10 13.62 +01 45 01.2          18.9 V EF055703
     K09E00C  C2009 03 21.45402 16 10 13.87 +01 44 41.3          19.2 V EF055703
     K09E00C 1C2009 03 21.48683 16 10 15.59 +01 42 58.8                 EF055658
     K09E00C 1C2009 03 21.48904 16 10 15.70 +01 42 52.2                 EF055658
     K09E00C 1C2009 03 21.49123 16 10 15.81 +01 42 45.6                 EF055658
     K09E00C  C2009 03 21.49980 16 10 15.98 +01 42 23.5          18.7 V EF055703
     K09E00C  C2009 03 21.50034 16 10 15.99 +01 42 22.1          19.1 V EF055703
     K09E00C  C2009 03 21.50087 16 10 15.99 +01 42 20.8          19.1 V EF055703
     K09E00C  C2009 03 21.50141 16 10 16.03 +01 42 19.0          19.3 V EF055703

Observer details:
658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observers D. D. Balam, E. Chisholm.
    Measurer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m Plaskett telescope + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  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.

Orbital elements:
2009 EC                                                  Earth MOID = 0.2055 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M   8.86648              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42073342     Peri.  225.71437     -0.33965619     +0.89372926
a   1.7638624      Node    28.72314     -0.59071861     +0.03975667
e   0.3620871      Incl.   37.57497     -0.73190518     -0.44684160
P   2.34           H   18.4           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
090301 703  0.1+  0.1+    090301 703  0.3-  0.1+    090321 658  0.4+  0.2-
090301 703  0.4-  0.8+    090302 J95  0.2+  0.1+    090321 658  0.4+  0.1-
090301 703  0.9-  0.6-    090302 J95  0.2-  0.0     090321 658  0.5+  0.2-
090301 703  0.2+  0.3-    090302 J95  0.1-  0.1-    090321 703  0.0   0.5-
090301 703  0.4+  0.6+    090321 703  0.5-  0.0     090321 703  0.2-  0.3-
090301 703  0.5+  0.9-    090321 703  0.3+  1.6+    090321 703  0.5-  0.0
090301 703  0.4+  0.8+    090321 703  0.1-  0.3-    090321 703  0.3-  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2009 EC                  a,e,i = 1.76, 0.36, 38                  q = 1.1252
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 03 20    16 08.93   +02 55.1    0.494    1.298   117.2    43.0    19.1
2009 03 30    16 16.58   -07 10.7    0.383    1.256   124.6    40.9    18.4
2009 04 09    16 20.24   -24 10.6    0.296    1.219   131.7    37.8    17.7
2009 04 19    16 15.47   -49 48.6    0.254    1.186   130.8    39.9    17.4
2009 04 29    15 31.28   -76 10.3    0.274    1.160   117.6    50.3    17.8
2009 05 09    07 20.55   -83 05.5    0.337    1.140   104.2    59.1    18.4
2009 05 19    05 48.66   -73 04.7    0.418    1.129    95.1    63.2    19.0
2009 05 29    05 35.00   -66 45.4    0.500    1.125    89.4    64.2    19.4
2009 06 08    05 30.54   -62 53.8    0.576    1.130    85.9    63.6    19.7
2009 06 18    05 28.34   -60 34.5    0.641    1.144    84.1    62.1    19.9
2009 06 28    05 26.35   -59 21.1    0.693    1.165    83.6    60.2    20.1
2009 07 08    05 23.19   -59 00.1    0.731    1.193    84.4    58.0    20.2
2009 07 18    05 17.64   -59 24.5    0.756    1.226    86.3    55.8    20.3
2009 07 28    05 07.82   -60 31.4    0.768    1.265    89.3    53.4    20.3
2009 08 07    04 50.77   -62 13.8    0.770    1.308    93.3    50.7    20.3
2009 08 17    04 22.25   -64 16.3    0.765    1.353    98.2    47.8    20.3
2009 08 27    03 36.75   -66 03.3    0.758    1.401   103.9    44.4    20.2
2009 09 06    02 32.95   -66 26.7    0.755    1.450   109.9    40.8    20.2
2009 09 16    01 22.78   -64 14.4    0.762    1.500   115.4    37.2    20.2
2009 09 26    00 25.18   -59 12.6    0.787    1.551   119.6    34.2    20.3
2009 10 06    23 47.44   -52 18.1    0.834    1.601   121.3    32.3    20.4
2009 10 16    23 25.88   -44 43.7    0.906    1.650   120.2    31.5    20.6
2009 10 26    23 15.32   -37 20.0    1.001    1.699   116.8    31.5    20.9
2009 11 05    23 11.96   -30 33.5    1.116    1.747   111.9    31.8    21.2
2009 11 15    23 13.34   -24 31.7    1.248    1.794   106.0    32.0    21.5
2009 11 25    23 18.02   -19 12.5    1.394    1.839    99.7    31.9    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-F55

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