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MPEC 2009-U115: 2009 US87

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M.P.E.C. 2009-U115                               Issued 2009 Oct. 27, 19:54 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 US87

Observations:
     K09U87S* C2009 10 23.42213 04 10 06.20 +19 05 16.4          20.2 V EU115G96
     K09U87S  C2009 10 23.42970 04 10 06.52 +19 05 17.0          20.4 V EU115G96
     K09U87S  C2009 10 23.43715 04 10 06.85 +19 05 17.8          21.2 V EU115G96
     K09U87S  C2009 10 23.44476 04 10 07.24 +19 05 18.9          21.0 V EU115G96
     K09U87S  C2009 10 25.42333 04 11 54.02 +19 09 08.4          20.9 V EU115691
     K09U87S  C2009 10 25.44051 04 11 54.71 +19 09 09.7          21.1 V EU115691
     K09U87S  C2009 10 25.45769 04 11 55.41 +19 09 11.1          21.0 V EU115691
     K09U87S  C2009 10 26.32054 04 12 39.95 +19 10 44.5          21.3 V EU115291
     K09U87S  C2009 10 26.32617 04 12 40.18 +19 10 45.4          21.2 V EU115291
     K09U87S  C2009 10 26.33179 04 12 40.38 +19 10 46.1          21.2 V EU115291
     K09U87S  C2009 10 27.44703 04 13 31.94 +19 12 39.5          20.1 R EU115H01
     K09U87S  C2009 10 27.45138 04 13 32.10 +19 12 39.8          20.2 R EU115H01
     K09U87S  C2009 10 27.45553 04 13 32.25 +19 12 40.0          20.3 R EU115H01
     K09U87S  C2009 10 27.46053 04 13 32.43 +19 12 40.4          20.2 R EU115H01

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer T. H. Bressi.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer T. H. Bressi.  0.9-m f/3
    reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. D. Grauer.  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:
2009 US87                                                Earth MOID = 0.2638 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  16.05499              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.46488183     Peri.  323.14375     +0.37895008     -0.92537202
a   1.6503435      Node   104.58599     +0.85129000     +0.34470732
e   0.2426707      Incl.    0.54088     +0.36290793     +0.15768160
P   2.12           H   21.6           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
091023 G96  0.3+  0.3+    091025 691  0.0   0.2-    091027 H01  0.0   0.2+
091023 G96  0.1-  0.1+    091025 691  0.2-  0.4-    091027 H01  0.1+  0.2+
091023 G96  0.4-  0.0     091026 291  0.0   0.1-    091027 H01  0.0   0.0
091023 G96  0.1+  0.3+    091026 291  0.1+  0.1+    091027 H01  0.1-  0.1+
091025 691  0.3+  0.2+    091026 291  0.2-  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2009 US87                a,e,i = 1.65, 0.24, 1                   q = 1.2499
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 10 26    04 12.39   +19 10.3    0.322    1.278   147.8    24.5    20.8
2009 11 05    04 18.44   +19 24.3    0.292    1.265   156.4    18.3    20.4
2009 11 15    04 20.04   +19 32.9    0.272    1.255   166.0    11.0    20.0
2009 11 25    04 18.31   +19 40.6    0.264    1.251   176.2     3.0    19.5
2009 12 05    04 15.73   +19 52.1    0.267    1.250   172.6     5.8    19.7
2009 12 15    04 14.86   +20 11.4    0.281    1.255   162.4    13.7    20.1
2009 12 25    04 17.81   +20 40.7    0.306    1.264   153.0    20.7    20.6
2010 01 04    04 25.50   +21 18.5    0.341    1.277   144.7    26.4    21.0
2010 01 14    04 37.67   +22 00.6    0.385    1.294   137.4    31.0    21.4
2010 01 24    04 53.75   +22 42.0    0.438    1.314   131.0    34.4    21.8

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