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MPEC 2009-U139: 2009 UW87

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M.P.E.C. 2009-U139                               Issued 2009 Oct. 31, 01:13 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,
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                                   2009 UW87

                          Revision to MPEC 2009-U119

Additional Observations:
     K09U87W  C2009 10 30.24648 02 13 14.63 -04 56 33.0          18.4 R EU139926
     K09U87W  C2009 10 30.24780 02 13 19.77 -04 57 14.0          18.7 R EU139926
     K09U87W  C2009 10 30.24911 02 13 24.92 -04 57 55.2          18.6 R EU139926

Observer details:
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  Measurer
    P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 UW87                                                Earth MOID = 0.0033 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  11.15515              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36488669     Peri.  234.50348     +0.10183349     -0.99474335
a   1.9395339      Node   209.65724     +0.91960549     +0.09825286
e   0.5424075      Incl.    1.24515     +0.37941492     +0.02884527
P   2.70           H   28.0           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
091027 G96  0.4+  0.0     091027 H01  0.2-  0.3+    091027 G96  1.0+  0.4+
091027 G96  0.4+  0.3+    091027 H01  0.2-  0.2+    091030 926  0.3-  0.4-
091027 G96  0.1+  0.3-    091027 H01  0.0   0.2+    091030 926  0.6-  0.0
091027 G96  0.1-  0.2+    091027 H01  0.3-  0.1-    091030 926  0.3-  0.0
091027 G96  0.6+  0.0     091027 G96  0.1+  0.2-
091027 G96  0.2+  0.6-    091027 G96  0.3-  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2009 UW87                a,e,i = 1.94, 0.54, 1                   q = 0.8875
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 10 26    00 55.43   +04 50.5    0.0347   1.027   162.0    17.4    21.7
2009 10 27    01 00.91   +04 08.9    0.0284   1.021   161.9    17.6    21.2
2009 10 28    01 09.50   +03 04.4    0.0223   1.015   162.2    17.4    20.7
2009 10 29    01 24.70   +01 10.8    0.0161   1.009   162.9    16.8    20.0
2009 10 30    01 57.96   -02 56.7    0.0102   1.003   162.7    17.1    19.0
2009 10 31    03 48.65   -15 21.2    0.00521  0.997   143.5    36.4    18.1
2009 11 01    09 01.94   -24 41.0    0.00532  0.991    75.8   103.9    20.4
2009 11 02    11 00.89   -17 04.7    0.0104   0.986    49.9   129.7    23.7
2009 11 03    11 35.80   -13 45.5    0.0163   0.980    42.8   136.6    25.4
2009 11 04    11 51.66   -12 07.3    0.0224   0.975    40.1   139.0    26.4
2009 11 05    12 00.70   -11 10.1    0.0286   0.969    39.1   139.9    27.1

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-U139

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