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MPEC 2000-S45 : 2000 SJ8

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M.P.E.C. 2000-S45                                Issued 2000 Sept. 24, 21:59 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2000 SJ8

Observations:
     K00S08J* C2000 09 22.22542 21 24 02.76 +14 56 24.6          17.9        704
     K00S08J  C2000 09 22.25548 21 24 09.06 +14 56 08.5          17.8        704
     K00S08J  C2000 09 22.27074 21 24 12.23 +14 55 59.8          18.2        704
     K00S08J  C2000 09 22.28619 21 24 15.42 +14 55 50.6          18.3        704
     K00S08J  C2000 09 22.85146 21 26 21.08 +14 50 34.3                      611
     K00S08J  C2000 09 22.85494 21 26 21.71 +14 50 31.3                      611
     K00S08J  C2000 09 22.86270 21 26 23.29 +14 50 28.5                      611
     K00S08J  C2000 09 22.86875 21 26 24.64 +14 50 23.8                      611
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.09716 21 27 16.16 +14 48 24.0          19.7 R      853
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.09878 21 27 16.50 +14 48 22.8          20.0 R      853
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.09934 21 27 16.64 +14 48 22.7          19.7 R      853
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.10122 21 27 16.84 +14 48 21.4          18.7        704
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.11596 21 27 19.98 +14 48 12.8          19.0        704
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.13073 21 27 23.06 +14 48 05.1          19.0        704
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.14553 21 27 26.18 +14 47 57.1          18.9        704
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.16027 21 27 29.28 +14 47 49.0          19.4        704
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.77212 21 29 45.05 +14 41 49.3                      557
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.77440 21 29 45.54 +14 41 49.0                      557
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.77668 21 29 46.03 +14 41 47.2          19.0 V      557
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.82860 21 29 57.10 +14 41 18.0          18.3 R      046
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.83157 21 29 57.64 +14 41 16.5                      046
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.83277 21 29 58.02 +14 41 15.3                      046
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.83381 21 29 58.18 +14 41 14.3                      046
     K00S08J  C2000 09 23.83653 21 29 58.82 +14 41 12.1                      046
     K00S08J  C2000 09 24.84770 21 33 43.70 +14 31 10.2                      557
     K00S08J  C2000 09 24.84963 21 33 44.12 +14 31 08.5                      557
     K00S08J  C2000 09 24.85156 21 33 44.56 +14 31 07.8          19.1 V      557

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
611 Starkenburg.  Observers M. Busch, S. Elste, R. Kresken.  Measurer
    S. Kluegl.  0.45-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz, R. Huber, L. Manguso.  Measurers J. Stuart,
    R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
853 Biosphere 2 Observatory.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.5-m f/8.1 reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2000 SJ8
Epoch 2000 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451800.5                Spahr
M   0.64129              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21087185     Peri.  112.41544     +0.94690094     +0.30662626
a   2.7954837      Node   229.86953     -0.32130828     +0.89135628
e   0.5670898      Incl.    7.26908     -0.01181484     +0.33386274
P   4.67           H   20.3           G   0.15
From 27 observations 2000 Sept. 22-24.

Ephemeris:
2000 SJ8                 a,e,i = 2.80, 0.57, 7                   q = 1.2102
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2000 09 23    21 26.89   +14 49.5    0.269    1.220   139.2    32.5    19.3
2000 10 03    22 04.43   +12 57.9    0.290    1.240   141.3    30.3    19.4
2000 10 13    22 41.37   +10 51.9    0.325    1.270   142.3    28.7    19.6
2000 10 23    23 15.31   +08 59.4    0.375    1.310   141.6    28.2    20.0
2000 11 02    23 45.49   +07 37.6    0.441    1.357   139.1    28.6    20.4
2000 11 12    00 12.23   +06 52.0    0.522    1.410   135.4    29.5    20.9
2000 11 22    00 36.13   +06 39.5    0.618    1.469   130.9    30.6    21.4
2000 12 02    00 57.99   +06 53.9    0.729    1.531   125.9    31.4    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-S45

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