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MPEC 2008-E27 : 2008 EM

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M.P.E.C. 2008-E27                                Issued 2008 Mar. 3, 13:11 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 EM

Observations:
     K08E00M* C2008 03 01.47735 10 35 47.88 +36 07 03.2          20.5 V EE027G96
     K08E00M  C2008 03 01.48876 10 35 40.25 +36 05 42.5          20.9 V EE027G96
     K08E00M  C2008 03 01.49440 10 35 36.48 +36 05 02.2          20.7 V EE027G96
     K08E00M  C2008 03 02.41854 10 25 20.06 +34 12 56.1          21.2 V EE027G96
     K08E00M  C2008 03 02.41963 10 25 19.30 +34 12 48.1          21.7 V EE027G96
     K08E00M  C2008 03 02.42079 10 25 18.51 +34 12 39.0          21.6 V EE027G96
     K08E00M  C2008 03 02.42193 10 25 17.68 +34 12 30.2          20.4 V EE027G96
     K08E00M  C2008 03 03.32867 10 15 10.22 +32 12 14.1          21.0 V EE027G96
     K08E00M  C2008 03 03.33121 10 15 08.42 +32 11 53.2          21.3 V EE027G96
     K08E00M  C2008 03 03.33372 10 15 06.66 +32 11 31.8          21.4 V EE027G96
     K08E00M  C2008 03 03.33637 10 15 04.82 +32 11 09.8          21.1 V EE027G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. Beshore.  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.

Orbital elements:
2008 EM                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0945 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 353.18217              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.78657210     Peri.  254.89808     -0.46903535     +0.87594076
a   1.1622789      Node   345.44120     -0.53362628     -0.38288322
e   0.1516379      Incl.   26.67359     -0.70373918     -0.29347610
P   1.25           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080301 G96  0.9-  0.4-    080302 G96  0.0   0.2+    080303 G96  0.1-  0.2+
080301 G96  0.3+  0.2+    080302 G96  0.1+  0.1+    080303 G96  0.1-  0.2-
080301 G96  0.8+  0.1+    080302 G96  0.4-  0.2+    080303 G96  0.1+  0.0
080302 G96  0.0   0.3-    080303 G96  0.2+  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2008 EM                  a,e,i = 1.16, 0.15, 27                  q = 0.9860
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 02 24    11 41.75   +44 47.8    0.169    1.126   141.4    33.2    21.9
2008 02 26    11 23.01   +42 50.8    0.157    1.121   144.5    30.8    21.7
2008 02 28    11 02.69   +40 17.5    0.146    1.117   147.7    28.3    21.4
2008 03 01    10 41.14   +37 01.2    0.137    1.112   150.5    26.0    21.2
2008 03 03    10 18.88   +32 57.1    0.129    1.107   152.5    24.5    21.0
2008 03 05    09 56.50   +28 04.8    0.122    1.102   152.8    24.3    20.9
2008 03 07    09 34.60   +22 29.6    0.118    1.097   151.0    26.0    20.8
2008 03 09    09 13.71   +16 24.0    0.116    1.093   147.2    29.5    20.9
2008 03 11    08 54.21   +10 05.8    0.117    1.088   141.9    34.3    21.0
2008 03 13    08 36.35   +03 53.8    0.120    1.083   135.9    39.7    21.2
2008 03 15    08 20.21   -01 56.3    0.125    1.079   129.8    45.1    21.5
2008 03 17    08 05.78   -07 14.5    0.131    1.074   124.0    50.2    21.7
2008 03 19    07 52.93   -11 56.9    0.140    1.070   118.6    54.8    22.0
2008 03 21    07 41.55   -16 03.7    0.149    1.065   113.8    58.8    22.2
2008 03 23    07 31.48   -19 37.7    0.159    1.061   109.6    62.3    22.5
2008 03 25    07 22.56   -22 42.9    0.170    1.056   105.8    65.3    22.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-E27

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