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MPEC 2008-E105: 2008 ED69

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M.P.E.C. 2008-E105                               Issued 2008 Mar. 12, 19:13 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,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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                                   2008 ED69

Observations:
     K08E69D* C2008 03 11.49608 16 14 34.65 +25 22 56.4          19.7 V EE105703
     K08E69D  C2008 03 11.50102 16 14 35.12 +25 23 03.5          19.5 V EE105703
     K08E69D  C2008 03 11.50598 16 14 35.80 +25 23 13.7          19.4 V EE105703
     K08E69D  C2008 03 11.51090 16 14 36.27 +25 23 21.6          19.9 V EE105703
     K08E69D  C2008 03 12.45587 16 16 23.62 +25 49 52.5          20.4 V EE105703
     K08E69D  C2008 03 12.45812 16 16 23.84 +25 49 55.1          20.0 V EE105703
     K08E69D  C2008 03 12.46039 16 16 24.06 +25 49 58.5          19.5 V EE105703
     K08E69D  C2008 03 12.46267 16 16 24.27 +25 50 03.0          19.2 V EE105703
     K08E69D  C2008 03 12.48610 16 16 26.97 +25 50 43.9          19.7 V EE105G96
     K08E69D  C2008 03 12.49291 16 16 27.69 +25 50 54.8          19.9 V EE105G96
     K08E69D  C2008 03 12.49970 16 16 28.45 +25 51 06.2          19.9 V EE105G96
     K08E69D  C2008 03 12.50653 16 16 29.20 +25 51 17.7          19.8 V EE105G96

Observer details:
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.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer S. M. Larson.  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 ED69                                                Earth MOID = 0.2883 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 351.48229              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.16006513     Peri.  170.84310     +0.80507349     +0.51808166
a   3.3594761      Node   151.31366     -0.57518255     +0.80086160
e   0.7872362      Incl.   36.99909     -0.14498863     -0.30035327
P   6.16           H   16.5           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080311 703  0.1+  0.0     080312 703  0.6+  0.8+    080312 G96  0.4+  0.8+
080311 703  0.9-  1.2-    080312 703  0.2+  0.4-    080312 G96  0.1-  0.1+
080311 703  0.9+  0.8+    080312 703  0.2-  0.9-    080312 G96  0.0   0.0
080311 703  0.1-  0.4+    080312 703  0.8-  0.2-    080312 G96  0.1-  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2008 ED69                a,e,i = 3.36, 0.79, 37                  q = 0.7148
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 03 05    16 02.56   +22 32.9    1.430    1.956   106.4    29.1    20.0
2008 03 15    16 21.25   +27 03.5    1.272    1.847   108.6    30.7    19.7
2008 03 25    16 41.37   +32 24.3    1.134    1.736   108.9    32.9    19.4
2008 04 04    17 03.78   +38 32.4    1.014    1.622   107.2    36.1    19.1
2008 04 14    17 29.96   +45 17.6    0.914    1.505   103.3    40.4    18.8
2008 04 24    18 02.94   +52 21.0    0.832    1.387    97.5    46.0    18.6
2008 05 04    18 48.52   +59 13.8    0.764    1.267    90.2    52.7    18.4
2008 05 14    19 57.49   +65 04.2    0.706    1.148    81.8    60.7    18.2
2008 05 24    21 42.20   +68 07.8    0.656    1.031    72.8    69.8    18.1
2008 06 03    23 46.90   +65 52.2    0.614    0.921    63.4    80.0    18.1

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