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MPEC 2008-H50 : 2008 CS190

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M.P.E.C. 2008-H50                                Issued 2008 Apr. 29, 15:45 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

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                                  2008 CS190

Observations:
     K08CJ0S* C2008 02 11.44289 09 55 07.21 +12 44 41.4          21.8 R EH050675
     K08CJ0S  C2008 02 11.48420 09 55 06.96 +12 44 42.4          21.5 R EH050675
     K08CJ0S  C2008 02 12.33631 09 55 02.25 +12 45 02.8          21.5 R EH050675
     K08CJ0S  C2008 02 12.38374 09 55 01.96 +12 45 02.8          21.7 R EH050675
     K08CJ0S  C2008 02 27.17747 09 53 40.20 +12 50 56.9                 EH050688
     K08CJ0S  C2008 02 27.27026 09 53 39.68 +12 50 59.5                 EH050688
     K08CJ0S  C2008 02 28.18155 09 53 34.76 +12 51 20.4                 EH050688
     K08CJ0S  C2008 03 25.13009 09 51 28.59 +13 00 07.7                 EH050675
     K08CJ0S  C2008 03 25.18714 09 51 28.35 +13 00 08.3                 EH050675
     K08CJ0S  C2008 03 26.13111 09 51 24.53 +13 00 23.6                 EH050675

Observer details:
675 Palomar Mountain.  Observers M. E. Schwamb, M. E. Brown, D. Rabinowitz.
    1.2-m Oschin Schmidt + CCD.
688 Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station.  Observers M. E. Schwamb,
    H. Roe.  0.75-m f/16 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 CS190
Eccentricity assumed
Epoch 2008 Feb. 24.0 TT = JDT 2454520.5                 MPC
M  92.46962              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00448933     Peri.   76.35664     +0.70594705     -0.68801831
a  36.3927769      Node   326.62848     +0.47175497     +0.63383689
e   0.0971038      Incl.   17.79815     +0.52828592     +0.35338591
P 220              H    6.4           G   0.15
From 10 observations 2008 Feb. 11-Mar. 26.

Ephemeris:
2008 CS190               a,e,i = 36.39, 0.10, 18                 q = 32.859
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 04 24    09 50.05   +13 05.0   36.524   36.900   111.2     1.5    22.2
2008 05 04    09 49.89   +13 05.0   36.689   36.902   101.4     1.5    22.3
2008 05 14    09 49.90   +13 04.1   36.860   36.905    91.8     1.6    22.3
2008 05 24    09 50.08   +13 02.3   37.032   36.908    82.2     1.6    22.3
2008 06 03    09 50.43   +12 59.7   37.200   36.910    72.7     1.5    22.3
2008 06 13    09 50.95   +12 56.2   37.359   36.913    63.3     1.4    22.3
2008 06 23    09 51.60   +12 51.9   37.506   36.916    53.9     1.3    22.3
2008 07 03    09 52.39   +12 47.0   37.636   36.918    44.6     1.1    22.3
2008 07 13    09 53.29   +12 41.5   37.747   36.921    35.3     0.9    22.3

     The assumed 3:4 Neptune-resonance orbit keeps the object more than 10 AU
from Neptune over a 14 000-year period.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-H50

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