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MPEC 2008-N04 : 2008 MR1

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M.P.E.C. 2008-N04                                Issued 2008 July 1, 14:14 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 MR1

Observations:
     K08M01R* C2008 06 30.38747 23 20 16.93 -06 55 34.4          19.6   EN004704
     K08M01R  C2008 06 30.39735 23 20 18.73 -06 55 16.6          19.9   EN004704
     K08M01R  C2008 06 30.41702 23 20 22.33 -06 54 43.2          19.7   EN004704
     K08M01R  C2008 06 30.42690 23 20 24.12 -06 54 25.3          19.6   EN004704
     K08M01R  C2008 07 01.33652 23 23 14.01 -06 27 35.3                 EN004734
     K08M01R  C2008 07 01.33945 23 23 14.57 -06 27 28.9          18.9 R EN004734
     K08M01R  C2008 07 01.34236 23 23 15.08 -06 27 24.3          19.1 R EN004734
     K08M01R  C2008 07 01.35430 23 23 17.41 -06 27 01.8          19.0 R EN004H01
     K08M01R  C2008 07 01.35838 23 23 18.15 -06 26 54.7          19.1 R EN004H01
     K08M01R  C2008 07 01.36214 23 23 18.85 -06 26 47.8          19.2 R EN004H01
     K08M01R  C2008 07 01.36612 23 23 19.56 -06 26 40.9          19.1 R EN004H01

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 MR1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.2404 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 346.61882              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.12966840     Peri.   37.10288     +0.99010978     +0.11404369
a   3.8658645      Node   316.12627     -0.13924278     +0.87000186
e   0.6807507      Incl.    6.77073     +0.01714841     +0.47967781
P   7.60           H   17.8           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080630 704  0.1-  0.0     080701 734  0.0   0.7-    080701 H01  0.1-  0.0
080630 704  0.1-  0.5+    080701 734  0.3+  0.5+    080701 H01  0.0   0.2+
080630 704  0.1+  0.6-    080701 734  0.0   0.1-    080701 H01  0.3-  0.0
080630 704  0.0   0.0     080701 H01  0.1+  0.2+

Ephemeris:
2008 MR1                 a,e,i = 3.87, 0.68, 7                   q = 1.2342
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 06 23    22 57.87   -10 18.5    0.763    1.465   110.0    40.7    19.6
2008 07 03    23 28.44   -05 37.3    0.672    1.403   110.8    42.6    19.3
2008 07 13    00 00.87   -00 08.1    0.598    1.349   110.7    44.8    19.0
2008 07 23    00 35.17   +06 02.2    0.542    1.304   109.9    47.1    18.8
2008 08 02    01 10.92   +12 34.3    0.502    1.269   108.8    49.2    18.7
2008 08 12    01 47.22   +18 59.5    0.479    1.246   107.7    50.8    18.6
2008 08 22    02 22.82   +24 48.8    0.468    1.235   107.3    51.4    18.5
2008 09 01    02 55.99   +29 41.9    0.467    1.237   108.1    50.8    18.5
2008 09 11    03 24.85   +33 31.6    0.473    1.253   110.4    48.9    18.5
2008 09 21    03 47.81   +36 21.4    0.482    1.280   114.4    45.6    18.5
2008 10 01    04 03.49   +38 18.7    0.493    1.319   120.1    41.1    18.5
2008 10 11    04 11.19   +39 28.4    0.508    1.368   127.4    35.4    18.5
2008 10 21    04 11.29   +39 52.4    0.529    1.425   136.2    28.9    18.5
2008 10 31    04 05.20   +39 30.2    0.558    1.488   146.0    21.9    18.5
2008 11 10    03 55.61   +38 24.2    0.600    1.557   155.7    15.2    18.5
2008 11 20    03 45.68   +36 45.3    0.659    1.630   162.9    10.3    18.6
2008 11 30    03 37.83   +34 50.5    0.737    1.705   163.2     9.6    18.9
2008 12 10    03 33.46   +32 57.1    0.836    1.784   156.8    12.6    19.4
2008 12 20    03 32.87   +31 17.3    0.954    1.863   148.1    16.2    19.9
2008 12 30    03 35.73   +29 56.4    1.090    1.944   139.1    19.3    20.4

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-N04

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