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MPEC 2009-A32 : 2008 YC33

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M.P.E.C. 2009-A32                                Issued 2009 Jan. 5, 13:45 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

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2008 YC33

Observations:
     K08Y33C* C2008 12 31.27962 04 43 38.56 +14 47 03.1          21.1 V EA032G96
     K08Y33C  C2008 12 31.28841 04 43 37.48 +14 46 09.3          21.0 V EA032G96
     K08Y33C  C2008 12 31.29716 04 43 36.37 +14 45 15.3          21.1 V EA032G96
     K08Y33C  C2008 12 31.30590 04 43 35.22 +14 44 21.2          20.7 V EA032G96
     K08Y33C  C2008 12 31.37265 04 43 26.73 +14 37 24.8          20.8 R EA032H01
     K08Y33C  C2008 12 31.37843 04 43 26.04 +14 36 48.5          21.1 R EA032H01
     K08Y33C  C2008 12 31.38646 04 43 25.07 +14 35 58.6          20.9 R EA032H01
     K08Y33C  C2009 01 01.12864804 42 10.78 +13 19 15.1          21.9 V EA032H55
     K08Y33C  C2009 01 01.14223004 42 09.13 +13 17 50.6          21.4 V EA032H55

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  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.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.
    Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 reflector + CCD.
H55 Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston.  Observer R. Holmes.
    0.81-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 YC33                                                Earth MOID = 0.0938 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 302.96064              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.63891157     Peri.  245.48377     -0.90699992     -0.36852577
a   1.3350849      Node   272.35320     +0.42065995     -0.81569509
e   0.2656926      Incl.   11.77011     -0.01990879     -0.44590389
P   1.54           H   24.3           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
081231 G96  0.7-  0.3-    081231 G96  0.3+  0.1+    081231 H01  0.1-  0.0
081231 G96  0.3+  0.1+    081231 H01  0.0   0.2+    090101 H55  0.4-  0.1-
081231 G96  0.6+  0.2+    081231 H01  0.1+  0.1-    090101 H55  0.6+  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2008 YC33                a,e,i = 1.34, 0.27, 12                  q = 0.9804
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 12 30    04 46.00   +16 56.3    0.134    1.104   153.2    23.7    21.3
2008 12 31    04 44.17   +15 16.0    0.132    1.101   151.3    25.4    21.3
2009 01 01    04 42.39   +13 33.2    0.130    1.097   149.2    27.3    21.3
2009 01 02    04 40.68   +11 48.3    0.129    1.094   147.2    29.1    21.3
2009 01 03    04 39.02   +10 01.4    0.127    1.090   145.1    31.1    21.3
2009 01 04    04 37.43   +08 12.8    0.126    1.087   143.0    33.0    21.4
2009 01 05    04 35.91   +06 22.9    0.125    1.083   140.9    34.9    21.4
2009 01 06    04 34.46   +04 32.0    0.124    1.080   138.8    36.9    21.4
2009 01 07    04 33.08   +02 40.2    0.123    1.076   136.6    38.8    21.5
2009 01 08    04 31.76   +00 48.0    0.123    1.073   134.5    40.8    21.5
2009 01 09    04 30.53   -01 04.3    0.123    1.070   132.4    42.8    21.5
2009 01 10    04 29.36   -02 56.6    0.122    1.066   130.3    44.7    21.6
2009 01 11    04 28.26   -04 48.4    0.122    1.063   128.2    46.6    21.6
2009 01 12    04 27.24   -06 39.5    0.122    1.060   126.1    48.5    21.7
2009 01 13    04 26.28   -08 29.7    0.122    1.057   124.1    50.4    21.7
2009 01 14    04 25.40   -10 18.7    0.123    1.054   122.1    52.2    21.8
2009 01 15    04 24.58   -12 06.4    0.123    1.051   120.2    54.0    21.8
2009 01 16    04 23.83   -13 52.4    0.124    1.048   118.3    55.8    21.9
2009 01 17    04 23.15   -15 36.8    0.124    1.045   116.4    57.5    21.9
2009 01 18    04 22.54   -17 19.2    0.125    1.042   114.6    59.1    22.0
2009 01 19    04 21.99   -18 59.7    0.126    1.039   112.8    60.8    22.1

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-A32

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