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MPEC 2009-C40 : 2009 CZ1

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M.P.E.C. 2009-C40                                Issued 2009 Feb. 4, 17:07 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

                                   2009 CZ1

Observations:
     K09C01Z* C2009 02 03.38609 10 33 04.71 +05 17 12.8          21.8 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 03.39177 10 33 06.33 +05 17 03.5          21.8 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 03.39722 10 33 07.84 +05 16 54.4          21.4 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 03.40284 10 33 09.36 +05 16 43.9          20.6 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 03.44184 10 33 20.48 +05 15 38.1          21.7 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 03.44258 10 33 20.70 +05 15 36.9          21.2 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 03.44332 10 33 20.91 +05 15 35.7          21.0 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 03.44405 10 33 21.09 +05 15 34.2          21.4 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 03.46529 10 33 27.04 +05 14 56.8          21.5 R EC040H01
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 03.47144 10 33 28.81 +05 14 46.4          21.5 R EC040H01
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 03.47945 10 33 31.13 +05 14 32.7          21.3 R EC040H01
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 04.37229 10 38 21.81 +04 47 49.0          21.8 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 04.37318 10 38 22.10 +04 47 47.0          21.6 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 04.37414 10 38 22.43 +04 47 45.5          21.5 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 04.37502 10 38 22.73 +04 47 44.0          22.4 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 04.40656 10 38 32.78 +04 46 43.5          22.1 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 04.40753 10 38 33.14 +04 46 41.3          21.7 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 04.40850 10 38 33.50 +04 46 39.7          21.6 V EC040G96
     K09C01Z  C2009 02 04.40948 10 38 33.79 +04 46 37.9          22.1 V EC040G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon 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.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 CZ1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0012 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 324.03803              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29777280     Peri.   65.91339     -0.80531366     +0.59255190
a   2.2209871      Node   150.41456     -0.55679854     -0.74509476
e   0.6537767      Incl.    2.17829     -0.20358117     -0.30613078
P   3.31           H   24.5           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
090203 G96  0.1+  0.2+    090203 G96  0.2-  0.4-    090204 G96  0.4+  0.2+
090203 G96  0.5+  0.5+    090203 H01  0.0   0.0     090204 G96  0.8-  0.1+
090203 G96  0.1+  0.5+    090203 H01  0.1-  0.1+    090204 G96  0.1-  0.3-
090203 G96  0.9-  0.5-    090203 H01  0.1-  0.1+    090204 G96  0.6+  0.0
090203 G96  0.1+  0.2-    090204 G96  0.3-  0.0     090204 G96  0.3+  0.1+
090203 G96  0.2+  0.2-    090204 G96  0.2-  0.3-
090203 G96  0.2+  0.1-    090204 G96  0.1+  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2009 CZ1                 a,e,i = 2.22, 0.65, 2                   q = 0.7690
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 01 29    10 12.66   +07 11.1    0.210    1.180   156.3    19.6    22.5
2009 02 03    10 31.18   +05 28.2    0.157    1.131   156.5    20.4    21.8
2009 02 08    11 05.48   +02 16.6    0.107    1.083   152.5    24.9    21.0
2009 02 13    12 26.82   -05 16.6    0.0651   1.035   136.0    41.5    20.3
2009 02 18    15 51.08   -18 44.3    0.0497   0.989    89.7    87.4    21.0
2009 02 23    18 45.63   -19 25.5    0.0775   0.946    53.7   122.5    23.9
2009 02 28    19 51.91   -16 54.3    0.122    0.905    42.8   131.9    25.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-C40

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