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MPEC 2009-D40 : 2009 DR3

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M.P.E.C. 2009-D40                                Issued 2009 Feb. 20, 20:47 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 DR3

Observations:
     K09D03R* C2009 02 20.33243 09 58 02.78 +19 56 24.0          18.5 V ED040703
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.33873 09 58 02.17 +19 56 23.1          18.4 V ED040703
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.34520 09 58 01.48 +19 56 22.6          18.3 V ED040703
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.35161 09 58 00.87 +19 56 22.3          18.1 V ED040703
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.36196 09 57 59.76 +19 56 21.5          18.6 V ED040703
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.36937 09 57 58.89 +19 56 18.6          17.8 R ED040H01
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.37116 09 57 58.86 +19 56 20.4          18.2 V ED040703
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.37340 09 57 58.48 +19 56 18.1          17.9 R ED040H01
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.37722 09 57 58.10 +19 56 17.6          18.1 R ED040H01
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.38046 09 57 57.85 +19 56 19.1          18.1 V ED040703
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.38072 09 57 57.74 +19 56 17.1          17.8 R ED040H01
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.39830 09 57 56.10 +19 56 16.8          19.0 R ED040854
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.39961 09 57 55.93 +19 56 16.9          18.9 R ED040854
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.40223 09 57 55.73 +19 56 16.9          19.0 R ED040854
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.41505209 57 53.84 +19 56 03.9          18.0 V ED040H55
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.42045409 57 53.35 +19 56 03.0          18.0 V ED040H55
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.42507009 57 52.92 +19 56 02.2          18.1 V ED040H55
     K09D03R %C2009 02 20.49243 09 57 46.84 +19 55 59.7          18.3 R ED040H06
     K09D03R %C2009 02 20.50264 09 57 45.88 +19 55 58.9          17.6 R ED040H06
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.82413 09 57 23.46 +19 55 27.8          17.7 C ED040A81
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.82885 09 57 22.98 +19 55 28.8          18.7 C ED040A81
     K09D03R  C2009 02 20.83320 09 57 22.47 +19 55 28.4          18.9 C ED040A81

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  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.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A81 Balzaretto Observatory, Rome.  Observer L. Franco.  0.20-m f/5.3 reflector
    + CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.
H06 RAS Observatory, Mayhill.  Observers E. Guido, G. Sostero, P. Camilleri.
    0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD.
H55 Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurer S. Foglia.

Orbital elements:
2009 DR3                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0109 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 302.42217              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40600479     Peri.  235.68612     -0.74700494     +0.66461468
a   1.8062670      Node   345.94252     -0.58552829     -0.66943731
e   0.5057284      Incl.    3.88579     -0.31486544     -0.33187499
P   2.43           H   21.5           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
090220 703  0.8-  0.2-    090220 H01  0.3+  0.1+    090220 H55  0.0   0.3-
090220 703  0.2-  0.5-    090220 703  0.6-  0.2+    090220 H06  0.1+  0.5-
090220 703  0.5-  0.3-    090220 H01  0.2+  0.1+    090220 H06  0.4-  0.5+
090220 703  0.2+  0.1+    090220 854  0.3+  0.1+    090220 A81  0.4+  0.7-
090220 703  0.4-  0.4+    090220 854  0.3-  0.4+    090220 A81  0.2+  0.5+
090220 H01  0.2+  0.1+    090220 854  0.6+  0.7+    090220 A81  0.9-  0.2+
090220 703  0.2+  0.4+    090220 H55  0.2-  0.2-
090220 H01  0.2+  0.1+    090220 H55  0.0   0.2-

Ephemeris:
2009 DR3                 a,e,i = 1.81, 0.51, 4                   q = 0.8928
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 02 18    10 01.05   +19 58.4    0.184    1.171   171.7     7.0    18.7
2009 02 20    09 58.52   +19 57.0    0.170    1.156   170.3     8.2    18.5
2009 02 22    09 55.57   +19 53.6    0.156    1.142   168.6     9.9    18.4
2009 02 24    09 52.12   +19 47.7    0.142    1.128   166.4    11.9    18.2
2009 02 26    09 48.08   +19 38.4    0.129    1.114   164.1    14.1    18.1
2009 02 28    09 43.28   +19 24.5    0.116    1.101   161.4    16.7    17.9
2009 03 02    09 37.52   +19 04.3    0.103    1.087   158.5    19.5    17.7
2009 03 04    09 30.43   +18 35.4    0.0904   1.074   155.3    22.7    17.5
2009 03 06    09 21.48   +17 53.7    0.0781   1.061   151.7    26.3    17.3
2009 03 08    09 09.71   +16 52.1    0.0661   1.049   147.4    30.7    17.0
2009 03 10    08 53.47   +15 17.7    0.0544   1.037   142.0    36.1    16.7
2009 03 12    08 29.55   +12 43.5    0.0433   1.025   134.8    43.5    16.4
2009 03 14    07 51.43   +08 11.1    0.0330   1.013   123.9    54.5    16.1
2009 03 16    06 46.06   -00 19.7    0.0247   1.002   105.7    72.9    16.0
2009 03 18    04 57.97   -13 51.0    0.0208   0.991    77.0   101.8    16.8
2009 03 20    02 52.24   -24 28.8    0.0236   0.980    48.7   130.3    19.1

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-D40

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