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MPEC 2009-H31 : 2009 HF21

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M.P.E.C. 2009-H31                                Issued 2009 Apr. 21, 17:51 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.

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          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2009 HF21

Observations:
     K09H21F* C2009 04 20.38981 14 55 47.10 +00 20 21.8          18.3 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.39705 14 56 04.59 +00 17 25.9          18.3 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.40425 14 56 22.41 +00 14 26.8          18.8 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.43067 14 57 25.59 +00 03 30.4          18.2 R EH031H01
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.43348 14 57 32.49 +00 02 21.4          18.2 R EH031H01
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.43705 14 57 41.30 +00 00 53.6          18.5 R EH031H01
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.44083 14 57 50.63 -00 00 40.0          18.3 R EH031H01
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.44140 14 57 53.06 -00 00 44.1          18.6 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.44176 14 57 53.92 -00 00 53.4          18.2 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.44221 14 57 55.00 -00 01 03.5          18.3 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.48895 14 59 51.08 -00 20 19.5          18.4 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.48941 14 59 52.27 -00 20 30.8          18.4 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.48977 14 59 53.21 -00 20 39.5          18.6 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.49093 14 59 55.96 -00 21 07.5          19.1 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.49128 14 59 57.01 -00 21 17.6          19.1 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.49174 14 59 58.12 -00 21 27.8          18.9 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 20.49211 14 59 58.99 -00 21 37.1          18.9 V EH031703
     K09H21F  C2009 04 21.00291715 23 28.30 -04 02 07.7                 EH031J95
     K09H21F  C2009 04 21.00515315 23 34.33 -04 03 06.7                 EH031J95
     K09H21F  C2009 04 21.00736215 23 40.30 -04 04 05.5          18.4 R EH031J95
     K09H21F  C2009 04 21.33044 15 39 02.87 -06 25 59.5          18.7 R EH031651
     K09H21F  C2009 04 21.33097 15 39 04.35 -06 26 13.5          18.7 R EH031651
     K09H21F  C2009 04 21.33150 15 39 05.80 -06 26 27.7          18.8 R EH031651
     K09H21F  C2009 04 21.66394715 55 07.86 -08 46 14.7          18.1 R EH031474
     K09H21F  C2009 04 21.66452515 55 09.51 -08 46 30.0          18.3 R EH031474
     K09H21F  C2009 04 21.66498815 55 10.82 -08 46 42.1          18.2 R EH031474
     K09H21F  C2009 04 21.66556715 55 12.49 -08 46 57.9          18.3 R EH031474

Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  1.0-m f/7.7
    reflector + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky 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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 HF21                                                Earth MOID = 0.0101 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M  13.19266              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27597551     Peri.  188.65752     -0.72595502     +0.68643308
a   2.3364456      Node    34.81390     -0.62645938     -0.63456028
e   0.5658231      Incl.    4.26051     -0.28379209     -0.35516600
P   3.57           H   26.1           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
090420 703  0.0   0.6-    090420 703  0.1-  0.1+    090421 J95  0.2-  0.2+
090420 703  1.0-  0.5+    090420 703  0.5-  0.2-    090421 J95  0.1+  0.1-
090420 703 (3.9+  2.3-)   090420 703  0.1+  0.1-    090421 651  0.7+  0.3-
090420 H01  0.3+  0.1-    090420 703  0.6+  0.1+    090421 651  1.0+  0.0
090420 H01  0.1+  0.0     090420 703  1.8-  0.9+    090421 651  0.9+  0.1+
090420 H01  0.4+  0.1+    090420 703  0.8+  0.5-    090421 474  0.4-  0.3-
090420 H01  0.5+  0.4-    090420 703  0.1+  0.7+    090421 474  0.3-  0.1-
090420 703  0.7+  0.4-    090420 703  0.8-  0.6+    090421 474  0.4-  0.2+
090420 703  0.4+  0.9-    090421 J95  0.2-  0.1+    090421 474  0.1-  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2009 HF21                a,e,i = 2.34, 0.57, 4                   q = 1.0144
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 04 19    14 03.31   +08 33.4    0.0234   1.026   160.0    19.6    19.0
2009 04 20    14 39.70   +02 57.4    0.0210   1.025   161.2    18.4    18.7
2009 04 21    15 23.18   -03 54.3    0.0194   1.023   156.8    22.7    18.7
2009 04 22    16 12.04   -11 19.4    0.0190   1.021   147.4    32.0    18.9
2009 04 23    17 02.41   -18 06.6    0.0198   1.020   136.4    42.9    19.3
2009 04 24    17 49.68   -23 22.2    0.0216   1.019   126.2    52.8    19.7
2009 04 25    18 30.71   -26 58.1    0.0242   1.018   117.9    60.9    20.2
2009 04 26    19 04.57   -29 15.4    0.0274   1.017   111.5    67.1    20.7
2009 04 27    19 31.86   -30 39.7    0.0309   1.016   106.7    71.6    21.1
2009 04 28    19 53.74   -31 30.8    0.0348   1.015   103.1    75.0    21.5
2009 04 29    20 11.37   -32 01.5    0.0388   1.015   100.5    77.4    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-H31

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