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MPEC 2009-L04 : 2009 LA

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M.P.E.C. 2009-L04                                Issued 2009 June 1, 12:46 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 LA

Observations:
     K09L00A* C2009 06 01.27736 16 24 18.79 -03 12 51.8          18.5 V EL004703
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.28394 16 24 23.14 -03 10 24.2          18.3 V EL004703
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.29066 16 24 27.61 -03 07 54.7          18.4 V EL004703
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.29735 16 24 32.07 -03 05 28.2          18.7 V EL004703
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.33921 16 24 59.42 -02 50 12.1          18.4 V EL004703
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.34065 16 25 00.31 -02 49 41.7                 EL004703
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.34353 16 25 02.26 -02 48 38.1          18.5 V EL004703
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.35302 16 25 08.27 -02 45 09.4          19.0 R EL004651
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.35494 16 25 08.36 -02 44 42.6          18.4 R EL004H01
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.35558 16 25 09.93 -02 44 13.8          18.8 R EL004651
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.35797 16 25 10.36 -02 43 37.4          18.2 R EL004H01
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.36136 16 25 13.70 -02 42 10.2          18.8 R EL004651
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.36192 16 25 12.95 -02 42 13.3          18.3 R EL004H01
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.36586 16 25 15.50 -02 40 49.2          18.5 R EL004H01
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.37158 16 25 16.37 -02 39 15.2          18.4 R EL004H36
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.37618 16 25 19.36 -02 37 38.1          18.8 R EL004H36
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.38060 16 25 22.40 -02 36 05.2          18.9 R EL004H36
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.38923 16 25 31.87 -02 32 25.3          18.9 V EL004703
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.39247 16 25 33.99 -02 31 17.2          19.0 V EL004703
     K09L00A  C2009 06 01.39569 16 25 36.15 -02 30 09.7          18.5 V EL004703

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
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.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 LA                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0071 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M  53.43540              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.70851845     Peri.  288.60845     -0.97816859     -0.04568063
a   1.2461451      Node   249.18050     +0.10980474     -0.94185215
e   0.3103155      Incl.   12.52656     -0.17643450     -0.33290810
P   1.39           H   26.3           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
090601 703  0.4+  0.2-    090601 651  0.0   0.1+    090601 H36  1.9+  0.2-
090601 703  0.3-  0.5+    090601 H01  0.2-  0.2+    090601 H36  0.4-  0.7-
090601 703  0.2-  0.6+    090601 651  0.0   0.8+    090601 H36  0.1-  1.4-
090601 703  0.3+  1.2-    090601 H01  0.0   0.5+    090601 703  0.6-  0.1+
090601 703  0.3-  0.3-    090601 651  0.5+  0.8+    090601 703  0.4-  0.2+
090601 703  0.9-  1.1-    090601 H01  0.0   0.2+    090601 703  0.5+  0.2+
090601 703  0.2+  0.4+    090601 H01  0.5-  0.3+

Ephemeris:
2009 LA                  a,e,i = 1.25, 0.31, 13                  q = 0.8594
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 05 29    10 47.04   -60 53.2    0.00777  1.016   111.6    68.0    18.2
2009 05 30    14 50.98   -37 17.5    0.00832  1.021   154.0    25.8    17.1
2009 05 31    15 55.76   -15 28.6    0.0123   1.026   169.4    10.5    17.5
2009 06 01    16 20.05   -05 00.7    0.0175   1.031   162.6    17.1    18.5
2009 06 02    16 32.49   +00 32.1    0.0232   1.036   157.2    22.3    19.3
2009 06 03    16 40.01   +03 52.2    0.0290   1.040   153.8    25.5    19.9
2009 06 04    16 45.04   +06 03.9    0.0350   1.045   151.5    27.6    20.3
2009 06 05    16 48.64   +07 36.3    0.0409   1.050   149.9    29.0    20.7
2009 06 06    16 51.34   +08 44.0    0.0470   1.055   148.6    30.1    21.1
2009 06 07    16 53.44   +09 35.1    0.0530   1.060   147.6    30.8    21.4
2009 06 08    16 55.12   +10 14.7    0.0591   1.065   146.9    31.4    21.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-L04

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