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    M.P.E.C. 2008-A46                                Issued 2008 Jan. 11, 16:40 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2008 AG4
    
    Observations:
         K08A04G* C2008 01 10.42001 10 01 50.05 +14 51 28.7          20.8 V EA046G96
         K08A04G  C2008 01 10.42540 10 01 49.08 +14 52 02.5          20.4 V EA046G96
         K08A04G  C2008 01 10.43095 10 01 48.03 +14 52 37.3          20.5 V EA046G96
         K08A04G  C2008 01 10.43642 10 01 46.99 +14 53 11.7          20.8 V EA046G96
         K08A04G  C2008 01 10.47177 10 01 40.36 +14 56 54.3          20.1 V EA046G96
         K08A04G  C2008 01 10.47691 10 01 39.46 +14 57 26.4          20.2 V EA046G96
         K08A04G  C2008 01 10.48208 10 01 38.49 +14 57 58.2          20.2 V EA046G96
         K08A04G  C2008 01 10.48719 10 01 37.52 +14 58 30.0          19.9 V EA046G96
         K08A04G  C2008 01 11.41282 09 59 24.28 +16 33 52.3          20.5 V EA046G96
         K08A04G  C2008 01 11.42051 09 59 22.81 +16 34 38.3          20.4 V EA046G96
         K08A04G  C2008 01 11.42574 09 59 20.31 +16 34 58.9          20.5 R EA046734
         K08A04G  C2008 01 11.42808 09 59 21.37 +16 35 24.5          20.7 V EA046G96
         K08A04G  C2008 01 11.43067 09 59 19.40 +16 35 28.6          20.9 R EA046734
         K08A04G  C2008 01 11.43558 09 59 18.52 +16 35 56.7          20.9 R EA046734
         K08A04G  C2008 01 11.43565 09 59 19.93 +16 36 09.9          21.1 V EA046G96
         K08A04G HC2008 01 11.51202 09 59 05.74 +16 43 48.6                 EA046291
         K08A04G HC2008 01 11.51777 09 59 04.67 +16 44 24.7                 EA046291
         K08A04G HC2008 01 11.52300 09 59 03.66 +16 44 54.1                 EA046291
    
    Observer details:
    291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer S. M. Larson.  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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2008 AG4                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0325 AU
    Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
    M 354.36418              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.82131487     Peri.  285.61344     +0.80260756     -0.58671643
    a   1.1292660      Node   110.42909     +0.58179376     +0.73013188
    e   0.1837623      Incl.    6.59539     +0.13167051     +0.35024458
    P   1.20           H   24.6           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    080110 G96  0.8-  0.0     080110 G96  0.4+  0.1+    080111 734  0.3+  1.3+
    080110 G96  0.1-  0.2-    080110 G96  0.0   0.0     080111 734  0.6+  0.1-
    080110 G96  0.2-  0.4-    080111 G96  0.2+  0.1-    080111 G96  0.1-  0.8-
    080110 G96  0.3-  0.4-    080111 G96  0.1+  0.8-    080111 291  0.2+  0.8-
    080110 G96  0.3-  0.5+    080111 734  0.3+  1.2+    080111 291  0.0   1.2+
    080110 G96  0.5+  0.5+    080111 G96  0.0   0.4-    080111 291  0.9-  0.5-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2008 AG4                 a,e,i = 1.13, 0.18, 7                   q = 0.9217
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2008 01 05    10 14.49   +04 26.9    0.0693   1.029   129.7    47.3    20.7
    2008 01 10    10 02.85   +14 07.5    0.0757   1.043   141.1    36.3    20.6
    2008 01 15    09 50.41   +22 09.8    0.0847   1.058   150.7    27.1    20.6
    2008 01 20    09 37.65   +28 28.1    0.0960   1.073   157.5    20.5    20.7
    2008 01 25    09 25.20   +33 10.6    0.109    1.088   160.8    17.3    20.9
    2008 01 30    09 13.62   +36 32.1    0.125    1.103   160.5    17.4    21.2
    2008 02 04    09 03.49   +38 47.6    0.142    1.118   157.7    19.5    21.6
    
    Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-A46
    

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