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    M.P.E.C. 2008-C76                                Issued 2008 Feb. 12, 04:32 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2008 CM74

Observations:
     K08C74M* C2008 02 08.36778 10 16 16.10 +13 35 18.5          19.5 V EC076G96
     K08C74M  C2008 02 08.37435 10 16 18.69 +13 34 44.2          20.4 V EC076G96
     K08C74M  C2008 02 08.38088 10 16 21.25 +13 34 09.3          20.6 V EC076G96
     K08C74M  C2008 02 08.38731 10 16 23.80 +13 33 34.5          20.6 V EC076G96
     K08C74M  C2008 02 08.42444 10 16 38.68 +13 30 11.1          20.0 V EC076G96
     K08C74M  C2008 02 08.43792 10 16 44.25 +13 28 55.8          19.9 V EC076G96
     K08C74M  C2008 02 08.44465 10 16 47.06 +13 28 17.4          19.5 V EC076G96
     K08C74M  C2008 02 09.36088 10 26 48.51 +11 55 23.6          20.1 V EC076G96
     K08C74M  C2008 02 09.36915 10 26 52.87 +11 54 26.0          20.2 V EC076G96
     K08C74M  C2008 02 09.37740 10 26 57.19 +11 53 28.1          20.1 V EC076G96
     K08C74M  C2008 02 11.32960 10 58 45.23 +06 36 04.3          20.0   EC076704
     K08C74M  C2008 02 11.34164 10 58 57.85 +06 33 23.1          20.1   EC076704
     K08C74M  C2008 02 11.36584 10 59 23.31 +06 27 56.0          20.2   EC076704
     K08C74M  C2008 02 11.37789 10 59 36.09 +06 25 10.5          20.2   EC076704

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 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 CM74                                                Earth MOID = 0.0015 AU
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M 225.34773              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.84659904     Peri.  237.72855     -0.93988175     +0.34135984
a   1.1066685      Node   322.22865     -0.30770199     -0.85894295
e   0.1544462      Incl.    0.91536     -0.14812756     -0.38169421
P   1.16           H   28.1           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
080208 G96  0.5-  0.5-    080208 G96  0.1-  0.3+    080211 704  0.1-  0.0
080208 G96  0.0   0.1+    080208 G96  0.4-  0.0     080211 704  0.2-  0.0
080208 G96  0.1+  0.1+    080209 G96  0.1+  0.0     080211 704  0.1-  0.3+
080208 G96  0.5+  0.2-    080209 G96  0.3+  0.1+    080211 704  0.3+  0.5-
080208 G96  0.2+  0.0     080209 G96  0.1-  0.3+

Ephemeris:
2008 CM74                a,e,i = 1.11, 0.15, 1                   q = 0.9357
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 02 04    09 49.51   +17 34.1    0.0293   1.015   169.9     9.8    21.1
2008 02 05    09 53.89   +16 57.6    0.0268   1.012   169.8     9.9    20.9
2008 02 06    09 59.07   +16 13.1    0.0243   1.010   169.6    10.2    20.7
2008 02 07    10 05.33   +15 18.0    0.0219   1.008   169.0    10.8    20.5
2008 02 08    10 13.01   +14 08.3    0.0195   1.005   168.0    11.8    20.3
2008 02 09    10 22.68   +12 38.0    0.0171   1.003   166.4    13.3    20.0
2008 02 10    10 35.18   +10 37.4    0.0148   1.001   164.0    15.8    19.8
2008 02 11    10 51.84   +07 50.8    0.0126   0.999   160.2    19.5    19.6
2008 02 12    11 14.91   +03 52.5    0.0105   0.997   154.4    25.3    19.4
2008 02 13    11 48.12   -01 57.8    0.00868  0.994   145.4    34.3    19.2
2008 02 14    12 37.35   -10 24.0    0.00723  0.992   131.6    48.1    19.2
2008 02 15    13 48.85   -20 59.3    0.00644  0.990   112.5    67.2    19.5
2008 02 16    15 19.09   -30 09.9    0.00657  0.988    91.3    88.3    20.3
2008 02 17    16 46.01   -34 30.8    0.00757  0.986    73.5   106.1    21.4
2008 02 18    17 51.43   -35 07.6    0.00915  0.984    61.1   118.5    22.6
2008 02 19    18 35.82   -34 17.0    0.0111   0.982    52.9   126.6    23.7
2008 02 20    19 05.94   -33 06.9    0.0132   0.980    47.5   131.9    24.6
2008 02 21    19 27.10   -31 59.7    0.0154   0.978    43.9   135.5    25.3
2008 02 22    19 42.60   -31 00.7    0.0177   0.976    41.4   137.9    25.9
2008 02 23    19 54.40   -30 10.2    0.0201   0.974    39.7   139.5    26.3
2008 02 24    20 03.67   -29 27.0    0.0224   0.972    38.6   140.6    26.7

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-C76

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