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    M.P.E.C. 2008-D04                                Issued 2008 Feb. 16, 21:41 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
    
                                        2007 DA
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2007-D12
    
    Additional Observations:
         K07D00A  C2008 02 15.81959 07 01 54.43 +52 42 17.3                 ED004J95
         K07D00A  C2008 02 15.82048 07 01 56.16 +52 41 59.1          17.9 R ED004J95
         K07D00A  C2008 02 15.84836 07 02 48.54 +52 32 22.0                 ED004J95
         K07D00A  C2008 02 15.84925 07 02 50.23 +52 32 03.3                 ED004J95
         K07D00A  C2008 02 15.85014 07 02 51.86 +52 31 45.1          17.8 R ED004J95
         K07D00A  C2008 02 16.80000 07 26 20.24 +47 44 22.1                 ED004J95
         K07D00A  C2008 02 16.80295 07 26 23.42 +47 43 36.7                 ED004J95
         K07D00A  C2008 02 16.80577 07 26 26.42 +47 42 53.6          17.8 R ED004J95
    
    Observer details:
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    080215 J95 0.08- 0.00+    080216 J95 0.07- 0.01+    MPO118200   +0.0045 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    2007 DA                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0200 AU
    Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
    M 309.07272              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.97230715     Peri.  261.68128     +0.94281696     -0.33053005
    a   1.0090989      Node   117.61052     +0.32170651     +0.86868197
    e   0.5736259      Incl.    2.77923     +0.08718428     +0.36897361
    P   1.01           H   22.4           G   0.15           U   4
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    070216 703  0.2-  0.3+    070216 595  0.7+  0.4+    070221 448  0.4-  0.0
    070216 703  0.4-  0.8-    070216 595  0.1-  0.6+    070222 703  0.4+  0.5-
    070216 703  0.6+  0.0     070216 595  0.6+  0.4+    070222 703  0.5-  0.5-
    070216 703 (0.5-  1.6+)   070216 595  0.5+  0.3+    070222 703  0.3+  0.1-
    070216 703  0.1-  0.6+    070216 473  0.9-  0.3+    070222 703  1.0-  0.1+
    070216 703  0.3+  0.3-    070216 473  0.6-  0.1-    070225 448  0.0   0.2-
    070216 703  0.6-  0.5-    070216 473  0.1-  0.1+    070225 448  0.0   0.0
    070216 703  0.5+  0.6-    070217 673  1.0+  0.1-    070225 448  0.7-  0.0
    070216 703  0.8+  0.2+    070217 673 (2.2+  0.3-)   070309 G96  0.1-  0.1-
    070216 703  0.3-  0.2+    070217 673 (3.5+  0.5-)   070309 G96  0.1+  0.1+
    070216 703  1.0-  0.3+    070217 673  0.0   0.7+    070309 G96  0.1+  0.2+
    070216 703  1.3-  0.8-    070221 H45  0.1+  0.2+    070309 G96  0.1+  0.1+
    070216 703  0.1+  0.4-    070221 H45  0.1+  0.0     080215 J95  0.1-  0.0
    070216 703  0.3-  0.7-    070221 H45  1.2+  0.0     080215 J95  0.3+  0.3+
    070216 703  0.3-  0.1-    070221 H45  0.7+  0.9-    080215 J95  0.3-  0.1+
    070216 703  0.2+  0.1+    070221 H45  0.2-  0.1+    080215 J95  0.1+  0.2-
    070216 118 (0.2+  1.9-)   070221 H45  0.1+  0.1+    080215 J95  0.2-  0.0
    070216 118  0.1-  0.5+    070221 H45  0.3-  0.5+    080216 J95  0.1+  0.2-
    070216 118  0.1+  0.2+    070221 H45  0.7+  0.2+    080216 J95  0.2+  0.2-
    070216 595  1.0+  0.4+    070221 448  0.0   0.1+    080216 J95  0.1-  0.0
    070216 595  0.5-  0.1-    070221 448  0.1+  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2007 DA                  a,e,i = 1.01, 0.57, 3                   q = 0.4303
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2008 02 14    04 50.66   +65 02.8    0.0313   0.998   108.7    69.6    17.3
    2008 02 15    06 25.24   +58 02.3    0.0384   1.008   120.8    57.3    17.4
    2008 02 16    07 07.40   +51 41.2    0.0469   1.018   128.4    49.5    17.6
    2008 02 17    07 29.79   +46 54.3    0.0561   1.027   133.4    44.4    17.9
    2008 02 18    07 43.49   +43 20.6    0.0657   1.037   136.6    41.0    18.2
    2008 02 19    07 52.71   +40 38.1    0.0757   1.046   138.7    38.6    18.4
    2008 02 20    07 59.36   +38 31.1    0.0858   1.056   140.0    37.0    18.7
    2008 02 21    08 04.41   +36 49.5    0.0961   1.065   140.9    35.8    18.9
    2008 02 22    08 08.40   +35 26.4    0.106    1.074   141.4    35.0    19.1
    2008 02 23    08 11.66   +34 17.2    0.117    1.083   141.7    34.5    19.3
    2008 02 24    08 14.39   +33 18.5    0.128    1.092   141.7    34.1    19.5
    2008 02 25    08 16.73   +32 28.1    0.138    1.101   141.6    33.9    19.7
    2008 02 26    08 18.78   +31 44.2    0.149    1.110   141.4    33.8    19.9
    2008 02 27    08 20.61   +31 05.6    0.160    1.119   141.1    33.8    20.1
    2008 02 28    08 22.26   +30 31.2    0.171    1.128   140.7    33.8    20.2
    2008 02 29    08 23.77   +30 00.4    0.181    1.136   140.3    33.9    20.4
    2008 03 01    08 25.18   +29 32.5    0.192    1.145   139.8    34.0    20.5
    2008 03 02    08 26.50   +29 07.1    0.203    1.153   139.3    34.1    20.7
    2008 03 03    08 27.76   +28 43.8    0.215    1.161   138.7    34.3    20.8
    2008 03 04    08 28.96   +28 22.2    0.226    1.169   138.1    34.5    20.9
    2008 03 05    08 30.12   +28 02.2    0.237    1.178   137.5    34.7    21.1
    2008 03 06    08 31.25   +27 43.5    0.248    1.186   136.9    34.9    21.2
    2008 03 07    08 32.35   +27 25.9    0.260    1.194   136.3    35.1    21.3
    2008 03 08    08 33.43   +27 09.4    0.271    1.201   135.6    35.3    21.4
    2008 03 09    08 34.49   +26 53.7    0.282    1.209   135.0    35.5    21.5
    2008 03 10    08 35.55   +26 38.7    0.294    1.217   134.3    35.8    21.6
    2008 03 11    08 36.60   +26 24.5    0.305    1.224   133.6    36.0    21.7
    2008 03 12    08 37.64   +26 10.8    0.317    1.232   132.9    36.2    21.8
    2008 03 13    08 38.69   +25 57.7    0.329    1.239   132.3    36.4    21.9
    2008 03 14    08 39.73   +25 45.0    0.341    1.246   131.6    36.6    22.0
    2008 03 15    08 40.78   +25 32.8    0.352    1.254   130.9    36.9    22.1
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-D04
    

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