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    M.P.E.C. 2008-E84                                Issued 2008 Mar. 10, 20:24 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 EG9
    
    Observations:
         K08E09G* C2008 03 09.24191 10 30 58.32 -00 48 46.9          21.1 V EE084G96
         K08E09G  C2008 03 09.24745 10 30 57.06 -00 48 56.3          21.2 V EE084G96
         K08E09G  C2008 03 09.25299 10 30 55.83 -00 49 05.8          21.3 V EE084G96
         K08E09G  C2008 03 09.25855 10 30 54.54 -00 49 15.1          20.6 V EE084G96
         K08E09G  C2008 03 09.26725 10 30 52.59 -00 49 30.4          21.7 V EE084G96
         K08E09G  C2008 03 09.27335 10 30 51.26 -00 49 40.2          21.8 V EE084G96
         K08E09G  C2008 03 09.27939 10 30 49.89 -00 49 51.1          21.8 V EE084G96
         K08E09G  C2008 03 09.28537 10 30 48.49 -00 50 00.8          22.2 V EE084G96
         K08E09G HC2008 03 10.19238 10 27 41.48 -01 16 40.2                 EE084291
         K08E09G  C2008 03 10.20013 10 27 39.53 -01 16 52.7          22.5 V EE084291
         K08E09G  C2008 03 10.31541 10 27 11.41 -01 20 26.6          21.5 V EE084G96
         K08E09G  C2008 03 10.32397 10 27 09.28 -01 20 42.4          21.4 V EE084G96
         K08E09G  C2008 03 10.33256 10 27 07.23 -01 20 58.2          21.5 V EE084G96
         K08E09G  C2008 03 10.34122 10 27 05.11 -01 21 14.5          21.8 V EE084G96
    
    Observer details:
    291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers A. D. Grauer, 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 EG9                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0144 AU
    Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
    M   0.11929              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.59333130     Peri.  280.64436     -0.39410132     +0.91866408
    a   1.4026131      Node   326.10500     -0.82300342     -0.36593259
    e   0.3840567      Incl.    2.79684     -0.40908375     -0.14882760
    P   1.66           H   25.2           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    080309 G96  0.1-  0.2+    080309 G96  0.6+  0.2+    080310 G96  0.0   0.0
    080309 G96  0.3-  0.2+    080309 G96  0.5+  0.5-    080310 G96  0.5-  0.1+
    080309 G96  0.0   0.1+    080309 G96  0.1-  0.0     080310 G96  0.3+  0.2+
    080309 G96  0.5-  0.2+    080310 291  0.7+  0.9-    080310 G96  0.2+  0.1-
    080309 G96  0.2-  0.4-    080310 291  0.7-  0.8+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2008 EG9                 a,e,i = 1.40, 0.38, 3                   q = 0.8639
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2008 03 05    10 43.01   +00 53.3    0.147    1.138   172.7     6.3    21.8
    2008 03 10    10 28.35   -01 10.1    0.118    1.108   165.6    12.9    21.5
    2008 03 15    10 06.09   -04 20.0    0.0921   1.079   155.6    22.4    21.3
    2008 03 20    09 29.26   -09 35.2    0.0686   1.050   141.6    36.1    21.0
    2008 03 25    08 19.84   -18 32.9    0.0497   1.023   119.6    58.0    20.8
    2008 03 30    06 05.05   -29 25.7    0.0408   0.996    85.3    92.3    21.5
    2008 04 04    03 27.06   -30 25.4    0.0477   0.971    51.6   126.2    23.9
    
    Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-E84
    

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