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    M.P.E.C. 2008-E102                               Issued 2008 Mar. 12, 18:11 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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              URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2008 EV68
    
    Observations:
         K08E68V* C2008 03 11.28909 10 23 14.78 -00 23 41.6          20.1 V EE102G96
         K08E68V  C2008 03 11.29735 10 23 15.72 -00 23 29.2          20.6 V EE102G96
         K08E68V  C2008 03 11.30574 10 23 16.65 -00 23 17.7          20.7 V EE102G96
         K08E68V  C2008 03 11.31403 10 23 17.62 -00 23 06.3          20.4 V EE102G96
         K08E68V  C2008 03 12.22661 10 25 21.55 -00 02 24.5          21.3 V EE102291
         K08E68V  C2008 03 12.23186 10 25 22.10 -00 02 17.9          21.2 V EE102291
         K08E68V  C2008 03 12.23561 10 25 22.55 -00 02 12.4          20.9 V EE102291
         K08E68V  C2008 03 12.26284 10 25 25.50 -00 01 36.9          19.8 V EE102G96
         K08E68V  C2008 03 12.26858 10 25 26.14 -00 01 29.3          20.3 V EE102G96
         K08E68V  C2008 03 12.27440 10 25 26.79 -00 01 21.7          20.5 V EE102G96
         K08E68V  C2008 03 12.28024 10 25 27.44 -00 01 13.6          20.2 V EE102G96
    
    Observer details:
    291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7 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 EV68                                                Earth MOID = 0.0606 AU
    Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
    M  65.99621              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.55636386     Peri.  280.11283     -0.39415033     -0.91896640
    a   1.4640754      Node   193.11995     +0.86269868     -0.36541567
    e   0.3066738      Incl.    3.05426     +0.31685406     -0.14823006
    P   1.77           H   23.5           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    080311 G96  0.2+  0.6-    080312 291  0.2+  0.1+    080312 G96  0.0   0.1-
    080311 G96  0.1+  0.3+    080312 291  0.3-  0.3-    080312 G96  0.1+  0.2-
    080311 G96  0.3-  0.2+    080312 291  0.2+  0.2+    080312 G96  0.1+  0.1+
    080311 G96  0.0   0.1+    080312 G96  0.1-  0.1-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2008 EV68                a,e,i = 1.46, 0.31, 3                   q = 1.0151
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2008 03 05    10 07.32   -03 10.5    0.122    1.109   163.2    15.0    20.0
    2008 03 10    10 20.27   -00 53.9    0.139    1.128   163.8    14.2    20.3
    2008 03 15    10 31.19   +00 55.7    0.159    1.147   162.7    15.0    20.6
    2008 03 20    10 40.67   +02 21.1    0.180    1.167   160.4    16.7    21.0
    2008 03 25    10 49.14   +03 25.7    0.204    1.188   157.4    18.8    21.4
    2008 03 30    10 56.91   +04 12.3    0.229    1.209   154.2    21.1    21.7
    2008 04 04    11 04.24   +04 43.4    0.257    1.231   150.8    23.3    22.1
    
    Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-E102
    

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