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    M.P.E.C. 2008-F48                                Issued 2008 Mar. 28, 16:52 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 FP
    
    Observations:
         K08F00P* C2008 03 28.35596 13 32 41.85 -08 14 57.6          19.3 V EF048G96
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.36122 13 32 43.47 -08 14 20.8          18.8 V EF048G96
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.36644 13 32 45.09 -08 13 44.1          19.2 V EF048G96
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.37170 13 32 46.71 -08 13 06.4          18.7 V EF048G96
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.37818 13 32 48.73 -08 12 19.9          18.8 V EF048G96
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.38586 13 32 51.21 -08 11 23.4          18.9 V EF048G96
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.38816 13 32 51.98 -08 11 05.9          18.9 R EF048854
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.39023 13 32 52.69 -08 10 49.8          18.5 R EF048854
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.39231 13 32 53.35 -08 10 34.8          18.4 R EF048854
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.39317 13 32 53.59 -08 10 29.2          18.8 V EF048G96
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.40043 13 32 56.00 -08 09 34.7          18.6 V EF048G96
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.48934 13 33 45.00 -07 51 11.4          19.0 V EF048F85
         K08F00P  C2008 03 28.50925 13 33 52.80 -07 48 03.9          19.3 V EF048F85
    
    Observer details:
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    F85 Tiki Observatory, Punaauia.  Observer N. Teamo.  0.41-m f/8.0
        Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  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 FP                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0012 AU
    Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
    M   0.98452              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.40220033     Peri.  122.56148     +0.64027226     +0.76813579
    a   1.8176396      Node   187.25533     -0.71578318     +0.59456459
    e   0.8257447      Incl.    1.96961     -0.27875772     +0.23761388
    P   2.45           H   26.5           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    080328 G96  0.4-  0.1-    080328 G96  0.0   0.1+    080328 G96  0.3+  0.1-
    080328 G96  0.2-  0.0     080328 854  0.3+  0.3-    080328 F85  0.2-  0.0
    080328 G96  0.0   0.2-    080328 854  0.9+  0.5+    080328 F85  0.0   0.1-
    080328 G96  0.2-  0.0     080328 854  0.7+  0.0
    080328 G96  0.4-  0.2-    080328 G96  0.1+  0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    2008 FP                  a,e,i = 1.82, 0.83, 2                   q = 0.3167
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2008 03 25    13 25.68   -09 56.8    0.0777   1.071   161.1    17.6    22.0
    2008 03 26    13 26.46   -09 46.3    0.0608   1.056   162.0    17.0    21.4
    2008 03 27    13 27.76   -09 27.2    0.0438   1.040   162.8    16.5    20.7
    2008 03 28    13 30.60   -08 43.4    0.0269   1.024   163.4    16.2    19.6
    2008 03 29    13 42.15   -05 39.7    0.0101   1.008   162.2    17.6    17.5
    
    2008 03 29.1  13 47.26   -04 17.2    0.00835  1.006   161.2    18.7    17.1
    2008 03 29.2  13 52.13   -02 58.2    0.00671  1.005   160.0    19.8    16.6
    2008 03 29.3  14 01.03   -00 33.2    0.00506  1.003   157.7    22.2    16.1
    2008 03 29.4  14 21.20   +04 54.9    0.00344  1.002   151.7    28.2    15.4
    2008 03 29.5  15 11.23   +17 41.1    0.00195  1.000   135.6    44.3    14.7
    2008 03 29.6  19 25.99   +47 02.5    0.00124  0.998    78.4   101.5    15.7
    2008 03 29.7  23 36.89   +32 56.8    0.00223  0.997    32.2   147.8    21.3
    2008 03 29.8  00 27.30   +23 50.1    0.00376  0.995    20.2   159.7    25.2
    2008 03 29.9  00 45.78   +19 48.7    0.00539  0.994    16.3   163.6    27.6
    2008 03 30.0  00 55.24   +17 37.1    0.00704  0.992    14.7   165.2    29.0
    
    Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-F48
    

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