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    M.P.E.C. 2008-J37                                Issued 2008 May 6, 23:28 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 JA8
    
    Observations:
         K08J08A* C2008 05 05.77301 20 27 03.78 -27 39 41.5          19.0 V EJ037E12
         K08J08A  C2008 05 05.78363 20 27 07.27 -27 40 02.4          19.1 V EJ037E12
         K08J08A  C2008 05 05.78869 20 27 08.96 -27 40 12.1          19.2 V EJ037E12
         K08J08A  C2008 05 05.79645 20 27 11.52 -27 40 27.0          19.0 V EJ037E12
         K08J08A  C2008 05 05.79733 20 27 11.77 -27 40 28.4          19.1 V EJ037E12
         K08J08A  C2008 05 05.79909 20 27 12.34 -27 40 32.3          19.1 V EJ037E12
         K08J08A  C2008 05 05.80322 20 27 13.71 -27 40 39.3          18.9 V EJ037E12
         K08J08A  C2008 05 05.80412 20 27 14.00 -27 40 42.5          18.9 V EJ037E12
         K08J08A  C2008 05 05.80500 20 27 14.29 -27 40 43.2          19.1 V EJ037E12
         K08J08A  C2008 05 05.80589 20 27 14.61 -27 40 45.0          18.8 V EJ037E12
         K08J08A  C2008 05 06.59200 20 31 39.82 -28 05 59.3          19.2 V EJ037F85
         K08J08A  C2008 05 06.60278 20 31 43.43 -28 06 20.5          19.3 V EJ037F85
         K08J08A  C2008 05 06.61123 20 31 46.19 -28 06 36.6          18.5 V EJ037F85
    
    Observer details:
    E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  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.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.
    F85 Tiki Observatory, Punaauia.  Observer N. Teamo.  0.41-m f/8.0
        Ritchey-Chretien + 3056x3056 CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2008 JA8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.2380 AU
    Epoch 2008 Apr. 24.0 TT = JDT 2454580.5                 MPC
    M 350.46259              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.22111120     Peri.  218.06869     +0.12660971     +0.93152455
    a   2.7085003      Node    61.65972     -0.78831546     +0.30310682
    e   0.5606267      Incl.   22.79002     -0.60210358     -0.20096831
    P   4.46           H   18.0           G   0.15
    From 13 observations 2008 May 5-6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2008 JA8                 a,e,i = 2.71, 0.56, 23                  q = 1.1900
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2008 05 04    20 17.28   -26 42.6    0.546    1.252   103.2    51.7    19.1
    2008 05 14    21 15.46   -31 52.9    0.512    1.221   101.5    54.2    19.0
    2008 05 24    22 18.75   -35 59.6    0.502    1.200    99.2    56.4    18.9
    2008 06 03    23 21.19   -38 27.7    0.512    1.191    97.0    57.7    19.0
    2008 06 13    00 16.60   -39 26.3    0.536    1.193    95.5    57.9    19.1
    2008 06 23    01 01.95   -39 29.7    0.568    1.207    95.0    57.1    19.2
    2008 07 03    01 37.11   -39 12.6    0.601    1.231    95.7    55.3    19.4
    2008 07 13    02 03.06   -38 57.7    0.633    1.266    97.5    52.8    19.5
    2008 07 23    02 20.91   -38 55.3    0.661    1.309   100.5    49.7    19.5
    2008 08 02    02 31.31   -39 09.3    0.684    1.359   104.6    46.3    19.6
    2008 08 12    02 34.41   -39 35.9    0.705    1.416   109.7    42.4    19.6
    2008 08 22    02 30.34   -40 05.0    0.724    1.477   115.6    38.1    19.7
    2008 09 01    02 19.38   -40 21.8    0.745    1.541   122.1    33.7    19.7
    2008 09 11    02 02.61   -40 06.4    0.774    1.608   128.7    29.3    19.8
    2008 09 21    01 42.32   -39 02.1    0.814    1.677   134.3    25.4    19.8
    2008 10 01    01 21.53   -37 02.1    0.869    1.747   138.0    22.6    20.0
    2008 10 11    01 03.12   -34 12.0    0.943    1.817   138.8    21.2    20.2
    2008 10 21    00 48.89   -30 48.3    1.037    1.888   136.5    21.3    20.5
    2008 10 31    00 39.36   -27 08.5    1.151    1.959   131.8    22.2    20.8
    2008 11 10    00 34.29   -23 26.5    1.284    2.029   125.8    23.3    21.2
    2008 11 20    00 33.03   -19 51.3    1.433    2.098   119.0    24.3    21.5
    2008 11 30    00 34.86   -16 27.1    1.596    2.167   112.0    25.0    21.8
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-J37
    

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