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    M.P.E.C. 2008-P13                                Issued 2008 Aug. 4, 11:51 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 PF1
    
    Observations:
         K08P01F* C2008 08 03.27394 23 05 40.82 -08 11 47.5          18.6   EP013704
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.28531 23 05 45.26 -08 11 40.9          19.2   EP013704
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.29669 23 05 49.64 -08 11 34.2          19.1   EP013704
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.30802 23 05 54.13 -08 11 27.1          19.1   EP013704
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.31934 23 05 58.47 -08 11 21.5          18.9   EP013704
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.88263 23 10 00.55 -08 05 37.3          19.0 R EP013473
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.93958 23 10 25.21 -08 05 01.9          19.0 R EP013473
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.94874 23 10 29.38 -08 04 54.3          18.3 V EP013B33
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.94902 23 10 29.50 -08 04 53.9          18.3 V EP013B33
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.95774 23 10 33.06 -08 04 51.6          19.2 V EP013151
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.95878 23 10 33.65 -08 04 47.0          18.5 V EP013B33
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.95891 23 10 33.60 -08 04 50.8          19.2 V EP013151
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.95972 23 10 33.85 -08 04 49.5          19.0 R EP013473
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.96007 23 10 34.12 -08 04 49.7          19.3 V EP013151
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.96124 23 10 34.60 -08 04 49.1          19.3 V EP013151
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.96241 23 10 35.10 -08 04 48.2          19.4 V EP013151
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.96358 23 10 35.61 -08 04 47.4          19.3 V EP013151
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.96411 23 10 35.91 -08 04 44.7          18.5 V EP013B33
         K08P01F  C2008 08 03.96475 23 10 36.11 -08 04 46.4          19.4 V EP013151
         K08P01F  C2008 08 04.02609 23 11 03.08 -08 04 09.8                 EP013J95
         K08P01F  C2008 08 04.03019 23 11 04.82 -08 04 07.0                 EP013J95
         K08P01F  C2008 08 04.03428 23 11 06.65 -08 04 04.7          18.6 R EP013J95
         K08P01F  C2008 08 04.22077 23 12 32.82 -08 01 49.3          18.7 R EP013932
         K08P01F  C2008 08 04.22745 23 12 35.79 -08 01 44.6          18.7 R EP013932
         K08P01F  C2008 08 04.23887 23 12 40.82 -08 01 37.3          19.0 R EP013932
    
    Observer details:
    151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.9
        Hypergraph + CCD.
    473 Remanzacco.  Observers L. Donato, M. Gonano, V. Gonano, E. Guido,
        V. Santini, G. Sostero.  0.45-m f/4.4 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
        R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
        f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    932 John J. McCarthy Obs., New Milford.  Observers S. Riley, C. Pratt.
        Measurer S. Riley.  0.4-m f/6.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    B33 Libbiano Observatory, Peccioli.  Observers P. Bacci, R. Enzo.  Measurer
        P. Bacci.  0.5-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2008 PF1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0074 AU
    Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
    M 266.97581              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.62220840     Peri.  284.02956     +0.59088051     -0.80591249
    a   1.3588728      Node   129.68974     +0.75748227     +0.53844591
    e   0.4929669      Incl.    2.75222     +0.27763435     +0.24613219
    P   1.58           H   22.2           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    080803 704  0.3-  0.4-    080803 151  1.3-  0.5-    080803 151  0.9-  0.3+
    080803 704  0.2-  0.2-    080803 B33  0.1-  0.4+    080804 J95  0.1-  0.1-
    080803 704  0.9-  0.1+    080803 151  0.8-  0.4-    080804 J95  0.7-  0.1+
    080803 704  0.4+  0.8+    080803 473  0.2+  0.4-    080804 J95  0.1+  0.3-
    080803 704  0.4-  0.1-    080803 151  0.5-  0.1-    080804 932  0.3-  0.2+
    080803 473  0.0   0.4-    080803 151  0.9-  0.2-    080804 932  0.2-  0.5+
    080803 473  0.7+  0.1-    080803 151  0.9-  0.0     080804 932  0.7-  0.2+
    080803 B33  0.6+  0.6-    080803 151  0.9-  0.0
    080803 B33  0.6+  0.4-    080803 B33  0.6-  0.7-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2008 PF1                 a,e,i = 1.36, 0.49, 3                   q = 0.6890
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2008 08 02    22 57.62   -08 22.6    0.130    1.127   147.5    28.9    19.3
    2008 08 03    23 03.80   -08 13.7    0.122    1.119   147.0    29.6    19.2
    2008 08 04    23 10.82   -08 03.4    0.113    1.111   146.2    30.5    19.0
    2008 08 05    23 18.90   -07 51.2    0.105    1.102   145.2    31.7    18.9
    2008 08 06    23 28.25   -07 36.7    0.0967   1.094   143.9    33.1    18.7
    2008 08 07    23 39.22   -07 18.9    0.0888   1.086   142.2    34.9    18.6
    2008 08 08    23 52.19   -06 56.9    0.0811   1.077   139.9    37.3    18.4
    2008 08 09    00 07.69   -06 28.9    0.0737   1.069   137.1    40.2    18.3
    2008 08 10    00 26.39   -05 53.1    0.0668   1.061   133.4    44.0    18.1
    2008 08 11    00 49.08   -05 06.5    0.0604   1.052   128.7    48.8    18.0
    2008 08 12    01 16.60   -04 06.1    0.0547   1.044   122.7    54.7    18.0
    2008 08 13    01 49.66   -02 48.8    0.0501   1.036   115.4    62.1    18.0
    2008 08 14    02 28.34   -01 13.9    0.0466   1.027   106.5    71.0    18.1
    2008 08 15    03 11.56   +00 34.5    0.0448   1.019    96.5    81.0    18.3
    2008 08 16    03 56.81   +02 26.5    0.0446   1.010    86.0    91.4    18.7
    2008 08 17    04 40.77   +04 09.7    0.0462   1.002    75.9   101.6    19.2
    2008 08 18    05 20.65   +05 35.3    0.0493   0.994    66.8   110.6    19.9
    2008 08 19    05 55.05   +06 40.8    0.0538   0.985    59.1   118.2    20.5
    2008 08 20    06 23.84   +07 28.7    0.0593   0.977    52.8   124.4    21.2
    2008 08 21    06 47.62   +08 03.0    0.0656   0.969    47.8   129.3    21.9
    2008 08 22    07 07.22   +08 27.5    0.0724   0.961    43.9   133.1    22.4
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-P13
    

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