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    M.P.E.C. 2008-R36                                Issued 2008 Sept. 8, 13:49 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 RQ24
    
    Observations:
         K08R24Q* C2008 09 05.25920 00 28 56.90 +19 14 33.0          19.7   ER036704
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 05.27249 00 28 58.28 +19 14 26.9          19.7   ER036704
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 05.28587 00 28 59.71 +19 14 21.2          19.3   ER036704
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 05.29916 00 29 01.16 +19 14 16.2          19.3   ER036704
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 05.31244 00 29 02.61 +19 14 09.8          19.6   ER036704
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.21859 00 30 49.86 +19 06 51.5          19.9 V ER036G96
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.21949 00 30 50.01 +19 06 52.1          20.2 V ER036291
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.22363 00 30 50.50 +19 06 50.5          19.4 V ER036291
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.22461 00 30 50.58 +19 06 49.5          19.2 V ER036G96
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.22902 00 30 51.00 +19 06 47.3          20.2 V ER036291
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.23061 00 30 51.19 +19 06 45.9          19.7 V ER036G96
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.23134 00 30 51.13 +19 06 45.6          19.6 R ER036H01
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.23656 00 30 51.84 +19 06 43.3          19.7 V ER036G96
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.24406 00 30 52.50 +19 06 39.8          19.3 R ER036H01
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.25440 00 30 53.61 +19 06 34.9          19.1 R ER036H01
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.29439 00 30 57.84 +19 06 15.8          19.0 R ER036H01
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.30310 00 30 58.76 +19 06 11.5          19.0 R ER036H01
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.35103 00 31 03.84 +19 05 48.5                 ER036701
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.37325 00 31 06.16 +19 05 37.8                 ER036701
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.38542 00 31 07.49 +19 05 30.7          19.4 R ER036854
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.39114 00 31 08.01 +19 05 28.1          19.3 R ER036854
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.41770 00 31 10.76 +19 05 15.1                 ER036701
         K08R24Q 5C2008 09 06.41852 00 31 11.13 +19 05 13.1          19.0 R ER036673
         K08R24Q 5C2008 09 06.42407 00 31 11.68 +19 05 10.3                 ER036673
         K08R24Q 5C2008 09 06.42894 00 31 12.21 +19 05 08.2                 ER036673
         K08R24Q 5C2008 09 06.43275 00 31 12.57 +19 05 05.5                 ER036673
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.43992 00 31 13.06 +19 05 03.1                 ER036701
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.96596 00 32 14.29 +19 00 20.2                 ER036B18
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.96800 00 32 14.53 +19 00 18.9                 ER036B18
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 06.96941 00 32 14.66 +19 00 18.2                 ER036B18
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.11144 00 32 30.25 +18 58 57.3          19.1 R ER036118
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.11490 00 32 30.69 +18 58 54.5          19.3 R ER036118
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.11631 00 32 30.84 +18 58 53.7          19.2 R ER036118
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.11977 00 32 31.19 +18 58 52.3          19.0 R ER036118
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.27795 00 32 51.08 +18 57 34.3          20.0   ER036704
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.29134 00 32 52.43 +18 57 27.2          19.6   ER036704
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.30472 00 32 53.85 +18 57 20.5          20.0   ER036704
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.31809 00 32 55.21 +18 57 12.4          20.2   ER036704
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.44582 00 33 08.35 +18 56 00.8                 ER036701
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.45694 00 33 09.44 +18 55 54.6                 ER036701
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.46804 00 33 10.61 +18 55 48.2                 ER036701
         K08R24Q  C2008 09 07.47916 00 33 11.78 +18 55 41.9                 ER036701
    
    Observer details:
    118 Modra.  Observer L. Kornos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
        Cassegrain + CCD.
    701 Junk Bond Observatory, Sierra Vista.  Observer D. Healy.  0.81-m f/4.4
        Ritchey-Chretien + 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.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    B18 Terskol.  Observers M. Andreev, M. Khramtsova.  Measurer M. Andreev.
        0.6-m f/12.8 reflector + 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.
    H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
        reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2008 RQ24                                                Earth MOID = 0.2387 AU
    Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
    M  28.30639              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.31592792     Peri.  144.74587     +0.96821485     +0.24731442
    a   2.1350631      Node   201.02961     -0.24666187     +0.91936790
    e   0.4204034      Incl.    5.97550     -0.04144788     +0.30593830
    P   3.12           H   20.7           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    080905 704  0.5+  0.2+    080906 H01  0.2-  0.2-    080906 B18  0.3+  0.3-
    080905 704  0.3-  0.3-    080906 H01  0.2-  0.2-    080906 B18  0.0   0.2-
    080905 704  0.4-  0.2-    080906 H01  0.1-  0.3-    080907 118  0.6-  0.1-
    080905 704  0.1-  0.5+    080906 701  0.4-  0.8-    080907 118  0.5+  0.9-
    080905 704  0.4+  0.1-    080906 701  0.1-  0.2-    080907 118  0.5+  0.9-
    080906 G96  0.3-  0.5-    080906 854  0.6+  0.6-    080907 118  0.2+  0.3-
    080906 291  0.1+  0.3+    080906 854  0.4-  0.2-    080907 704  0.4-  0.5+
    080906 291  0.7+  0.6+    080906 701  0.1-  0.3+    080907 704  0.8-  0.5+
    080906 G96  0.7+  0.2+    080906 673  0.2+  0.0     080907 704  0.1-  1.0+
    080906 291  0.5-  0.1-    080906 673  0.2-  0.1+    080907 704  0.1-  0.1+
    080906 G96  0.1+  0.6-    080906 673  0.1+  0.6+    080907 701  0.5+  0.4-
    080906 H01  0.4-  0.2-    080906 673  0.4-  0.1-    080907 701  0.2-  0.0
    080906 G96  0.2+  0.5-    080906 701  0.3-  0.2+    080907 701  0.1+  0.2+
    080906 H01  0.3-  0.1-    080906 B18  0.1-  0.1-    080907 701  0.4+  0.6+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2008 RQ24                a,e,i = 2.14, 0.42, 6                   q = 1.2375
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2008 09 01    00 20.21   +19 39.3    0.272    1.237   143.0    29.4    19.6
    2008 09 11    00 39.63   +18 17.9    0.264    1.241   149.5    24.3    19.4
    2008 09 21    00 54.97   +15 43.7    0.265    1.253   157.7    17.7    19.2
    2008 10 01    01 05.95   +12 25.0    0.276    1.272   167.1    10.1    19.1
    2008 10 11    01 13.56   +09 01.7    0.300    1.298   177.3     2.1    18.9
    2008 10 21    01 19.40   +06 09.5    0.338    1.331   172.5     5.6    19.4
    2008 10 31    01 24.89   +04 08.0    0.388    1.369   162.8    12.4    20.1
    2008 11 10    01 31.24   +03 02.5    0.453    1.411   153.7    18.1    20.7
    2008 11 20    01 39.02   +02 45.9    0.531    1.457   145.4    22.6    21.2
    2008 11 30    01 48.37   +03 07.7    0.622    1.506   137.7    26.2    21.7
    
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