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    M.P.E.C. 2008-R68                                Issued 2008 Sept. 15, 13:54 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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                                   2008 RE80

Observations:
     K08R80E* C2008 09 11.05580 00 48 57.61 +06 48 06.7                 ER068621
     K08R80E  C2008 09 11.06694 00 48 56.90 +06 47 52.8                 ER068621
     K08R80E  C2008 09 11.07807 00 48 56.13 +06 47 38.3          20   C ER068621
     K08R80E  C2008 09 14.13924 00 45 34.83 +05 41 26.5                 ER068621
     K08R80E  C2008 09 14.14997 00 45 34.12 +05 41 12.3                 ER068621
     K08R80E  C2008 09 14.16127 00 45 33.31 +05 40 56.9          19   C ER068621
     K08R80E 5C2008 09 15.29039 00 44 15.76 +05 15 53.1          19.2 R ER068673
     K08R80E 5C2008 09 15.29780 00 44 15.20 +05 15 43.4                 ER068673
     K08R80E 5C2008 09 15.30590 00 44 14.63 +05 15 32.3                 ER068673
     K08R80E 5C2008 09 15.31076 00 44 14.29 +05 15 26.1                 ER068673

Observer details:
621 Bergisch Gladbach.  Observer W. Bickel.  0.60-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 RE80                                                Earth MOID = 0.1489 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 176.15486              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.54933599     Peri.   28.94618     -0.85905469     +0.51180504
a   1.4765359      Node   181.90991     -0.50602005     -0.85173094
e   0.2354200      Incl.   15.63033     -0.07725765     -0.11229427
P   1.79           H   18.4           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
080911 621  0.1-  0.0     080914 621  0.3+  0.1+    080915 673  0.1+  0.1-
080911 621  0.3+  0.2+    080914 621  0.1+  0.3-    080915 673  0.3+  0.2+
080911 621  0.3-  0.2-    080915 673  0.1-  0.1-
080914 621  0.4-  0.1+    080915 673  0.3-  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2008 RE80                a,e,i = 1.48, 0.24, 16                  q = 1.1289
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 09 11    00 49.02   +06 49.4    0.782    1.746   154.5    14.3    19.9
2008 09 21    00 37.23   +03 04.9    0.767    1.763   168.5     6.5    19.6
2008 10 01    00 24.10   -00 48.6    0.777    1.777   175.8     2.4    19.4
2008 10 11    00 11.87   -04 21.5    0.813    1.790   162.3     9.8    19.9
2008 10 21    00 02.41   -07 11.6    0.873    1.801   149.1    16.5    20.3
2008 10 31    23 56.76   -09 10.3    0.951    1.810   137.1    21.9    20.6
2008 11 10    23 55.21   -10 19.1    1.045    1.817   126.4    26.0    21.0
2008 11 20    23 57.48   -10 45.3    1.148    1.821   116.8    29.0    21.3
2008 11 30    00 03.04   -10 37.2    1.258    1.824   108.1    30.9    21.5
2008 12 10    00 11.37   -10 01.9    1.370    1.824   100.2    32.1    21.7
2008 12 20    00 21.95   -09 05.8    1.484    1.822    93.0    32.6    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-R68

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