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    M.P.E.C. 2008-T101                               Issued 2008 Oct.  9, 00:35 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 TN9
    
    Observations:
         K08T09N* C2008 10 08.28252 01 00 42.84 +16 41 53.5          20.7 V ET101G96
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.28795 01 00 42.15 +16 41 37.2          20.4 V ET101G96
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.29354 01 00 41.43 +16 41 20.2          20.7 V ET101G96
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.29898 01 00 40.75 +16 41 03.5          20.4 V ET101G96
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.35790 01 00 33.58 +16 37 59.8          20.6 V ET101G96
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.36290 01 00 33.01 +16 37 43.5          20.8 V ET101G96
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.36802 01 00 32.40 +16 37 27.6          20.5 V ET101G96
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.37298 01 00 31.89 +16 37 11.6          20.6 V ET101G96
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.40723 01 00 27.63 +16 35 08.4          20.2 R ET101H01
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.41139 01 00 27.29 +16 34 55.3          20.0 R ET101H01
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.41566 01 00 26.96 +16 34 41.0          19.9 R ET101H01
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.41711 01 00 26.83 +16 34 36.5          19.9 R ET101H01
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.95723 01 00 48.79 +16 09 53.2                 ET101J95
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.96700 01 00 47.93 +16 09 31.4                 ET101J95
         K08T09N  C2008 10 08.97676 01 00 47.16 +16 09 09.1          20.1 R ET101J95
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  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.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2008 TN9                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0016 AU
    Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
    M  85.32888              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.75030633     Peri.  290.15219     +0.46428788     +0.88567655
    a   1.1994357      Node     7.51516     -0.80162243     +0.42200164
    e   0.3034633      Incl.    1.62793     -0.37661418     +0.19362763
    P   1.31           H   27.8           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    081008 G96  0.0   0.0     081008 G96  0.1+  0.4-    081008 H01  0.3+  0.0
    081008 G96  0.0   0.1+    081008 G96  0.4-  0.1+    081008 H01  0.1+  0.3+
    081008 G96  0.2-  0.1+    081008 G96  0.2+  0.1-    081008 J95  0.9+  0.3-
    081008 G96  0.1-  0.0     081008 H01  0.1-  0.3-    081008 J95  0.5-  0.1+
    081008 G96  0.1+  0.0     081008 H01  0.0   0.3+    081008 J95  0.4-  0.1+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2008 TN9                 a,e,i = 1.20, 0.30, 2                   q = 0.8355
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2008 10 01    13 01.83   -08 01.3    0.0137   0.988     9.3   170.5
    2008 10 02    13 02.45   -03 40.9    0.00859  0.992     7.3   172.7
    2008 10 03    13 04.58   +11 51.9    0.00364  0.997    17.3   162.7    27.6
    2008 10 04    00 52.46   +53 33.3    0.00255  1.002   130.7    49.1    16.7
    2008 10 05    00 59.17   +26 00.3    0.00731  1.007   158.4    21.4    18.2
    2008 10 06    01 00.06   +20 31.7    0.0124   1.012   164.3    15.5    19.1
    2008 10 07    01 00.43   +18 14.5    0.0175   1.017   167.1    12.7    19.8
    2008 10 08    01 00.63   +16 59.1    0.0227   1.021   168.8    10.9    20.3
    2008 10 09    01 00.76   +16 11.3    0.0279   1.026   170.1     9.7    20.7
    2008 10 10    01 00.86   +15 38.2    0.0331   1.031   171.0     8.7    21.1
    2008 10 11    01 00.94   +15 13.7    0.0383   1.036   171.7     8.0    21.4
    2008 10 12    01 01.01   +14 54.8    0.0435   1.041   172.2     7.5    21.6
    2008 10 13    01 01.08   +14 39.7    0.0488   1.046   172.5     7.2    21.9
    2008 10 14    01 01.14   +14 27.2    0.0541   1.051   172.6     7.0    22.1
    2008 10 15    01 01.21   +14 16.7    0.0594   1.056   172.5     7.1    22.3
    2008 10 16    01 01.28   +14 07.7    0.0647   1.061   172.2     7.3    22.5
    2008 10 17    01 01.35   +13 59.9    0.0701   1.066   171.9     7.6    22.7
    2008 10 18    01 01.44   +13 52.9    0.0755   1.071   171.4     8.0    22.9
    2008 10 19    01 01.52   +13 46.7    0.0809   1.076   170.8     8.5    23.1
    2008 10 20    01 01.62   +13 41.1    0.0864   1.081   170.1     9.1    23.3
    2008 10 21    01 01.73   +13 35.9    0.0919   1.086   169.4     9.7    23.4
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-T101
    

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