MPEC 2008-W58 : 2008 WJ60
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M.P.E.C. 2008-W58 Issued 2008 Nov. 24, 15:46 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
2008 WJ60
Observations:
K08W60J* C2008 11 23.46961 09 17 31.09 +15 34 54.7 20.5 V EW058G96
K08W60J C2008 11 23.47463 09 17 31.48 +15 34 36.0 21.9 V EW058G96
K08W60J C2008 11 23.47963 09 17 31.92 +15 34 18.6 21.8 V EW058G96
K08W60J C2008 11 23.48461 09 17 32.35 +15 34 01.1 21.4 V EW058G96
K08W60J C2008 11 23.50808 09 17 34.44 +15 32 38.7 20.6 V EW058G96
K08W60J C2008 11 23.51396 09 17 34.98 +15 32 17.3 20.8 V EW058G96
K08W60J C2008 11 23.51984 09 17 35.52 +15 31 56.7 20.9 V EW058G96
K08W60J C2008 11 23.52574 09 17 36.02 +15 31 35.7 21.0 V EW058G96
K08W60J C2008 11 24.34848 09 18 56.77 +14 42 51.7 21.0 R EW058H01
K08W60J C2008 11 24.35403 09 18 57.27 +14 42 32.5 21.0 R EW058H01
K08W60J C2008 11 24.36770 09 18 58.51 +14 41 44.0 21.1 R EW058H01
K08W60J C2008 11 24.42054 09 19 03.28 +14 38 37.5 21.2 V EW058G96
K08W60J C2008 11 24.42896 09 19 04.00 +14 38 06.9 21.9 V EW058G96
K08W60J C2008 11 24.43738 09 19 04.72 +14 37 37.9 21.7 V EW058G96
K08W60J C2008 11 24.44572 09 19 05.44 +14 37 08.5 21.9 V EW058G96
K08W60J tC2008 11 24.52618 09 19 12.38 +14 32 23.6 21.0 V EW058291
K08W60J tC2008 11 24.53016 09 19 12.74 +14 32 09.5 20.5 V EW058291
K08W60J tC2008 11 24.53510 09 19 13.17 +14 31 51.9 21.1 V EW058291
Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II. Observer T. H. Bressi. 1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey. Observer R. A. Kowalski. Measurers E. C. Beshore,
A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
S. M. Larson. 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 WJ60 Earth MOID = 0.1486 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454780.5 MPC
M 359.52326 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.44123748 Peri. 168.47227 +0.36823333 -0.88774024
a 1.7087864 Node 259.43228 +0.82911621 +0.44799934
e 0.3389614 Incl. 16.32169 +0.42067865 -0.10589550
P 2.23 H 21.1 G 0.15
From 18 observations 2008 Nov. 23-24.
Ephemeris:
2008 WJ60 a,e,i = 1.71, 0.34, 16 q = 1.1296
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2008 11 20 09 11.40 +18 58.9 0.371 1.133 103.3 58.1 21.3
2008 11 30 09 26.81 +09 07.6 0.360 1.143 106.8 55.7 21.2
2008 12 10 09 35.63 -00 34.9 0.356 1.162 111.1 52.3 21.1
2008 12 20 09 38.04 -09 31.7 0.360 1.186 115.9 48.3 21.1
2008 12 30 09 33.98 -17 08.5 0.371 1.217 120.9 43.9 21.1
2009 01 09 09 24.06 -22 56.9 0.389 1.252 125.9 39.5 21.1
2009 01 19 09 10.01 -26 40.3 0.414 1.291 130.3 35.5 21.2
2009 01 29 08 54.55 -28 16.0 0.447 1.333 133.7 32.3 21.3
2009 02 08 08 40.97 -27 59.4 0.488 1.378 135.6 30.1 21.5
2009 02 18 08 31.67 -26 20.5 0.539 1.424 135.6 29.0 21.8
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