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    M.P.E.C. 2008-W60                                Issued 2008 Nov. 24, 15:58 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
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                                   2008 WL60

Observations:
     K08W60L  C2008 11 23.45537 06 13 01.38 +37 20 16.6          18.5 V EW060703
     K08W60L  C2008 11 23.46012 06 13 01.41 +37 20 27.0          18.6 V EW060703
     K08W60L  C2008 11 23.46501 06 13 01.59 +37 20 38.5          18.8 V EW060703
     K08W60L  C2008 11 23.49962 06 13 02.48 +37 21 54.9          18.4 V EW060703
     K08W60L  C2008 11 23.50082 06 13 02.49 +37 21 57.2          18.3 V EW060703
     K08W60L  C2008 11 23.50204 06 13 02.47 +37 22 00.6          18.5 V EW060703
     K08W60L  C2008 11 23.50325 06 13 02.51 +37 22 03.1          18.7 V EW060703
     K08W60L* C2008 11 24.36316 06 13 29.60 +37 54 37.1          17.8 V EW060703
     K08W60L  C2008 11 24.36690 06 13 29.64 +37 54 42.0          17.8 V EW060703
     K08W60L  C2008 11 24.37043 06 13 29.78 +37 54 52.2          18.4 V EW060703
     K08W60L  C2008 11 24.37401 06 13 29.85 +37 55 00.6          18.6 V EW060703
     K08W60L  C2008 11 24.47095 06 13 32.23 +37 58 43.2          18.3 R EW060673
     K08W60L  C2008 11 24.47998 06 13 32.44 +37 59 03.5                 EW060673
     K08W60L  C2008 11 24.48692 06 13 32.58 +37 59 19.4                 EW060673
     K08W60L  C2008 11 24.49120 06 13 32.67 +37 59 29.2                 EW060673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 WL60                                                Earth MOID = 0.1931 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454780.5                 MPC
M 337.56875              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21648581     Peri.  103.20644     -0.89523969     -0.35945686
a   2.7469437      Node    56.32530     +0.17285362     -0.82483197
e   0.6486116      Incl.   18.44614     +0.41069153     -0.43639775
P   4.55           H   17.6           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2008 Nov. 23-24.

Ephemeris:
2008 WL60                a,e,i = 2.75, 0.65, 18                  q = 0.9652
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 20    06 11.07   +35 18.6    0.638    1.550   143.8    22.1    18.6
2008 11 30    06 15.81   +41 51.3    0.525    1.462   149.2    20.2    18.0
2008 12 10    06 17.21   +50 43.7    0.434    1.375   149.1    21.5    17.5
2008 12 20    06 13.46   +62 07.1    0.368    1.291   141.2    28.6    17.2
2008 12 30    05 56.62   +75 21.3    0.327    1.211   127.5    40.1    17.2
2009 01 09    01 46.93   +87 49.6    0.308    1.137   112.4    53.1    17.3
2009 01 19    18 57.35   +77 41.1    0.305    1.072    98.6    65.1    17.5
2009 01 29    18 33.40   +66 05.1    0.309    1.020    87.7    74.7    17.7
2009 02 08    18 22.72   +55 21.2    0.317    0.984    80.3    81.2    17.9
2009 02 18    18 17.06   +45 07.2    0.325    0.967    76.7    84.2    18.0
2009 02 28    18 14.70   +35 15.3    0.334    0.969    76.6    83.8    18.1
2009 03 10    18 14.11   +25 44.7    0.342    0.992    80.0    80.2    18.1
2009 03 20    18 13.65   +16 36.4    0.348    1.033    86.3    74.1    18.0
2009 03 30    18 11.18   +07 47.2    0.354    1.089    95.2    66.0    17.9
2009 04 09    18 04.58   -00 50.6    0.360    1.157   106.5    56.1    17.7
2009 04 19    17 52.25   -09 15.7    0.372    1.232   119.9    45.0    17.6
2009 04 29    17 33.37   -17 09.5    0.393    1.314   134.8    33.0    17.5
2009 05 09    17 09.21   -23 55.6    0.431    1.399   150.0    21.2    17.5
2009 05 19    16 43.17   -29 01.0    0.488    1.486   163.5    11.2    17.6
2009 05 29    16 19.45   -32 20.3    0.567    1.574   169.2     6.9    17.9
2009 06 08    16 01.31   -34 14.7    0.668    1.663   162.1    10.8    18.5
2009 06 18    15 49.76   -35 14.4    0.787    1.751   152.2    15.7    19.2
2009 06 28    15 44.37   -35 43.6    0.923    1.838   142.7    19.6    19.7
2009 07 08    15 44.17   -35 58.4    1.074    1.924   133.9    22.4    20.2
2009 07 18    15 48.03   -36 07.1    1.237    2.008   125.8    24.2    20.7
2009 07 28    15 55.03   -36 13.8    1.411    2.091   118.2    25.3    21.1
2009 08 07    16 04.48   -36 20.3    1.593    2.173   110.9    25.8    21.5
2009 08 17    16 15.80   -36 26.8    1.783    2.252   104.0    25.9    21.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-W60

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