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    M.P.E.C. 2008-Y42                                Issued 2008 Dec. 22, 21:34 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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          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2008 YF3

Observations:
     K08Y03F* C2008 12 21.27308 06 03 40.68 +19 21 22.2          20.2   EY042704
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 21.28582 06 03 38.89 +19 21 57.3          20.3   EY042704
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 21.29843 06 03 37.07 +19 22 31.4          20.3   EY042704
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 22.13842 06 01 40.83 +20 00 53.5          19.3 C EY042493
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 22.13995 06 01 40.60 +20 00 57.7          19.4 C EY042493
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 22.14150 06 01 40.36 +20 01 01.9          19.6 C EY042493
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 22.35442 06 01 11.18 +20 11 00.2          20.3 R EY042854
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 22.36017 06 01 10.33 +20 11 15.0          20.3 R EY042854
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 22.84564 06 00 02.87 +20 33 54.4          19.8 V EY042A13
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 22.86473 05 59 59.97 +20 34 48.5          19.2 V EY042A13
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 22.86881 05 59 59.70 +20 35 02.1          19.9 C EY042493
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 22.87017 05 59 59.50 +20 35 05.9          19.8 C EY042493
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 22.87152 05 59 59.32 +20 35 09.5          19.6 C EY042493
     K08Y03F  C2008 12 22.88364 05 59 57.17 +20 35 42.7          19.5 V EY042A13

Observer details:
493 Calar Alto.  Observer F. Hormuth.  1.23-m reflector + 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.
A13 Observatoire Naef, Marly.  Observer P. Kocher.  0.5-m f/3.3 Hypergraph
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 YF3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.2399 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 297.04276              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.52448835     Peri.   85.16590     -0.94092154     -0.02629730
a   1.5228092      Node    93.04318     -0.10247034     -0.92812497
e   0.3278557      Incl.   19.75986     +0.32274833     -0.37133880
P   1.88           H   21.3           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
081221 704  0.4-  0.3-    081222 493  0.2-  0.2-    081222 493  0.0   0.5-
081221 704  0.2+  0.2+    081222 854  0.1+  0.9+    081222 493  0.1+  0.6-
081221 704  0.1+  0.1+    081222 854  0.2+  0.3-    081222 493  0.4+  0.8-
081222 493  0.1+  0.2-    081222 A13  0.3+  0.8+    081222 A13  0.2-  0.6+
081222 493  0.0   0.2-    081222 A13  0.6-  0.4+

Ephemeris:
2008 YF3                 a,e,i = 1.52, 0.33, 20                  q = 1.0235
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 12 20    06 06.46   +18 25.0    0.371    1.353   174.1     4.3    20.2
2008 12 30    05 40.85   +26 39.4    0.328    1.305   166.8     9.9    20.1
2009 01 09    05 08.52   +35 58.0    0.310    1.257   148.1    24.4    20.4
2009 01 19    04 34.23   +44 41.0    0.313    1.211   130.6    38.1    20.7
2009 01 29    04 03.74   +51 54.7    0.330    1.168   116.0    49.3    21.1
2009 02 08    03 41.00   +57 50.6    0.352    1.128   104.6    57.8    21.4
2009 02 18    03 26.64   +63 02.3    0.374    1.093    96.0    64.1    21.6
2009 02 28    03 20.20   +67 55.6    0.391    1.064    89.8    68.6    21.8
2009 03 10    03 21.51   +72 47.5    0.401    1.042    85.6    71.9    21.9
2009 03 20    03 32.92   +77 46.1    0.403    1.028    83.1    74.0    22.0
2009 03 30    04 11.35   +82 53.2    0.398    1.024    82.2    75.2    22.0
2009 04 09    07 48.09   +87 03.2    0.385    1.028    83.0    75.2    21.9
2009 04 19    12 52.02   +83 11.2    0.366    1.042    85.5    74.0    21.8
2009 04 29    13 45.35   +75 27.0    0.343    1.064    89.9    71.2    21.6
2009 05 09    14 04.16   +65 31.2    0.320    1.093    96.4    66.7    21.4
2009 05 19    14 14.97   +53 04.2    0.303    1.128   104.7    60.2    21.1
2009 05 29    14 23.80   +38 16.9    0.300    1.168   113.9    52.5    21.0
2009 06 08    14 33.01   +22 38.0    0.317    1.211   121.5    45.6    21.0
2009 06 18    14 43.44   +08 17.8    0.358    1.257   125.3    41.3    21.2
2009 06 28    14 55.54   -03 24.1    0.420    1.305   125.1    39.6    21.6
2009 07 08    15 09.52   -12 20.8    0.501    1.353   122.4    39.4    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-Y42

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