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    M.P.E.C. 2009-C25                                Issued 2009 Feb. 3, 14:38 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
    
                                        2009 CT
    
    Observations:
         K09C00T* C2009 02 02.48186 12 11 08.08 -11 04 35.8          19.7 V EC025703
         K09C00T  C2009 02 02.48787 12 11 09.13 -11 04 48.2          19.4 V EC025703
         K09C00T  C2009 02 02.49389 12 11 10.03 -11 05 04.2          20.4 V EC025703
         K09C00T  C2009 02 02.49999 12 11 11.04 -11 05 17.1          20.6 V EC025703
         K09C00T  C2009 02 03.44508 12 13 58.08 -11 40 52.4          20.1 R EC025926
         K09C00T  C2009 02 03.44846 12 13 58.67 -11 41 00.7          19.8 R EC025926
         K09C00T  C2009 02 03.45183 12 13 59.26 -11 41 08.3          20.0 R EC025926
         K09C00T  C2009 02 03.47421 12 14 03.04 -11 42 00.5          19.4 V EC025G96
         K09C00T  C2009 02 03.48091 12 14 04.23 -11 42 16.0          19.4 V EC025G96
         K09C00T  C2009 02 03.48751 12 14 05.35 -11 42 31.3          19.5 V EC025G96
         K09C00T  C2009 02 03.49412 12 14 06.50 -11 42 46.5          19.4 V EC025G96
         K09C00T  C2009 02 03.54999 12 14 16.22 -11 44 55.2          19.4 V EC025G96
         K09C00T  C2009 02 03.55094 12 14 16.40 -11 44 57.4          19.0 V EC025G96
         K09C00T  C2009 02 03.55189 12 14 16.58 -11 44 59.7          18.9 V EC025G96
         K09C00T  C2009 02 03.55282 12 14 16.72 -11 45 01.7          19.3 V EC025G96
    
    Observer details:
    703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer S. M. Larson.  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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  Measurer
        P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2009 CT                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0569 AU
    Epoch 2009 Jan. 29.0 TT = JDT 2454860.5                 MPC
    M 317.83143              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.51197552     Peri.  350.16630     -0.19921019     +0.97824815
    a   1.5475211      Node   268.32619     -0.89511572     -0.20567041
    e   0.5902899      Incl.    3.31745     -0.39885229     -0.02702300
    P   1.93           H   19.7           G   0.15
    From 15 observations 2009 Feb. 2-3.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2009 CT                  a,e,i = 1.55, 0.59, 3                   q = 0.6340
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2009 01 29    11 59.40   -08 34.4    0.462    1.308   125.4    37.9    20.1
    2009 02 03    12 12.64   -11 23.6    0.397    1.261   126.2    39.1    19.8
    2009 02 08    12 29.41   -14 57.3    0.335    1.213   125.8    41.3    19.4
    2009 02 13    12 52.25   -19 36.8    0.278    1.164   123.6    45.0    19.0
    2009 02 18    13 26.16   -25 50.3    0.227    1.115   118.5    51.2    18.6
    2009 02 23    14 21.32   -33 50.4    0.186    1.064   108.9    61.5    18.4
    2009 02 28    15 54.26   -41 46.6    0.161    1.014    93.8    77.1    18.5
    2009 03 05    18 01.32   -43 50.7    0.159    0.963    75.2    95.6    19.0
    2009 03 10    19 48.41   -38 22.5    0.181    0.913    59.1   111.1    20.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-C25
    

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