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    M.P.E.C. 2009-C26                                Issued 2009 Feb. 3, 14:41 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 CU
    
    Observations:
         K09C00U* C2009 02 02.48422 12 22 48.14 -06 55 22.2          19.7 V EC026703
         K09C00U  C2009 02 02.49022 12 22 49.90 -06 54 54.0          20.0 V EC026703
         K09C00U  C2009 02 02.49633 12 22 51.70 -06 54 24.1          19.8 V EC026703
         K09C00U  C2009 02 02.50243 12 22 53.68 -06 53 59.6          21.3 V EC026703
         K09C00U  C2009 02 03.47477 12 28 28.27 -05 41 04.2          20.3 V EC026G96
         K09C00U  C2009 02 03.48808 12 28 32.08 -05 40 05.4          20.2 V EC026G96
         K09C00U  C2009 02 03.49470 12 28 33.96 -05 39 36.0          20.5 V EC026G96
         K09C00U  C2009 02 03.50993 12 28 38.38 -05 38 26.0          20.3 R EC026926
         K09C00U  C2009 02 03.51260 12 28 39.15 -05 38 14.6          20.2 R EC026926
         K09C00U  C2009 02 03.51527 12 28 39.89 -05 38 02.6          20.2 R EC026926
         K09C00U  C2009 02 03.55049 12 28 50.09 -05 35 27.4          20.5 V EC026G96
         K09C00U  C2009 02 03.55143 12 28 50.40 -05 35 22.6          20.0 V EC026G96
         K09C00U  C2009 02 03.55237 12 28 50.67 -05 35 18.9          20.2 V EC026G96
    
    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 CU                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0372 AU
    Epoch 2009 Jan. 29.0 TT = JDT 2454860.5                 MPC
    M   5.71846              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.58295978     Peri.  341.87810     -0.51704795     -0.85354710
    a   1.4192002      Node   139.19060     +0.79697418     -0.50741480
    e   0.2838629      Incl.    5.63548     +0.31223962     -0.11826907
    P   1.69           H   24.3           G   0.15
    From 13 observations 2009 Feb. 2-3.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2009 CU                  a,e,i = 1.42, 0.28, 6                   q = 1.0163
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2009 01 29    11 52.87   -12 51.3    0.0601   1.020   124.6    52.7    20.2
    2009 02 08    12 50.44   -00 28.6    0.0726   1.032   127.3    49.5    20.5
    2009 02 18    13 20.58   +08 19.8    0.0907   1.051   132.0    44.3    20.9
    2009 02 28    13 32.66   +14 16.3    0.112    1.077   138.2    37.8    21.2
    2009 03 10    13 33.22   +18 02.3    0.137    1.108   144.9    31.1    21.5
    2009 03 20    13 27.11   +20 01.5    0.166    1.143   150.5    25.4    21.9
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-C26
    

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