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    M.P.E.C. 2008-C14                                Issued 2008 Feb. 2, 22:58 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                    2008 CP

Observations:
     K08C00P* C2008 02 02.33279 08 52 03.50 -13 10 51.9          19.1 V EC014703
     K08C00P  C2008 02 02.34500 08 52 04.62 -13 08 42.5          18.7 V EC014703
     K08C00P  C2008 02 02.35111 08 52 05.16 -13 07 38.1          18.6 V EC014703
     K08C00P  C2008 02 02.35846 08 52 05.83 -13 06 20.1                 EC014703
     K08C00P  C2008 02 02.36397 08 52 06.38 -13 05 21.5          18.9 V EC014703
     K08C00P  C2008 02 02.36947 08 52 06.87 -13 04 24.2          18.8 V EC014703
     K08C00P  C2008 02 02.37498 08 52 07.39 -13 03 21.9          19.9 V EC014703
     K08C00P  C2008 02 02.39470 08 52 09.34 -12 59 53.9          18.5 R EC014854
     K08C00P  C2008 02 02.39692 08 52 09.54 -12 59 30.7          18.5 R EC014854
     K08C00P  C2008 02 02.39915 08 52 09.74 -12 59 06.6          19.0 R EC014854
     K08C00P  C2008 02 02.88149 08 53 26.87 -11 32 29.7          18.9 R EC014143
     K08C00P  C2008 02 02.89114 08 53 27.95 -11 30 43.7          18.7 R EC014143

Observer details:
143 Gnosca.  Observer S. Sposetti.  0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky 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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 CP                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0536 AU
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M 265.64140              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.82634079     Peri.    7.90081     -0.84738144     -0.50929571
a   1.1246825      Node   140.29382     +0.47340959     -0.85275456
e   0.0765797      Incl.   13.59887     +0.24047465     -0.11587724
P   1.19           H   23.7           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
080202 703  0.2+  0.1-    080202 703  0.2+  0.1-    080202 854  0.1+  0.5-
080202 703  0.2+  0.1+    080202 703  0.2-  1.2-    080202 854  0.2-  0.2-
080202 703  0.1-  0.2-    080202 703  0.2-  2.5+    080202 143  0.1-  0.1-
080202 703  0.3-  0.2-    080202 854  0.4+  0.0     080202 143  0.1+  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2008 CP                  a,e,i = 1.12, 0.08, 14                  q = 1.0386
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 01 25    08 36.13   -30 13.8    0.0893   1.045   130.5    45.8    20.3
2008 01 27    08 39.39   -27 15.8    0.0825   1.044   134.0    42.7    20.0
2008 01 29    08 42.97   -23 40.3    0.0761   1.043   138.1    39.1    19.8
2008 01 31    08 46.92   -19 19.9    0.0701   1.042   143.0    34.7    19.5
2008 02 02    08 51.30   -14 07.0    0.0647   1.041   148.7    29.4    19.1
2008 02 04    08 56.18   -07 55.5    0.0601   1.041   155.4    23.2    18.8
2008 02 06    09 01.63   -00 43.6    0.0564   1.040   163.0    16.1    18.4
2008 02 08    09 07.74   +07 21.8    0.0539   1.040   171.2     8.4    18.0
2008 02 10    09 14.61   +16 03.1    0.0527   1.039   175.7     4.1    17.8
2008 02 12    09 22.34   +24 52.7    0.0529   1.039   168.4    11.0    18.1
2008 02 14    09 31.02   +33 20.4    0.0545   1.039   159.7    19.3    18.4
2008 02 16    09 40.74   +41 02.2    0.0574   1.038   151.4    27.0    18.8
2008 02 18    09 51.57   +47 44.7    0.0613   1.038   144.1    33.9    19.1
2008 02 20    10 03.55   +53 25.0    0.0661   1.038   137.8    39.7    19.5
2008 02 22    10 16.65   +58 06.9    0.0715   1.039   132.4    44.7    19.8
2008 02 24    10 30.83   +61 57.0    0.0774   1.039   127.9    48.8    20.1
2008 02 26    10 45.94   +65 03.0    0.0837   1.039   124.0    52.2    20.3
2008 02 28    11 01.81   +67 31.9    0.0903   1.039   120.7    55.0    20.6
2008 03 01    11 18.16   +69 29.9    0.0970   1.040   117.9    57.4    20.8
2008 03 03    11 34.70   +71 02.3    0.104    1.040   115.5    59.4    21.0
2008 03 05    11 51.08   +72 13.5    0.111    1.041   113.4    61.0    21.2
2008 03 07    12 06.99   +73 07.3    0.118    1.042   111.6    62.4    21.4
2008 03 09    12 22.15   +73 46.7    0.125    1.042   110.0    63.5    21.5
2008 03 11    12 36.34   +74 14.3    0.132    1.043   108.7    64.4    21.7
2008 03 13    12 49.44   +74 32.3    0.139    1.044   107.5    65.2    21.8
2008 03 15    13 01.35   +74 42.5    0.146    1.045   106.4    65.9    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-C14

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