[vsnet-alert 10922] Transient CSS090103:033713+103112 = Asteroid 2008 SZ72

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Element's Data from MPCORB, IAU Minor Planet Center, parsed thro' Guide 8, Project Pluto, code.

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John

2008 SZ72  mag 18.7
Right ascension: 03h37m13.133s
Declination: +10 31' 07.62"
Mean position at current epoch:
Right ascension: 03h37m42.648s
Declination: +10 32' 52.79"
Apparent position at current epoch:
Right ascension: 03h37m44.423s
Declination: +10 33' 01.42"
Dist from home planet:  1.40503483 AU (210,190,219 km)
Heliocentric position:  lon 74.30387  lat -5.54911
Heliocentric radius 2.18119 AU
97.03% illuminated
Phase angle: 19.86 degrees
Elongation from Sun 131.11 degrees (evening sky)
Speed of apparent motion: 4.671"/hour at position angle 54.0
Motion is -0.03 degrees/day in RA, 0.02 degrees/day in dec
Assumed asteroid diameter 5.7 km

Comments from the MPCORB database:
Designation: 2008 SZ72
Absolute magnitude: 15.3
Slope parameter: 0.15
Orbital elements:
   Semimajor axis:         2.5848557
   Eccentricity:           0.2055858
   Inclination of orbit:   7.49764
   Argument of perihelion: 178.86000
   Long. ascending node:   206.72609
   Mean anomaly:           24.79311
   Mean daily motion:        0.23716447 degrees/day
   Epoch of elements: 30 Nov 2008
Uncertainty level: 2
85 observations made at 5 oppositions
Orbital arc: 1987-2008
Last observed: 2008 12 07
RMS residual: 0.53
Perturbing objects used in orbit: M-v
Orbit computed by MPC
Orbit based on the JPL DE403 positions and masses
Reference: MPO149051
   Perihelion distance   2.0534461 AU
   Aphelion distance     3.1162653 AU
   Period of orbit       4.16 years (1517.9 days)
   Date of perihelion   JD 2454695.96027 (17 Aug 2008 11:03)