2008 EV5 Goldstone Radar Observations Planning


Background


The 2008 EV5 Goldstone observations are dedicated to the memory of Steve Ostro,
who died early on the morning of December 15.  He was a uniquely gifted man
of enormous energy, intensity, passion, insight, and intellect; a very warm person; 
and a close friend.  We will miss him enormously. 


2008 EV5 was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey on March 4, 2008.  
It will approach within 0.0216 AU (8.4 lunar distances) on December 23 when it
will be a strong radar target at Goldstone.  

The absolute magnitude of 20.0 suggests a diameter within a factor of two of 320 meters;
otherwise nothing is known about its physical properties.

Goldstone observations are scheduled on December 16-23.
Arecibo observations are scheduled on December 22-24 and 27.

This object will brighten to about 13th magnitude around Christmas and it will
be an excellent target for photometric and spectroscopic observations.

2008 EV5 has been classified as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" by the 
Minor Planet Center.

We want to thank Rob McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory (Australia) for 
obtaining astrometry to support radar observations of this object. 

Orbital and Physical Characteristics  
 orbit type               Aten
 semimajor axis           0.960 AU     
 eccentricity             0.084        
 inclination              7.4°       
 perihelion distance      0.880 AU     
 aphelion distance        1.051 AU     
 absolute magnitude (H)  20.0
 diameter               320 meters +- a factor of two
 rotation period          unknown
 pole direction           unknown
 lightcurve amplitude     unknown
 spectral class           X  (M. D. Hicks, pers. comm.)

Last update: 2008 December 21

Discovery


M.P.E.C. 2008-E47                                Issued 2008 Mar. 5, 13:00 UT

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                                   2008 EV5

Observations:
     K08E05V* C2008 03 04.21432 04 07 59.98 +32 54 57.4          21.0 V EE047G96
     K08E05V  C2008 03 04.21882 04 08 01.14 +32 55 01.1          20.5 V EE047G96
     K08E05V  C2008 03 04.22329 04 08 02.18 +32 55 06.3          21.0 V EE047G96
     K08E05V  C2008 03 04.22774 04 08 03.37 +32 55 09.9          19.8 V EE047G96
     K08E05V IC2008 03 04.85793 04 10 37.36 +33 06 23.8                 EE047J95
     K08E05V  C2008 03 04.86301 04 10 38.56 +33 06 30.2          20.7 R EE047J95
     K08E05V IC2008 03 04.87509 04 10 41.47 +33 06 42.5                 EE047J95
     K08E05V  C2008 03 05.10679 04 11 38.18 +33 10 54.8          20.9 V EE047G96
     K08E05V  C2008 03 05.10785 04 11 38.42 +33 10 55.9          22.2 V EE047291
     K08E05V  C2008 03 05.10807 04 11 38.50 +33 10 56.1          20.8 V EE047G96
     K08E05V  C2008 03 05.10936 04 11 38.79 +33 10 57.9          20.5 V EE047G96
     K08E05V  C2008 03 05.11071 04 11 39.15 +33 10 59.1          20.8 V EE047G96
     K08E05V  C2008 03 05.11286 04 11 39.60 +33 11 01.4          22.4 V EE047291
     K08E05V HC2008 03 05.11745 04 11 40.56 +33 11 06.3                 EE047291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + 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.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2008 EV5                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0096 AU
Epoch 2008 Feb. 24.0 TT = JDT 2454520.5                 MPC
M 157.25327              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.06414257     Peri.  235.26532     +0.85581682     +0.50133396
a   0.9501733      Node    94.33736     -0.42292757     +0.82000556
e   0.0923050      Incl.    7.34303     -0.29784197     +0.27614334
P   0.93           H   20.0           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2008 Mar. 4-5.

Ephemeris:
2008 EV5                 a,e,i = 0.95, 0.09, 7                   q = 0.8625
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 03 05    04 11.21   +33 09.0    0.457    1.036    82.5    71.6    20.9
2008 03 15    04 52.29   +35 35.0    0.479    1.038    81.5    71.4    21.0
2008 03 25    05 33.84   +37 01.9    0.498    1.037    80.3    71.4    21.1
2008 04 04    06 15.30   +37 32.1    0.514    1.034    79.0    71.8    21.1
2008 04 14    06 56.09   +37 08.8    0.526    1.028    77.6    72.4    21.2
2008 04 24    07 35.56   +35 56.0    0.534    1.019    76.1    73.3    21.2
2008 05 04    08 13.24   +33 58.1    0.537    1.009    74.6    74.5    21.3
2008 05 14    08 48.93   +31 19.3    0.535    0.997    73.1    76.0    21.3
2008 05 24    09 22.46   +28 04.3    0.528    0.983    71.6    77.8    21.3
2008 06 03    09 53.84   +24 16.8    0.515    0.968    70.0    80.0    21.3
2008 06 13    10 23.20   +19 59.5    0.497    0.952    68.3    82.6    21.3
2008 06 23    10 50.56   +15 15.5    0.474    0.935    66.6    85.7    21.2
2008 07 03    11 15.94   +10 06.1    0.447    0.919    64.7    89.2    21.2
2008 07 13    11 39.29   +04 32.2    0.416    0.904    62.6    93.3    21.2
2008 07 23    12 00.26   -01 25.0    0.382    0.890    60.2    97.9    21.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-E47

SNR Calculation

Target Name:    2008 EV5
HMag:           20.0
Diameter:       0.32 km  (an educated guess for its absolute magnitude and assuming an S-class optical albedo)
Period:         2.2 h    (a conservative guess; unlikely to be faster than this)

Goldstone SNRs

                UTC          LST                            #           max
 start date    window       window      RA, dec   dist    runs   SNR  SNR/run
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2008 Dec 15  10:31-13:49  08:21-11:40  149, -31  0.030    155    100      9
2008 Dec 16  09:48-14:16  07:42-12:11  148, -27  0.028    218    160     11
2008 Dec 17  09:12-14:36  07:10-12:35  147, -23  0.027    276    230     15
2008 Dec 18  08:38-14:53  06:40-12:56  146, -18  0.025    332    320     19
2008 Dec 19  08:07-15:08  06:13-13:15  145, -13  0.024    386    420     23
2008 Dec 20  07:37-15:21  05:46-13:32  144,  -8  0.023    439    560     28
2008 Dec 21  07:07-15:32  05:20-13:47  142,  -2  0.022    489    650     32
2008 Dec 22  06:39-15:42  04:56-14:01  141,   4  0.022    534    740     35
2008 Dec 23  06:11-15:50  04:32-14:13  140,  11  0.022    574    790     36
2008 Dec 24  05:43-15:57  04:08-14:24  138,  17  0.022    606    840     35 
2008 Dec 25  05:16-16:03  03:45-14:34  136,  24  0.022    631    790     33
2008 Dec 26  04:49-16:07  03:22-14:42  134,  30  0.023    648    700     30
2008 Dec 27  04:22-16:11  02:59-14:49  132,  35  0.024    658    600     26
2008 Dec 28  03:56-16:13  02:36-14:55  130,  40  0.025    662    510     22
2008 Dec 29  03:29-16:15  02:13-15:01  128,  45  0.026    661    430     18
2008 Dec 30  03:02-16:16  01:50-15:06  126,  49  0.028    656    350     15

Goldstone SNRs assume Ptx = 200 kW 


Arecibo SNRs
                UTC          LST                            #           max
 start date    window       window      RA, dec   dist    runs   SNR  SNR/run
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2008 Dec 22  06:57-08:40  08:35-10:18  141,   3  0.022    102  14000   1500
2008 Dec 23  06:25-08:51  08:07-10:33  140,  10  0.022    144  18000   1600
2008 Dec 24  06:06-08:49  07:52-10:35  138,  16  0.022    160  19000   1600
2008 Dec 25  05:55-08:38  07:44-10:28  136,  23  0.022    159  18000   1500
2008 Dec 26  05:53-08:17  07:46-10:11  135,  29  0.023    138  15000   1300
2008 Dec 27  06:03-07:42  08:00-09:40  133,  35  0.024     92   9200   1100

Arecibo SNRs assume Ptx = 700 kW.  These are the only dates when this asteroid
is within Arecibo's declination window.

Track Assignments


2008 EV5 Goldstone Schedule

      UT        UT       PST                 Duration  Round-trip
DOY  Date    TX Window   TX Window           hh:mm     time (sec)   SNR/Run 
---  ----    ---------   ---------           -------   ---------    -------
351  Dec 16  1225-1410   0425-0610 Dec 16     1:45     28.0           11
352  Dec 17  0920-1205   0120-0405 Dec 17     2:45     26.6           15
353  Dec 18  0850-1040   0050-0240 Dec 18     1:50     25.2           19  CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW
354  Dec 19  0815-1155   0015-0415 Dec 19     4:00     24.1           23
356  Dec 21  0730-1340   2330-0540 Dec 20-21  6:10     22.2           32
358  Dec 23  0930-1200   0130-0400 Dec 23     2:30     21.7           36

Arecibo Schedule 
357  Dec 22  0657-0840   2257-0040 Dec 21-22  1:47     21.8         1500  CANCELLED
358  Dec 23  0625-0851   2225-0051 Dec 22-23  2:26     21.6         1600
359  Dec 24  0606-0849   2206-0049 Dec 23-24  2:43     21.6         1600
...No observations on Christmas...
361  Dec 26  0553-0817   2153-0017 Dec 25-26  2:24     22.6         1300  _NOT_ CANCELLED
362  Dec 27  0603-0742   2203-2342 Dec 26     1:39     23.5         1100

Arecibo-VLBA tracks
358  Dec 23  0815-0900   Note that the end occurs after 2008 EV5 sets
359  Dec 24  0745-0900   Note that the end occurs after 2008 EV5 sets



Uncertainties

From Horizons, 2008 October 29: JPL solution 13, #obs = 56 (94 days)

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN     R.A._(J2000.0)_DEC.            delta POS_3sigma  DOP_S-sig  DOP_X-sig  RT_delay-sig
 2008-Dec-13 00:00 *   151.37551 -37.83057 0.034251115238560 671.493331      7.83      28.00      0.083269
 2008-Dec-14 00:00 *   150.50144 -35.12709 0.032394688968347 689.764313      4.49      16.04      0.087204
 2008-Dec-15 00:00 *   149.58914 -32.09590 0.030613244854552 707.316820      1.93       6.91      0.091092
 2008-Dec-16 00:00 *   148.63253 -28.69272 0.028923023985445 724.022776      4.65      16.64      0.094838
 2008-Dec-17 00:00 *   147.62505 -24.87228 0.027343626567318 740.107131      9.25      33.09      0.098306
 2008-Dec-18 00:00 *   146.55971 -20.59287 0.025898335113794 756.459101     14.45      51.70      0.101311
 2008-Dec-19 00:00 *   145.42927 -15.82370 0.024614092359628 774.957376     20.13      72.01      0.103607
 2008-Dec-20 00:00 *   144.22630 -10.55532 0.023520865370390 798.525396     26.19      93.67      0.104898
 2008-Dec-21 00:00 *   142.94326  -4.81215 0.022650095147992 830.428160     32.47     116.14      0.104861
 2008-Dec-22 00:00 *   141.57268   1.33608 0.022032041348110 872.516546     38.76     138.64      0.103199
 2008-Dec-23 00:00 *   140.10724   7.76933 0.021692182135764 923.112597     44.80     160.24      0.099716

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From Horizons, 2008 December 2: JPL solution 18, # obs: 63 (271 days)

 2008-Dec-13 00:00 *   151.37745 -37.83729 0.034249146253296   7.55038516    1.34       4.81      0.002523
 2008-Dec-14 00:00 *   150.50299 -35.13374 0.032392492658146   8.64366611    1.28       4.56      0.002475
 2008-Dec-15 00:00 *   149.59029 -32.10242 0.030610825121657   9.92542557    1.19       4.27      0.002417
 2008-Dec-16 00:00 *   148.63327 -28.69900 0.028920388448274  11.4171749     1.10       3.92      0.002346
 2008-Dec-17 00:00 *   147.62535 -24.87819 0.027340788231297  13.1324564     0.98       3.51      0.002259
 2008-Dec-18 00:00 *   146.55956 -20.59825 0.025895314471310  15.0678969     0.84       3.02      0.002152
 2008-Dec-19 00:00 *   145.42865 -15.82837 0.024610919770175  17.1907552     0.69       2.46      0.002024
 2008-Dec-20 00:00 *   144.22518 -10.55909 0.023517583295764  19.4248967     0.52       1.85      0.001872
 2008-Dec-21 00:00 *   142.94163  -4.81481 0.022646759448761  21.6408899     0.35       1.25      0.001698
 2008-Dec-22 00:00 *   141.57050   1.33467 0.022028720562268  23.6598910     0.26       0.94      0.001508
 2008-Dec-23 00:00 *   140.10451   7.76924 0.021688953809315  25.2805609     0.37       1.33      0.001318

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From Jon Giorgini, 2008 December 10: 

Including Rob's latest two measurements from Dec 10 (71 optical total,
from 2008-Mar-4 to 2008-Dec-10), new solution #23 was generated and OSOD
and nominal delay-Doppler predicts set-up for Goldstone (aardvark).

Formal 3-sigma S/X-band uncertainties for soln. #23 are shown below:

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN   POS_3sigma  DOP_S-sig  DOP_X-sig  RT_delay-sig
 2008-Dec-15 00:00    3.76680328      1.00       3.57      0.001832
 2008-Dec-16 00:00    4.56056869      0.92       3.30      0.001787
 2008-Dec-17 00:00    5.50611219      0.83       2.98      0.001734
 2008-Dec-18 00:00    6.60830643      0.73       2.60      0.001672
 2008-Dec-19 00:00    7.85682182      0.60       2.15      0.001599
 2008-Dec-20 00:00    9.21686872      0.47       1.66      0.001515
 2008-Dec-21 00:00   10.6212014       0.33       1.18      0.001417
 2008-Dec-22 00:00   11.9691140       0.24       0.88      0.001308
 2008-Dec-23 00:00   13.1388205       0.30       1.08      0.001193
 2008-Dec-24 00:00   14.0145548       0.46       1.64      0.001078

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From Jon Giorgini, 2008 December 15:

With Rob's 13 new optical measurements, 2008 EV5 solution #25 was
computed (84 measurements 2008-Mar-4 to 2008-Dec-15). Formal 3-sigma
S/X-band uncertainties are shown below:

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN   POS_3sigma  DOP_S-sig  DOP_X-sig  RT_delay-sig
 2008-Dec-15 00:00   1.00462795       0.90       3.24      0.001060
 2008-Dec-16 00:00   1.17177447       0.84       3.00      0.001033
 2008-Dec-17 00:00   1.43176047       0.76       2.72      0.001006
 2008-Dec-18 00:00   1.78896696       0.67       2.40      0.000979
 2008-Dec-19 00:00   2.24060698       0.56       2.02      0.000951
 2008-Dec-20 00:00   2.77555735       0.44       1.59      0.000921
 2008-Dec-21 00:00   3.37084755       0.32       1.15      0.000889
 2008-Dec-22 00:00   3.98907295       0.23       0.83      0.000856
 2008-Dec-23 00:00   4.58049609       0.25       0.88      0.000821
 2008-Dec-24 00:00   5.09184738       0.37       1.31      0.000788
 2008-Dec-25 00:00   5.48757558       0.52       1.86      0.000757
 2008-Dec-26 00:00   5.72901448       0.68       2.42      0.000733
 2008-Dec-27 00:00   5.82608819       0.82       2.95      0.000718

Pre-fit residuals show the newly reported data differs from the prior
solution #23 by less than 0.1". Solution #25 is 10 usec closer and
0.3 Hz lower in frequency than #23.  

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From Jon Giorgini, 2008 December 17:

Including another night of optical from Rob (92 opt.  measurements 
2008-Mar-4 to 2008-Dec-16), and the one delay discussed from Dec 17, 
2008 EV5 soln #31 was computed.

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN   POS_3sigma  DOP_S-sig  DOP_X-sig  RT_delay-sig
 2008-Dec-15 00:00   0.788863162      0.53       1.91      0.000044
 2008-Dec-16 00:00   0.865201983      0.50       1.78      0.000027
 2008-Dec-17 00:00   0.988661028      0.46       1.64      0.000016
 2008-Dec-18 00:00   1.16281840       0.41       1.47      0.000017
 2008-Dec-19 00:00   1.38562313       0.36       1.29      0.000024
 2008-Dec-20 00:00   1.64894403       0.31       1.09      0.000033
 2008-Dec-21 00:00   1.93784414       0.26       0.91      0.000043
 2008-Dec-22 00:00   2.23046429       0.22       0.79      0.000056
 2008-Dec-23 00:00   2.50017204       0.22       0.79      0.000076
 2008-Dec-24 00:00   2.72073267       0.26       0.93      0.000103
 2008-Dec-25 00:00   2.87300690       0.32       1.14      0.000136
 2008-Dec-26 00:00   2.94984672       0.39       1.38      0.000173
 2008-Dec-27 00:00   2.95654431       0.45       1.62      0.000213
 2008-Dec-28 00:00   2.90708457       0.51       1.84      0.000254
 2008-Dec-29 00:00   2.81879645       0.57       2.03      0.000296


Setups


On Dec. 23, we will start with solution 35:

TX polarization           RCP
RCV polarization          LCP & RCP
Frequency hops:           2
Dwell                    10 seconds   <-- Note the short dwell
Bandwidth:               4000 Hz  
Sampling interval:       2500 x 0.1 usec 
VME FFT for PSD files:   4096 for 0.977-Hz resolution  

Possible ranging setups:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
127 x 64 10-usec single sample
baud             10 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP            1270 usec
FFT              64   
CLT       VME     ?
          PFS     ?
ncoh              1
bandwidth       787.4 Hz   
resolution       12.3 Hz
TXOFF          +100 Hz -> echo will be centered at +8 bins or in bin 32 + 8 = 40
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
127 x 64 11-usec single sample
baud             11 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP            1397 usec
FFT              64  
CLT       VME     ?
          PFS     ?
ncoh              1
bandwidth       715.8 Hz   
resolution       11.2 Hz
TXOFF          +100 Hz --> echo will be centered at +9 bins or in bin 32 + 9 = 41
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
127 x 64 7-usec single sample
baud              7 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP             889
FFT              64
CLT        VME    ?
           PFS    ?
ncoh              1
bandwidth      1124.9 Hz   
resolution       17.6 Hz
TXOFF           +60 -> echo would be centered at +3.4 bins w/perfect ephemeris
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
127 x 64 1-usec single sample
baud            1 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP             127
FFT             64
CLT             4
ncoh            15
bandwidth       525 Hz   
resolution      8.2 Hz
TXOFF           +100 -> echo would be centered at +12.2 bins  or in bin 32 + 12.2 = 44
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.125-usec ranging 
setup           JX1XS001 revised 
baud              0.125 usec
code            127
gates           127
FFT              64
ncoh            984
bandwidth        64.016384 Hz     
resolution       1.000256 Hz
TXOFF          +15 Hz to put echo at 32 + 15 = bin 47
PFS CLT gate    ?
VME CLT gate    ?

_____________________________________________________________________
POSSIBLE RANGING SETUPS: (code=127, FFT=64, single-pol'n) 
   These are from JX, w/ max-band (min-acc) options from Ray Jurgens.
   Currently configured for 5-sec records.
_______________________________________________________________________
 Setup        Baud        RP         1-acc 1-acc      
            usec   m      usec        band   res    acc  band     res 
_______________________________________________________________________
 
JX1XS110  11.000 1650    1397.0      715.8  11.2      2   358     5.6
JX1XS070   7.000 1050     889.0     1124.9  17.6      3   375     5.9
                                                      
JX1XS020   2.000  300     254.0     3937.0  61.5     12   328     5.1
                                                      4   984    15.4 

JX1XS010   1.000  150     127.0     7874.0 123.0     41   192     3.0 
                                                      8   984    15.4 

JX1XS005   0.500   75      63.5    15748.0 246.1    123   128     2.0 
                                                     15  1050    16.4 

JX1XS002   0.250   37.5    31.75   31496.1 492.1    492    64     1.0
                                                     30  1050    16.4 
 
JX1XS001   0.125   18.75   15.875  62992.1 984.3   1970    32     0.5 
                                                     60  1050    16.4 
____________________________________________________________________


Instructions

NOTE: Data should be moved to the appropriate subdirectories in aardvark:/export/data0/2008EV5/raw/

2008 EV5 POINTING:

   OSOD and predicts will be at Goldstone on aardvark:

/export/data3/osod/ops/2008ev5/PRDX.OUT.s35
                              /PUNCH.OUT.s35
                              /EPH.OUT.s35

POINTING  
                                                   TX Offsets    
Date (UTC)   DOY  hhmmss    RA       Dec   Macro  LHA      Dec    RTT    OSOD
2008 12 16   351  110000 148.3042 -27.1056  A                     28.1    25
2008 12 16   351  120000 148.2415 -26.9477  A                     28.0 
2008 12 16   351  130000 148.1787 -26.7868  A      0.4      1.2   27.9
2008 12 16   351  140000 148.1172 -26.6231  A                     27.9
2008 12 16   351  150000 148.0584 -26.4567  A                     27.8

2008 12 17   352  090000 147.3934 -23.4200  A                     26.7    25
2008 12 17   352  100000 147.3319 -23.2480  A                     26.6
2008 12 17   352  110000 147.2676 -23.0734  A      0.5      1.3   26.5
2008 12 17   352  120000 147.2019 -22.8959  A                     26.5
2008 12 17   352  130000 147.1364 -22.7156  A                     26.4

2008 12 19   354  080000 145.2085 -14.1985  A                     24.1    31
2008 12 19        090000 145.1434 -13.9853  A                     24.1
2008 12 19        100000 145.0745 -13.7700  A      0.5      1.4   24.0
2008 12 19        110000 145.0031 -13.5526  A                     24.0
2008 12 19        120000 144.9305 -13.3330  A                     23.9

2008 12 21   356  070000 142.7344 -3.1045   A                     22.3    31
2008 12 21        080000 142.6653 -2.8514   A        0.4   1.6    22.3
2008 12 21        090000 142.5913 -2.5972   AB                    22.3
2008 12 21        100000 142.5136 -2.3420    BC      0.5   1.5    22.2
2008 12 21        110000 142.4336 -2.0859    BC                   22.2
2008 12 21        120000 142.3531 -1.8290     C      0.5   1.6    22.2
2008 12 21        130000 142.2735 -1.5712     C                   22.2
2008 12 21        140000 142.1965 -1.3128     C                   22.2

2008 12 23   358  080000 139.7616  9.9384   A                     21.5    33
2008 12 23   358  090000 139.6773 10.2149   A                     21.5
2008 12 23   358  100000 139.5895 10.4907   A        0.5   1.7    21.5
2008 12 23   358  110000 139.4999 10.7655   A                     21.5
2008 12 23   358  120000 139.4102 11.0391   A                     21.5

Transmit offsets are given in millidegrees.  Note that they're _very_ small.

Closest approach occurs at 11:45 UT on Dec. 23.


PRDX.OUT.s25 TRANSMITTER: STATION #14, RECEIVER: STATION #14 RECEIVER U.T. RANGE DOPPLER LHA DEC RA EL 2008 DEC 16 12:20 27.9776590105 154521.668 5.4033 -26.8944 148.220 27.471 2008 DEC 16 12:30 27.9668606964 153590.806 7.9206 -26.8677 148.210 27.259 2008 DEC 16 12:40 27.9561274836 152664.355 10.4379 -26.8408 148.200 26.957 2008 DEC 16 12:50 27.9454590113 151743.944 12.9552 -26.8139 148.189 26.568 2008 DEC 16 13:00 27.9348547880 150831.191 15.4725 -26.7868 148.179 26.093 2008 DEC 16 13:10 27.9243142319 149927.701 17.9897 -26.7597 148.168 25.533 2008 DEC 16 13:20 27.9138366323 149035.060 20.5069 -26.7326 148.158 24.892 2008 DEC 16 13:30 27.9034211793 148154.833 23.0240 -26.7053 148.148 24.171 2008 DEC 16 13:40 27.8930669372 147288.564 25.5411 -26.6780 148.137 23.373 2008 DEC 16 13:50 27.8827728857 146437.767 28.0581 -26.6506 148.127 22.501 2008 DEC 16 14:00 27.8725378822 145603.928 30.5750 -26.6231 148.117 21.557 2008 DEC 16 14:10 27.8623606869 144788.502 33.0919 -26.5955 148.107 20.546 PRDX.OUT.s27 2008 DEC 17 09:20 26.6533335030 157083.601 322.1129 -23.3630 147.373 21.132 2008 DEC 17 09:30 26.6423507517 156286.899 324.6300 -23.3344 147.363 22.366 2008 DEC 17 09:40 26.6314246601 155467.254 327.1471 -23.3057 147.353 23.538 2008 DEC 17 09:50 26.6205567826 154626.044 329.6644 -23.2769 147.342 24.645 2008 DEC 17 10:00 26.6097485813 153764.692 332.1817 -23.2481 147.332 25.682 2008 DEC 17 10:10 26.5990014228 152884.659 334.6991 -23.2192 147.321 26.648 2008 DEC 17 10:20 26.5883165528 151987.446 337.2166 -23.1902 147.311 27.537 2008 DEC 17 10:30 26.5776951336 151074.583 339.7341 -23.1611 147.300 28.348 2008 DEC 17 10:40 26.5671382018 150147.636 342.2517 -23.1320 147.289 29.076 2008 DEC 17 10:50 26.5566466949 149208.196 344.7694 -23.1028 147.278 29.719 2008 DEC 17 11:00 26.5462214204 148257.879 347.2870 -23.0735 147.268 30.274 2008 DEC 17 11:10 26.5358630952 147298.324 349.8048 -23.0441 147.257 30.737 2008 DEC 17 11:20 26.5255722972 146331.188 352.3225 -23.0146 147.246 31.108 2008 DEC 17 11:30 26.5153495108 145358.143 354.8403 -22.9851 147.235 31.385 2008 DEC 17 11:40 26.5051950857 144380.873 357.3581 -22.9555 147.224 31.565 2008 DEC 17 11:50 26.4951092643 143401.072 359.8760 -22.9258 147.213 31.648 2008 DEC 17 12:00 26.4850921531 142420.437 2.3938 -22.8960 147.202 31.634 PRDX.OUT.s31 2008 DEC 18 08:10 25.3378591117 146508.390 306.5702 -19.1117 146.354 15.602 2008 DEC 18 08:20 25.3276129115 145844.509 309.0871 -19.0800 146.344 17.222 2008 DEC 18 08:30 25.3174143516 145149.330 311.6040 -19.0482 146.334 18.799 2008 DEC 18 08:40 25.3072655819 144423.954 314.1211 -19.0163 146.323 20.332 2008 DEC 18 08:50 25.2971686789 143669.537 316.6384 -18.9844 146.313 21.817 2008 DEC 18 08:50 25.2971686789 143669.537 316.6384 -18.9844 146.313 21.817 2008 DEC 19 09:00 24.0709074898 124099.523 321.3003 -13.9853 145.143 28.490 2008 DEC 19 09:10 24.0622393145 123228.251 323.8184 -13.9495 145.132 29.907 2008 DEC 19 09:20 24.0536330738 122332.348 326.3366 -13.9138 145.121 31.261 2008 DEC 19 09:30 24.0450904559 121413.268 328.8549 -13.8779 145.109 32.549 2008 DEC 19 09:40 24.0366130329 120472.509 331.3733 -13.8420 145.098 33.766 2008 DEC 19 09:50 24.0282022588 119511.612 333.8918 -13.8061 145.086 34.908 2008 DEC 19 10:00 24.0198595020 118532.159 336.4103 -13.7700 145.075 35.968 2008 DEC 19 10:10 24.0115859949 117535.766 338.9289 -13.7339 145.063 36.943 2008 DEC 19 10:20 24.0033828792 116524.085 341.4476 -13.6978 145.051 37.827 2008 DEC 19 10:30 23.9952511618 115498.797 343.9664 -13.6616 145.039 38.616 2008 DEC 19 10:40 23.9871917370 114461.609 346.4852 -13.6253 145.027 39.305 2008 DEC 19 11:10 23.9634543474 111296.060 354.0418 -13.5162 144.991 40.733 2008 DEC 19 11:20 23.9556906011 110228.774 356.5607 -13.4797 144.979 40.986 2008 DEC 19 11:30 23.9480017823 109158.413 359.0796 -13.4431 144.967 41.123 2008 DEC 19 11:40 23.9403880497 108086.777 1.5986 -13.4064 144.955 41.144 2008 DEC 19 11:50 23.9328494235 107015.665 4.1175 -13.3697 144.943 41.049 2008 DEC 19 12:00 23.9253857978 105946.877 6.6364 -13.3330 144.931 40.837 PRDX.OUT.s31 2008 DEC 21 07:30 22.3292944325 84325.913 303.1529 -2.9781 142.701 24.514 2008 DEC 21 07:40 22.3234086946 83607.984 305.6714 -2.9359 142.689 26.415 2008 DEC 21 07:50 22.3175744934 82855.687 308.1900 -2.8936 142.677 28.288 2008 DEC 21 08:00 22.3117941878 82070.122 310.7087 -2.8514 142.665 30.131 2008 DEC 21 08:10 22.3060700817 81252.451 313.2276 -2.8091 142.653 31.939 2008 DEC 21 08:20 22.3004043829 80403.902 315.7466 -2.7668 142.641 33.710 2008 DEC 21 08:30 22.2947991988 79525.763 318.2657 -2.7244 142.629 35.440 2008 DEC 21 08:40 22.2892565694 78619.377 320.7849 -2.6820 142.616 37.123 2008 DEC 21 08:50 22.2837784197 77686.145 323.3043 -2.6396 142.604 38.755 2008 DEC 21 09:00 22.2783665810 76727.519 325.8238 -2.5972 142.591 40.330 2008 DEC 21 09:10 22.2730227809 75745.002 328.3434 -2.5547 142.579 41.843 2008 DEC 21 09:20 22.2677486464 74740.143 330.8630 -2.5123 142.566 43.287 2008 DEC 21 09:30 22.2625456757 73714.533 333.3828 -2.4697 142.553 44.656 2008 DEC 21 09:40 22.2574152787 72669.807 335.9026 -2.4272 142.540 45.942 2008 DEC 21 09:50 22.2523587310 71607.635 338.4226 -2.3846 142.527 47.137 2008 DEC 21 10:00 22.2473771897 70529.723 340.9425 -2.3420 142.514 48.234 2008 DEC 21 10:10 22.2424717099 69437.805 343.4626 -2.2994 142.500 49.224 2008 DEC 21 10:20 22.2376432056 68333.645 345.9827 -2.2568 142.487 50.100 2008 DEC 21 10:30 22.2328924723 67219.031 348.5029 -2.2141 142.474 50.853 2008 DEC 21 10:40 22.2282201797 66095.769 351.0231 -2.1714 142.460 51.476 2008 DEC 21 10:50 22.2236268701 64965.685 353.5433 -2.1287 142.447 51.962 2008 DEC 21 11:00 22.2191129573 63830.616 356.0635 -2.0859 142.434 52.308 2008 DEC 21 11:10 22.2146787263 62692.410 358.5838 -2.0432 142.420 52.507 2008 DEC 21 11:20 22.2103243318 61552.920 1.1041 -2.0004 142.407 52.559 2008 DEC 21 11:30 22.2060497988 60414.002 3.6244 -1.9576 142.393 52.463 2008 DEC 21 11:40 22.2018550222 59277.511 6.1447 -1.9147 142.380 52.220 2008 DEC 21 11:50 22.1977397670 58145.298 8.6649 -1.8719 142.366 51.832 2008 DEC 21 12:00 22.1937036688 57019.203 11.1852 -1.8290 142.353 51.305 2008 DEC 21 12:10 22.1897462344 55901.055 13.7054 -1.7861 142.340 50.643 2008 DEC 21 12:20 22.1858668432 54792.668 16.2256 -1.7431 142.326 49.855 2008 DEC 21 12:30 22.1820647478 53695.837 18.7457 -1.7002 142.313 48.947 2008 DEC 21 12:40 22.1783390760 52612.331 21.2658 -1.6572 142.300 47.928 2008 DEC 21 12:50 22.1746888324 51543.897 23.7858 -1.6142 142.287 46.805 2008 DEC 21 13:00 22.1711129064 50492.249 26.3058 -1.5712 142.274 45.587 2008 DEC 21 13:10 22.1676100498 49459.070 28.8257 -1.5282 142.260 44.281 2008 DEC 21 13:20 22.1641789223 48446.004 31.3455 -1.4851 142.247 42.896 2008 DEC 21 13:30 22.1608180453 47454.658 33.8653 -1.4421 142.235 41.439 2008 DEC 21 13:40 22.1575258533 46486.594 36.3849 -1.3990 142.222 39.916 PRDX.OUT.s33 2008 DEC 23 09:30 21.5294283602 15300.005 338.2732 10.3529 139.634 58.084 2008 DEC 23 09:40 21.5283940855 14208.977 340.7947 10.3989 139.619 59.486 2008 DEC 23 09:50 21.5274367566 13104.601 343.3163 10.4448 139.604 60.775 2008 DEC 23 10:00 21.5265572596 11988.625 345.8379 10.4907 139.590 61.937 2008 DEC 23 10:10 21.5257563400 10862.821 348.3596 10.5366 139.575 62.954 2008 DEC 23 10:20 21.5250346240 9728.976 350.8813 10.5824 139.560 63.810 2008 DEC 23 10:30 21.5243926123 8588.896 353.4031 10.6282 139.545 64.488 2008 DEC 23 10:40 21.5238306782 7444.396 355.9249 10.6740 139.530 64.972 2008 DEC 23 10:50 21.5233490618 6297.300 358.4467 10.7198 139.515 65.254 2008 DEC 23 11:00 21.5229478928 5149.438 0.9686 10.7655 139.500 65.324 2008 DEC 23 11:10 21.5226271549 4002.638 3.4904 10.8112 139.485 65.182 2008 DEC 23 11:20 21.5223867095 2858.728 6.0122 10.8568 139.470 64.831 2008 DEC 23 11:30 21.5222262901 1719.529 8.5340 10.9025 139.455 64.281 2008 DEC 23 11:40 21.5221455031 586.851 11.0558 10.9481 139.440 63.544 2008 DEC 23 11:50 21.5221438283 -537.508 13.5776 10.9936 139.425 62.635 2008 DEC 23 12:00 21.5222206199 -1651.768 16.0993 11.0391 139.410 61.572

2008 EV5 GOLDSTONE MASTERLOG

============================================================================== Receive TX Setup hops dwell code ncoh FFT runs start -stop OSOD offset Poln Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================================== 2008 EV5 Goldstone Image from December 16: 0.125 usec x 1.0 Hz The bandwidth is about 11 Hz and the visible extent is close to 200 meters, suggesting that this object is close to 400 m in diameter.
Dr. Lance A. M. Benner | PHONE: (818) 354-7412 Mail Stop 300-233 | FAX: (818) 354-9476 Jet Propulsion Laboratory | email: lance@reason.jpl.nasa.gov Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 | Plan: To live long and prosper http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/2008EV5/html/2008EV5_planning.html

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