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MPEC 2005-V54 : 2005 VT2

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M.P.E.C. 2005-V54                                Issued 2005 Nov. 7, 19:33 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2005 VT2

Observations:
     K05V02T* C2005 11 04.22513 00 37 13.51 -10 11 15.9          19.2 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.22554 00 37 13.72 -10 11 15.2          19.1 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.22596 00 37 13.94 -10 11 15.0          19.7 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.22638 00 37 14.12 -10 11 14.0          19.0 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.23606 00 37 18.66 -10 10 58.4          21.7 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.23648 00 37 18.87 -10 10 56.3          22.2 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.23690 00 37 19.05 -10 10 56.7          21.2 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.23733 00 37 19.20 -10 10 57.2          21.5 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.26247 00 37 31.04 -10 10 16.1          20.8 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.26288 00 37 31.22 -10 10 15.3          20.7 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.26330 00 37 31.44 -10 10 14.3          20.4 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.26374 00 37 31.65 -10 10 13.8          20.4 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.26728 00 37 33.31 -10 10 08.4          19.7 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.26770 00 37 33.52 -10 10 07.3          19.8 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.26812 00 37 33.70 -10 10 06.4          19.4 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 04.26854 00 37 33.88 -10 10 05.8          19.5 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 05.16701 00 44 44.04 -09 46 08.0          19.4 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 05.17095 00 44 45.79 -09 46 01.9          19.8 V EV054G96
     K05V02T  C2005 11 05.17890 00 44 49.33 -09 45 49.6          20.9 V EV054G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers R. Hill, A. D. Grauer.  Measurers
    E. C. Beshore, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 VT2
Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5                 MPC
M 349.22517              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24314704     Peri.  159.36628     +0.99916401     +0.02124562
a   2.5422801      Node   199.51455     -0.03090623     +0.95179373
e   0.5956033      Incl.    6.00167     +0.02675961     +0.30600217
P   4.05           H   22.6           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
051104 G96  0.2-  0.0     051104 G96  0.7-  0.9-    051104 G96  0.0   0.2+
051104 G96  0.0   0.1+    051104 G96  0.1-  0.3-    051104 G96  0.2-  0.1+
051104 G96  0.4+  0.4-    051104 G96  0.3-  0.2-    051105 G96  0.1+  0.2+
051104 G96  0.1+  0.1-    051104 G96  0.1+  0.1+    051105 G96  0.0   0.1+
051104 G96  0.1+  0.0     051104 G96  0.1+  0.1-    051105 G96  0.1-  0.2-
051104 G96  0.3+  1.4+    051104 G96  0.1+  0.4-
051104 G96  0.0   0.3+    051104 G96  0.3+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2005 VT2                 a,e,i = 2.54, 0.60, 6                   q = 1.0281
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 06    00 51.02   -09 23.4    0.166    1.127   142.2    32.7    20.3
2005 11 16    01 48.03   -05 18.3    0.226    1.183   146.1    27.8    21.0
2005 11 26    02 22.51   -01 58.1    0.301    1.248   145.7    26.5    21.7
2005 12 06    02 46.00   +00 50.9    0.391    1.318   142.9    26.8    22.4

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-V54

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