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MPEC 2005-V81 : 2005 VD7

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M.P.E.C. 2005-V81                                Issued 2005 Nov. 13, 17:35 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.

                  Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
                  Supported in part by the TABASGO Foundation
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2005 VD7

Observations:
     K05V07D* C2005 11 12.32595 05 27 23.18 +47 35 53.3          18.6   EV081704
     K05V07D  C2005 11 12.33853 05 27 24.79 +47 35 53.8          18.5   EV081704
     K05V07D  C2005 11 12.35105 05 27 26.33 +47 35 53.3          19.1   EV081704
     K05V07D  C2005 11 12.36360 05 27 27.91 +47 35 54.5          18.7   EV081704
     K05V07D  C2005 11 12.37654 05 27 29.45 +47 35 54.4          18.9   EV081704
     K05V07D  C2005 11 12.99901 05 29 13.44 +47 34 36.6                 EV081J95
     K05V07D  C2005 11 13.00167 05 29 13.77 +47 34 36.6                 EV081J95
     K05V07D  C2005 11 13.00420 05 29 14.17 +47 34 37.3          19.2 R EV081J95
     K05V07D  C2005 11 13.33108 05 30 04.00 +47 34 35.7          19.2 R EV081854
     K05V07D  C2005 11 13.33683 05 30 04.69 +47 34 36.3          19.2 R EV081854
     K05V07D  C2005 11 13.34258 05 30 05.30 +47 34 36.0          19.2 R EV081854
     K05V07D  C2005 11 13.40417 05 30 12.55 +47 34 28.6          18.4 R EV081673
     K05V07D  C2005 11 13.41319 05 30 13.50 +47 34 27.6                 EV081673
     K05V07D  C2005 11 13.41852 05 30 14.06 +47 34 27.0                 EV081673
     K05V07D  C2005 11 13.42164 05 30 14.37 +47 34 26.6                 EV081673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, L. Manguso,
    D. Torres, R. Kracke, A. Milner, H. Love.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer,
    J. Evans, J. Kommers.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 VD7
Epoch 2005 Nov. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453680.5                  MPC
M   5.60470              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29219430     Peri.  355.69285     +0.91927640     -0.39148384
a   2.2491663      Node    27.46677     +0.36372878     +0.80519226
e   0.5480725      Incl.    5.08509     +0.15044025     +0.44542769
P   3.37           H   22.4           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2005 Nov. 12-13.

Ephemeris:
2005 VD7                 a,e,i = 2.25, 0.55, 5                   q = 1.0165
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 06    04 59.69   +47 10.7    0.0703   1.045   138.1    39.3    18.3
2005 11 16    05 35.62   +47 27.0    0.114    1.080   140.8    35.3    19.3
2005 11 26    05 43.88   +46 28.8    0.162    1.127   147.7    27.9    19.9
2005 12 06    05 42.30   +44 57.4    0.214    1.183   155.1    20.5    20.4
2005 12 16    05 38.56   +43 04.6    0.275    1.246   160.2    15.5    20.9
2005 12 26    05 36.20   +41 03.0    0.346    1.314   160.2    14.7    21.5

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-V81

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