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MPEC 2005-W03 : 2004 US10

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M.P.E.C. 2005-W03                                Issued 2005 Nov. 17, 03:49 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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                                   2004 US10

                           Revision to MPEC 2005-N62

Additional Observations:
     K04U10S  C2005 11 03.07160 00 30 56.81 +02 18 30.0          24   R EW003304
     K04U10S  C2005 11 03.11128 00 30 56.62 +02 18 28.9                 EW003304
     K04U10S  C2005 11 04.03096 00 30 52.19 +02 18 06.0                 EW003304

Observer details:
304 Las Campanas Observatory.  Observer S. S. Sheppard.  Clay 6.5-m reflector
    + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc and reference
051103 304 46.7- 14.0-    051104 304 47.4- 14.1-    MPO 87642

Orbital elements:
2004 US10
Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5                 MPC
M 346.09000              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00395289     Peri.   16.89218     +0.85849230     -0.51097417
a  39.6150196      Node    14.08736     +0.44740615     +0.70476920
e   0.2286112      Incl.   10.30638     +0.25063662     +0.49214406
P 249              H    9.3           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
041017 304  0.0   0.0     041212 568  0.5+  0.7+    051103 304  0.2+  0.0
041017 304  0.0   0.1-    041213 568  0.3-  0.3-    051103 304  0.3+  0.1-
041017 304  0.1+  0.1-    041214 568  0.3-  0.2-    051104 304  0.5-  0.0

Ephemeris:
2004 US10                a,e,i = 39.62, 0.23, 10                 q = 30.559
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 16    00 30.02   +02 13.8   30.281   30.977   134.1     1.3    24.3
2005 11 26    00 29.48   +02 11.3   30.414   30.975   123.9     1.5    24.4
2005 12 06    00 29.11   +02 10.0   30.564   30.973   113.7     1.7    24.4
2005 12 16    00 28.95   +02 10.0   30.726   30.970   103.5     1.8    24.4
2005 12 26    00 28.98   +02 11.3   30.896   30.968    93.3     1.8    24.4
2006 01 05    00 29.22   +02 13.9   31.067   30.966    83.2     1.8    24.4
2006 01 15    00 29.66   +02 17.7   31.235   30.963    73.1     1.7    24.4
2006 01 25    00 30.29   +02 22.8   31.394   30.961    63.1     1.6    24.4
2006 02 04    00 31.10   +02 29.0   31.539   30.958    53.2     1.5    24.4
2006 02 14    00 32.07   +02 36.1   31.667   30.956    43.3     1.3    24.4
2006 02 24    00 33.17   +02 44.0   31.774   30.954    33.6     1.0    24.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-W03

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