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MPEC 2005-W34 : 2005 WA1

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M.P.E.C. 2005-W34                                Issued 2005 Nov. 22, 12:43 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
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                                   2005 WA1

Observations:
     K05W01A  C2005 11 12.27826 02 46 29.17 +36 19 40.2          19.6 V EW034703
     K05W01A  C2005 11 12.28657 02 46 28.48 +36 19 32.4          19.5 V EW034703
     K05W01A  C2005 11 12.29496 02 46 27.80 +36 19 24.1          18.8 V EW034703
     K05W01A  C2005 11 12.30344 02 46 27.12 +36 19 18.0          18.8 V EW034703
     K05W01A* C2005 11 21.19387 02 34 14.84 +32 21 28.9          18.1 V EW034703
     K05W01A  C2005 11 21.20370 02 34 13.47 +32 21 03.1          18.2 V EW034703
     K05W01A  C2005 11 21.21346 02 34 12.14 +32 20 37.2          18.3 V EW034703
     K05W01A  C2005 11 21.22308 02 34 10.77 +32 20 11.7          18.4 V EW034703
     K05W01A  C2005 11 21.27664 02 34 03.44 +32 17 45.9          18.2 V EW034703
     K05W01A  C2005 11 21.27751 02 34 03.10 +32 17 42.8          18.2 V EW034703
     K05W01A  C2005 11 21.27839 02 34 03.09 +32 17 40.4          18.1 V EW034703
     K05W01A  C2005 11 21.27926 02 34 03.01 +32 17 38.6          18.3 V EW034703
     K05W01A  C2005 11 21.85175 02 32 59.93 +31 50 17.3          18.2 V EW034565
     K05W01A  C2005 11 21.85534 02 32 59.55 +31 50 06.8          18.1 V EW034565
     K05W01A  C2005 11 21.86108 02 32 58.72 +31 49 50.1          18.2 V EW034565
     K05W01A  C2005 11 22.18404 02 32 19.90 +31 33 41.9          18.5 R EW034734
     K05W01A  C2005 11 22.18551 02 32 19.69 +31 33 37.3          18.7 R EW034734
     K05W01A  C2005 11 22.18698 02 32 19.50 +31 33 34.1          18.6 R EW034734
     K05W01A  C2005 11 22.18845 02 32 19.23 +31 33 28.2          18.6 R EW034734
     K05W01A  C2005 11 22.18992 02 32 19.09 +31 33 24.9          18.8 R EW034734
     K05W01A  C2005 11 22.19227 02 32 19.89 +31 33 24.5          18.1 R EW034651
     K05W01A  C2005 11 22.19339 02 32 19.77 +31 33 21.2          18.0 R EW034651
     K05W01A  C2005 11 22.19451 02 32 19.56 +31 33 17.8          18.1 R EW034651
     K05W01A 5C2005 11 22.22703 02 32 15.26 +31 31 34.2          18.5 R EW034673
     K05W01A 5C2005 11 22.23189 02 32 14.53 +31 31 19.4                 EW034673
     K05W01A 5C2005 11 22.23594 02 32 13.93 +31 31 06.8                 EW034673
     K05W01A 5C2005 11 22.24115 02 32 13.16 +31 30 50.8                 EW034673

Observer details:
565 Bassano Bresciano.  Observers U. Quadri, L. Strabla, R. Girelli,
    C. Cremaschini.  0.32-m f/3.1 Schmidt + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observers R. Hill, R. A. Kowalski.  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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 WA1                                                             PHA 0.015
Epoch 2005 Nov. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453680.5                  MPC
M 335.87522              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34832106     Peri.  241.49633     -0.61455620     -0.76912209
a   2.0005507      Node   247.50401     +0.77377253     -0.54440025
e   0.5842146      Incl.   10.94501     +0.15361236     -0.33478289
P   2.83           H   21.7           G   0.15
From 27 observations 2005 Nov. 12-22.

Ephemeris:
2005 WA1                 a,e,i = 2.00, 0.58, 11                  q = 0.8318
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 16    02 42.21   +35 11.2    0.177    1.157   161.0    16.2    19.1
2005 11 17    02 40.89   +34 46.6    0.168    1.149   160.9    16.4    19.0
2005 11 18    02 39.47   +34 18.7    0.160    1.140   160.7    16.6    18.9
2005 11 19    02 37.95   +33 47.1    0.151    1.132   160.5    17.0    18.8
2005 11 20    02 36.33   +33 11.1    0.143    1.123   160.1    17.4    18.6
2005 11 21    02 34.58   +32 30.1    0.135    1.115   159.7    17.9    18.5
2005 11 22    02 32.69   +31 43.2    0.127    1.107   159.1    18.5    18.4
2005 11 23    02 30.64   +30 49.4    0.119    1.099   158.5    19.3    18.2
2005 11 24    02 28.40   +29 47.2    0.111    1.090   157.7    20.1    18.1
2005 11 25    02 25.95   +28 34.9    0.103    1.082   156.7    21.1    18.0
2005 11 26    02 23.23   +27 10.3    0.0950   1.074   155.6    22.3    17.8
2005 11 27    02 20.21   +25 30.3    0.0874   1.066   154.2    23.8    17.7
2005 11 28    02 16.80   +23 31.1    0.0799   1.058   152.5    25.5    17.5
2005 11 29    02 12.91   +21 07.2    0.0726   1.050   150.5    27.6    17.3
2005 11 30    02 08.43   +18 11.3    0.0655   1.042   148.0    30.1    17.2
2005 12 01    02 03.19   +14 33.3    0.0586   1.035   144.8    33.3    17.0
2005 12 02    01 56.93   +09 59.4    0.0521   1.027   140.8    37.3    16.9
2005 12 03    01 49.33   +04 10.9    0.0461   1.019   135.6    42.5    16.7
2005 12 04    01 39.84   -03 14.4    0.0408   1.012   128.9    49.3    16.6
2005 12 05    01 27.67   -12 37.8    0.0364   1.004   120.2    58.0    16.6
2005 12 06    01 11.52   -24 03.4    0.0334   0.997   109.4    68.8    16.7
2005 12 07    00 49.21   -36 53.3    0.0321   0.990    97.1    81.0    17.0
2005 12 08    00 17.04   -49 37.7    0.0327   0.983    84.6    93.5    17.6
2005 12 09    23 29.08   -60 28.2    0.0351   0.975    73.4   104.6    18.2
2005 12 10    22 18.58   -68 04.4    0.0389   0.969    64.3   113.6    19.0
2005 12 11    20 48.22   -71 52.7    0.0439   0.962    57.4   120.4    19.7
2005 12 12    19 20.38   -72 26.1    0.0497   0.955    52.3   125.3    20.4
2005 12 13    18 14.48   -71 09.6    0.0560   0.948    48.6   128.8    20.9
2005 12 14    17 30.24   -69 14.1    0.0626   0.942    46.0   131.2    21.4
2005 12 15    17 00.64   -67 13.7    0.0696   0.936    44.2   132.8    21.8
2005 12 16    16 40.18   -65 21.0    0.0767   0.929    42.9   133.8    22.1

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-W34

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