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MPEC 2005-W70 : 2005 WS3

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M.P.E.C. 2005-W70                                Issued 2005 Nov. 26, 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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                                   2005 WS3

Observations:
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.44420 08 23 37.96 +18 25 47.7          18.7 V EW070703
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.45403 08 23 36.49 +18 27 01.2          18.9 V EW070703
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.46392 08 23 35.12 +18 28 13.8          18.8 V EW070703
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.47380 08 23 33.57 +18 29 27.4          18.8 V EW070703
     K05W03S* C2005 11 25.48795 08 23 31.45 +18 31 12.5          18.8 V EW070G96
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.49375 08 23 30.58 +18 31 55.7          18.8 V EW070G96
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.49938 08 23 29.72 +18 32 37.5          18.8 V EW070G96
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.52017 08 23 26.56 +18 35 11.9          18.5 V EW070703
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.52104 08 23 26.42 +18 35 18.7          18.3 V EW070703
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.52241 08 23 26.22 +18 35 28.6          18.6 V EW070703
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.52328 08 23 26.05 +18 35 35.1          18.1 V EW070703
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.52418 08 23 25.93 +18 35 41.8          18.7 V EW070703
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.52507 08 23 25.77 +18 35 47.6                 EW070703
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.52643 08 23 25.65 +18 35 58.5          18.8 V EW070G96
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.52751 08 23 25.47 +18 36 06.4          18.7 V EW070G96
     K05W03S  C2005 11 25.52960 08 23 25.18 +18 36 21.9          18.8 V EW070G96
     K05W03S  C2005 11 26.30881 08 21 43.86 +20 17 56.9          19.2 R EW070734
     K05W03S  C2005 11 26.31193 08 21 43.36 +20 18 22.7          19.0 R EW070734
     K05W03S  C2005 11 26.31504 08 21 42.80 +20 18 47.4          18.5 R EW070734
     K05W03S  C2005 11 26.31815 08 21 42.34 +20 19 14.0          19.0 R EW070734
     K05W03S  C2005 11 26.38569 08 21 32.03 +20 28 42.7          18.6 R EW070854
     K05W03S  C2005 11 26.38657 08 21 31.77 +20 28 48.4          18.6 R EW070854
     K05W03S  C2005 11 26.39009 08 21 31.34 +20 29 18.7          18.5 R EW070854
     K05W03S  C2005 11 26.46853 08 21 17.53 +20 40 15.2          18.2 V EW070G96
     K05W03S  C2005 11 26.47635 08 21 16.16 +20 41 21.1          18.7 V EW070G96
     K05W03S  C2005 11 26.48421 08 21 14.76 +20 42 26.8          18.6 V EW070G96
     K05W03S  C2005 11 26.49212 08 21 13.35 +20 43 33.4          18.6 V EW070G96

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer 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.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers E. J. Christensen, 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 WS3
Epoch 2005 Nov. 26.0 TT = JDT 2453700.5                 MPC
M 192.05682              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.78977422     Peri.  176.07069     -0.40889236     +0.83499013
a   0.6718473      Node    69.46907     -0.84763130     -0.19799209
e   0.5750786      Incl.   23.15455     -0.33812456     -0.51341077
P   0.55           H   21.2           G   0.15
From 27 observations 2005 Nov. 25-26.

Ephemeris:
2005 WS3                 a,e,i = 0.67, 0.58, 23                  q = 0.2855
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 26    08 22.41   +19 36.8    0.123    1.055   120.5    53.7    18.7
2005 11 27    08 19.89   +21 57.1    0.116    1.054   122.6    52.1    18.6
2005 11 28    08 16.83   +24 36.1    0.109    1.052   124.8    50.4    18.4
2005 11 29    08 13.07   +27 36.7    0.102    1.051   127.1    48.5    18.2
2005 11 30    08 08.41   +31 02.1    0.0955   1.049   129.4    46.6    18.0
2005 12 01    08 02.54   +34 55.3    0.0895   1.048   131.7    44.7    17.8
2005 12 02    07 55.01   +39 19.1    0.0840   1.046   133.8    42.9    17.6
2005 12 03    07 45.12   +44 14.6    0.0791   1.044   135.6    41.3    17.4
2005 12 04    07 31.74   +49 40.2    0.0751   1.042   136.8    40.3    17.3
2005 12 05    07 12.92   +55 29.7    0.0719   1.039   137.1    40.2    17.2
2005 12 06    06 45.27   +61 28.6    0.0697   1.037   136.3    41.1    17.1
2005 12 07    06 02.69   +67 09.9    0.0687   1.034   134.1    43.1    17.1
2005 12 08    04 56.10   +71 46.4    0.0687   1.031   130.9    46.2    17.2
2005 12 09    03 21.88   +74 09.7    0.0700   1.028   126.9    50.0    17.3
2005 12 10    01 42.40   +73 36.2    0.0723   1.025   122.4    54.2    17.5
2005 12 11    00 27.10   +70 49.3    0.0755   1.022   117.8    58.5    17.7
2005 12 12    23 38.30   +67 04.4    0.0796   1.019   113.3    62.6    18.0
2005 12 13    23 06.85   +63 08.8    0.0844   1.015   109.0    66.5    18.2
2005 12 14    22 45.67   +59 23.6    0.0898   1.011   105.0    70.1    18.4
2005 12 15    22 30.69   +55 56.6    0.0956   1.007   101.3    73.3    18.7
2005 12 16    22 19.63   +52 49.7    0.102    1.003    97.9    76.3    18.9
2005 12 17    22 11.17   +50 02.3    0.108    0.999    94.8    78.9    19.1
2005 12 18    22 04.51   +47 32.8    0.115    0.995    92.0    81.4    19.3
2005 12 19    21 59.13   +45 19.2    0.122    0.990    89.4    83.5    19.5
2005 12 20    21 54.69   +43 19.5    0.129    0.985    86.9    85.5    19.7
2005 12 21    21 50.97   +41 32.0    0.137    0.980    84.6    87.4    19.9
2005 12 22    21 47.79   +39 54.9    0.144    0.975    82.5    89.1    20.1
2005 12 23    21 45.04   +38 26.9    0.151    0.970    80.5    90.6    20.2
2005 12 24    21 42.63   +37 06.8    0.159    0.965    78.6    92.1    20.4
2005 12 25    21 40.48   +35 53.5    0.166    0.959    76.8    93.5    20.5

2005 12 26    21 38.56   +34 46.2    0.174    0.954    75.0    94.8    20.7
2005 12 31    21 31.01   +30 14.4    0.212    0.922    67.2   100.5    21.3
2006 01 05    21 25.15   +26 49.1    0.250    0.887    60.3   105.5    21.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-W70

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