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MPEC 2005-W71 : 2005 WY3

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M.P.E.C. 2005-W71                                Issued 2005 Nov. 26, 23:38 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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             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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

                                   2005 WY3

Observations:
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 01.17793 23 49 40.94 +02 57 31.2          21.3 V EW071G96
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 01.18559 23 49 40.83 +02 57 29.5          21.6 V EW071G96
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 01.19330 23 49 40.65 +02 57 27.6          21.5 V EW071G96
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 01.20098 23 49 40.54 +02 57 26.1          22.3 V EW071G96
     K05W03Y* C2005 11 21.06971 23 45 23.06 +01 51 03.1          21.8 V EW071291
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 21.07997 23 45 23.00 +01 51 01.0          21.9 V EW071291
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 21.09033 23 45 22.89 +01 50 59.5          22.1 V EW071291
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 22.19275 23 45 15.15 +01 48 00.3          22.1 V EW071291
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 22.25834 23 45 14.67 +01 47 49.8          22.3 V EW071291
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 22.27932 23 45 14.49 +01 47 45.6          22.1 V EW071291
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 26.08977 23 44 53.69 +01 38 06.4                 EW071711
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 26.10262 23 44 53.63 +01 38 03.8                 EW071711
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 26.11561 23 44 53.57 +01 38 02.1                 EW071711
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 26.13343 23 44 53.30 +01 37 55.3                 EW071711
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 26.20791 23 44 53.19 +01 37 48.2                 EW071291
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 26.23150 23 44 53.17 +01 37 45.3                 EW071291
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 26.26049 23 44 52.97 +01 37 41.2                 EW071291
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 26.79842 23 44 50.85 +01 36 25.9                 EW071J95
     K05W03Y  C2005 11 26.84245 23 44 50.68 +01 36 19.7          21.5 R EW071J95

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observers M. Block, J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7
    reflector + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector + CCD
    + prime-focus corrector.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer S. M. Larson.  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.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 WY3
Epoch 2005 Nov. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453680.5                  MPC
M 320.06811              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.05083044     Peri.  307.12465     -0.71882692     -0.68970148
a   7.2175005      Node   190.33854     +0.68372868     -0.72407197
e   0.7521949      Incl.   29.06227     -0.12570982     +0.00562584
P  19.4            H   13.4           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2005 Nov. 1-26.

Ephemeris:
2005 WY3                 a,e,i = 7.22, 0.75, 29                  q = 1.7885
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 26    23 44.90   +01 38.3    5.963    6.419   113.4     8.1    21.9
2005 12 06    23 44.69   +01 17.7    6.070    6.366   103.1     8.7    21.9
2005 12 16    23 45.49   +01 04.1    6.182    6.312    93.0     9.0    22.0
2005 12 26    23 47.27   +00 57.6    6.296    6.257    83.2     9.0    22.0
2006 01 05    23 49.98   +00 57.8    6.406    6.202    73.7     8.8    22.0
2006 01 15    23 53.54   +01 04.2    6.508    6.147    64.3     8.3    22.0
2006 01 25    23 57.87   +01 16.3    6.599    6.091    55.2     7.6    22.0
2006 02 04    00 02.87   +01 33.4    6.673    6.035    46.3     6.8    21.9
2006 02 14    00 08.45   +01 54.7    6.730    5.979    37.6     5.8    21.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-W71

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