Printer-friendly version

IAU Minor Planet Center

Minor Planet Center

MPEC 2005-X28 : 2005 XL4

The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page.


Read MPEC 2005-X27 Read MPEC 2005-X29


M.P.E.C. 2005-X28                                Issued 2005 Dec. 6, 16:33 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.

                  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 XL4

Observations:
     K05X04L* C2005 12 04.32531 04 57 06.80 +20 44 28.3          20.3 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 04.33369 04 57 07.52 +20 44 57.5          20.1 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 04.34205 04 57 08.24 +20 45 27.1          20.0 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 04.35038 04 57 08.96 +20 45 56.3          20.4 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 04.46081 04 57 18.79 +20 52 19.9          20.3 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 04.46450 04 57 19.15 +20 52 32.8          20.4 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 04.46819 04 57 19.51 +20 52 45.5          20.1 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 04.47203 04 57 19.87 +20 52 58.4          19.6 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 05.29500 04 58 46.48 +21 41 36.7          19.7 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 05.29860 04 58 46.77 +21 41 50.0          19.9 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 05.30219 04 58 47.10 +21 42 02.7          20.1 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 05.30577 04 58 47.38 +21 42 15.4          19.3 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 05.32952 04 58 49.51 +21 43 39.8          20.0 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 05.33677 04 58 50.12 +21 44 05.2          20.3 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 05.34397 04 58 50.77 +21 44 30.9          20.0 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 05.35124 04 58 51.42 +21 44 56.3          19.8 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.01385 05 00 00.96 +22 24 06.9                 EX028J95
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.01921 05 00 01.50 +22 24 25.1                 EX028J95
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.02459 05 00 01.94 +22 24 44.7          20.5 R EX028J95
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.26122 05 00 27.48 +22 39 03.9          20.4 R EX028854
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.27087 05 00 28.58 +22 39 39.5          20.4 R EX028854
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.27810 05 00 29.25 +22 40 04.8          19.9 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.28109 05 00 29.54 +22 40 15.5          19.6 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.28699 05 00 30.05 +22 40 36.7          19.9 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.31725 05 00 32.76 +22 42 23.5          19.2 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.32024 05 00 33.06 +22 42 35.8          19.9 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.32319 05 00 33.31 +22 42 46.8          20.1 V EX028G96
     K05X04L  C2005 12 06.32616 05 00 33.57 +22 42 57.0          20.0 V EX028G96

Observer details:
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer 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.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 XL4
Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
M  17.05100              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.20922675     Peri.    7.68763     +0.13612274     -0.97508888
a   2.8101181      Node    74.61290     +0.89900300     +0.04730276
e   0.5740286      Incl.   10.46566     +0.41625017     +0.21671210
P   4.71           H   22.7           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
051204 G96  0.1-  0.2+    051205 G96  0.0   0.1+    051206 854  0.7-  0.9+
051204 G96  0.1-  0.0     051205 G96  0.4-  0.1+    051206 G96  0.4-  0.3+
051204 G96  0.2-  0.3+    051205 G96  0.2+  0.2+    051206 G96  0.1-  0.2+
051204 G96  0.2-  0.4+    051205 G96  0.2-  0.1-    051206 G96  0.4-  0.2+
051204 G96  0.2-  0.2-    051205 G96  0.0   0.1+    051206 G96  0.5-  1.4-
051204 G96  0.0   0.1-    051205 G96  0.1+  0.2-    051206 G96  0.1-  0.2+
051204 G96  0.3+  0.1-    051206 J95  0.3+  0.4+    051206 G96  0.3-  0.6+
051204 G96  0.3+  0.5-    051206 J95  0.9+  0.6-    051206 G96  0.4-  0.2+
051205 G96  0.2+  0.3-    051206 J95  0.0   0.2-
051205 G96  0.2-  0.2+    051206 854 (3.9-  0.1+)

Ephemeris:
2005 XL4                 a,e,i = 2.81, 0.57, 10                  q = 1.1970
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 12 06    04 59.99   +22 23.6    0.216    1.201   177.7     1.9    20.0
2005 12 16    05 19.37   +32 19.1    0.215    1.197   170.4     7.9    20.3
2005 12 26    05 42.52   +40 49.9    0.232    1.205   161.0    15.4    20.8
2006 01 05    06 08.39   +46 37.2    0.262    1.224   153.7    20.9    21.3
2006 01 15    06 35.15   +49 35.9    0.305    1.254   148.3    24.3    21.7

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-X28

Read MPEC 2005-X27 Read MPEC 2005-X29


MPEC number:

Enter an
MPEC number in one of the following forms:
  • 1997-B01 (the full form)
  • J97B01 (the packed version of the full form)
  • B01 (the abbreviated form)

Valid HTML 4.01!