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MPEC 2005-Y60 : 2005 YQ96

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M.P.E.C. 2005-Y60                                Issued 2005 Dec. 31, 00:36 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2005 YQ96

Observations:
     K05Y96Q* C2005 12 30.11582 22 58 05.08 +38 20 01.9          18.3 V EY060703
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.12177 22 58 09.15 +38 18 38.3          18.0 V EY060703
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.12770 22 58 13.33 +38 17 15.2          18.0 V EY060703
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.13633 22 58 19.22 +38 15 13.7          18.4 V EY060703
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.14388 22 58 24.59 +38 13 28.5          18.3 V EY060703
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.15138 22 58 29.79 +38 11 43.9          18.4 V EY060703
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.15889 22 58 35.00 +38 09 57.7          18.4 V EY060703
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.16690 22 58 40.76 +38 08 05.5          18.2 V EY060703
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.17374 22 58 45.51 +38 06 28.9          18.0 V EY060703
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.18059 22 58 50.37 +38 04 52.2          18.1 V EY060703
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.18742 22 58 55.16 +38 03 16.3          17.9 V EY060703
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.76565 23 05 44.86 +35 49 31.2                 EY060J95
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.76782 23 05 46.30 +35 49 00.9                 EY060J95
     K05Y96Q  C2005 12 30.77005 23 05 47.75 +35 48 29.8          18.1 R EY060J95

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.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 YQ96                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0195 AU
Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
M 302.19776              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.53392843     Peri.  339.87141     -0.10406199     +0.92251655
a   0.7446165      Node   282.69481     -0.85238738     -0.27526914
e   0.3320299      Incl.   22.39424     -0.51245181     +0.27053673
P   0.64           H   20.4           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
051230 703  0.6+  0.3+    051230 703  0.3-  0.7+    051230 703  0.0   0.0
051230 703  0.2-  0.1-    051230 703  0.9-  0.0     051230 J95  0.2-  0.2-
051230 703  0.5+  0.1-    051230 703  0.7+  0.4+    051230 J95  0.1+  0.0
051230 703  1.0-  0.7-    051230 703  0.0   0.0     051230 J95  0.1+  0.2+
051230 703  0.2+  0.0     051230 703  0.4+  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2005 YQ96                a,e,i = 0.74, 0.33, 22                  Q = 0.9919
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 12 26    21 57.19   +52 30.0    0.0935   0.987    89.5    85.0    18.2
2006 01 05    23 52.45   +15 58.4    0.0947   0.973    80.7    93.8    18.6
2006 01 15    00 38.66   -09 59.8    0.134    0.948    70.8   101.5    19.6
2006 01 25    00 58.45   -23 00.5    0.187    0.913    62.6   107.0    20.6
2006 02 04    01 03.59   -30 22.0    0.243    0.869    54.9   111.9    21.3
2006 02 14    00 56.44   -34 55.2    0.298    0.816    47.4   117.0    22.0

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Y60

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