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MPEC 2006-W51 : 2006 WM3

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M.P.E.C. 2006-W51                                Issued 2006 Nov. 22, 01:06 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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                                   2006 WM3

Observations:
     K06W03M* C2006 11 20.22614 04 40 55.10 +14 52 56.8          20.8 V EW051691
     K06W03M  C2006 11 20.24382 04 40 57.69 +14 52 57.2          20.5 V EW051691
     K06W03M  C2006 11 20.26149 04 41 00.23 +14 52 57.6          20.1 V EW051691
     K06W03M  C2006 11 20.29663 04 41 05.24 +14 52 55.9          19.7 V EW051G96
     K06W03M  C2006 11 20.30156 04 41 05.92 +14 52 55.3          20.7 V EW051G96
     K06W03M  C2006 11 20.30651 04 41 06.61 +14 52 55.5          19.5 V EW051G96
     K06W03M  C2006 11 20.43859 04 41 25.61 +14 52 48.3          20.6 V EW051G96
     K06W03M  C2006 11 20.44216 04 41 26.14 +14 52 47.9          19.9 V EW051G96
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.25136 04 43 46.72 +14 52 15.9          20.3 R EW051854
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.25807 04 43 47.76 +14 52 17.1          20.2 R EW051854
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.26478 04 43 48.94 +14 52 17.6          20.4 R EW051854
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.29222 04 43 53.20 +14 52 16.9          21.2 V EW051291
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.29633 04 43 53.83 +14 52 16.8          20.5 V EW051291
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.30065 04 43 54.48 +14 52 16.5          21.0 V EW051291
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.31787 04 43 57.14 +14 52 15.6          19.4 V EW051G96
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.32837 04 43 58.83 +14 52 15.4          20.0 V EW051G96
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.33348 04 43 59.11 +14 52 17.4          19.2 R EW051711
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.33575 04 43 59.71 +14 52 16.1                 EW051701
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.33893 04 44 00.42 +14 52 14.9          20.6 V EW051G96
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.34163 04 44 00.42 +14 52 16.6          20.6 R EW051711
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.34953 04 44 02.04 +14 52 14.3          20.0 V EW051G96
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.34976 04 44 01.74 +14 52 16.5          20.7 R EW051711
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.35659 04 44 03.01 +14 52 15.3                 EW051701
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.37742 04 44 06.56 +14 52 13.6                 EW051701
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.39825 04 44 09.65 +14 52 12.3                 EW051701
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.40191 04 44 09.56 +14 52 04.3          19.9 R EW051H36
     K06W03M  C2006 11 21.41603 04 44 11.86 +14 52 03.9          19.8 R EW051H36

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  0.9-m f/3
    reflector + CCD.
701 Junk Bond Observatory, Sierra Vista.  Observer D. Healy.  0.81-m f/4.4
    Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector + CCD
    + prime-focus corrector.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 WM3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0028 AU
Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5                MPC
M 319.59089              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35334189     Peri.   36.22598     -0.58956626     -0.80696215
a   1.9815542      Node    89.92591     +0.73260252     -0.55247399
e   0.5456826      Incl.    2.00472     +0.34015463     -0.20876922
P   2.79           H   23.3           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
061120 691  0.1+  0.6-    061121 854  0.7-  0.2-    061121 G96  0.7+  0.6-
061120 691  0.4+  0.3-    061121 854  1.2+  0.3+    061121 711  0.5+  0.4-
061120 691  0.2+  0.2+    061121 291  0.3+  0.3-    061121 G96  0.4+  0.8-
061120 G96  0.6+  0.7-    061121 291  0.2+  0.4-    061121 711  1.4+  0.1-
061120 G96  0.3+  1.2-    061121 291  0.1-  0.6-    061121 701  0.9-  0.4-
061120 G96  0.1+  0.9-    061121 G96  0.5+  0.6-    061121 701 (3.6+  0.9-)
061120 G96  0.3+  0.6-    061121 G96  1.4+  0.5-    061121 701  1.1+  0.9-
061120 G96  0.3+  0.7-    061121 711  0.2-  0.0     061121 H36  0.5-  0.3-
061121 854  0.5-  1.4-    061121 701 (1.9-  0.5-)   061121 H36  0.4-  0.5+

Ephemeris:
2006 WM3                 a,e,i = 1.98, 0.55, 2                   q = 0.9003
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 11 21    04 43.02   +14 52.8    0.155    1.139   165.3    12.8    20.3
2006 11 23    04 49.25   +14 51.5    0.141    1.124   165.6    12.6    20.0
2006 11 25    04 56.72   +14 50.3    0.127    1.110   165.7    12.7    19.8
2006 11 27    05 05.89   +14 48.7    0.113    1.096   165.4    13.2    19.5
2006 11 29    05 17.40   +14 46.1    0.0993   1.083   164.6    14.0    19.3
2006 12 01    05 32.23   +14 41.1    0.0864   1.069   163.1    15.6    19.0
2006 12 03    05 51.87   +14 30.5    0.0742   1.056   160.5    18.2    18.7
2006 12 05    06 18.65   +14 07.7    0.0628   1.043   156.3    22.4    18.5
2006 12 07    06 56.03   +13 18.7    0.0526   1.031   149.5    29.1    18.2
2006 12 09    07 48.22   +11 37.1    0.0444   1.019   138.9    39.4    18.1
2006 12 11    08 57.00   +08 29.5    0.0392   1.007   124.0    54.1    18.3
2006 12 13    10 14.97   +04 00.0    0.0384   0.996   106.4    71.4    18.7
2006 12 15    11 26.56   -00 34.7    0.0420   0.985    90.2    87.3    19.5
2006 12 17    12 22.20   -04 07.1    0.0491   0.975    78.1    99.1    20.3
2006 12 19    13 02.46   -06 31.7    0.0583   0.966    69.9   106.8    21.0
2006 12 21    13 31.48   -08 08.5    0.0689   0.956    64.7   111.6    21.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-W51

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