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MPEC 2006-W52 : 2006 WN3

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M.P.E.C. 2006-W52                                Issued 2006 Nov. 22, 01:14 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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

                                   2006 WN3

Observations:
     K06W03N* C2006 11 20.32650 03 34 01.66 +27 11 20.0          21.2 V EW052G96
     K06W03N  C2006 11 20.33549 03 34 00.62 +27 11 06.5          21.2 V EW052G96
     K06W03N  C2006 11 20.34451 03 33 59.50 +27 10 54.3          21.4 V EW052G96
     K06W03N  C2006 11 20.35351 03 33 58.46 +27 10 41.1          21.2 V EW052G96
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.16772603 32 24.86 +26 51 14.3          21.4   EW052H55
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.17144303 32 24.28 +26 51 05.5          21.5   EW052H55
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.17518303 32 23.87 +26 51 00.3          21.4   EW052H55
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.18265303 32 23.02 +26 50 50.4          21.6   EW052H55
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.21735 03 32 19.08 +26 50 00.6          20.9 V EW052G96
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.22038 03 32 18.75 +26 49 56.1          20.8 V EW052G96
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.22346 03 32 18.38 +26 49 51.9          21.4 V EW052G96
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.25040 03 32 14.93 +26 49 13.2          21.9 R EW052734
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.26357 03 32 13.46 +26 48 53.1          21.9 R EW052734
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.27673 03 32 11.88 +26 48 34.1          21.5 R EW052734
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.28919 03 32 10.50 +26 48 16.5          21.1 V EW052G96
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.29008 03 32 10.35 +26 48 15.5          21.1 V EW052G96
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.29097 03 32 10.28 +26 48 14.1          20.8 V EW052G96
     K06W03N  C2006 11 21.29185 03 32 10.17 +26 48 12.9          20.9 V EW052G96

Observer details:
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + 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.
H55 Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston.  Observer R. Holmes.
    0.81-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 WN3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0810 AU
Epoch 2006 Nov. 21.0 TT = JDT 2454060.5                 MPC
M 332.40108              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.20703840     Peri.  287.62434     -0.85572028     -0.19040382
a   2.8298849      Node   243.86056     +0.27903349     -0.95285547
e   0.7165361      Incl.   32.40819     -0.43575580     -0.23624740
P   4.76           H   19.4           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2006 Nov. 20-21.

Ephemeris:
2006 WN3                 a,e,i = 2.83, 0.72, 32                  q = 0.8022
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 11 21    03 32.74   +26 55.3    0.980    1.964   172.4     3.8    21.2
2006 12 01    03 12.90   +22 22.9    0.903    1.867   162.8     9.0    21.1
2006 12 11    02 53.92   +17 03.0    0.858    1.769   147.4    17.5    21.2
2006 12 21    02 38.31   +11 29.6    0.842    1.668   131.8    26.1    21.3
2006 12 31    02 27.71   +06 16.5    0.847    1.565   117.3    33.9    21.4
2007 01 10    02 22.55   +01 42.4    0.864    1.461   104.3    40.7    21.5
2007 01 20    02 22.53   -02 10.3    0.882    1.356    93.0    46.4    21.6
2007 01 30    02 27.05   -05 29.4    0.895    1.251    83.3    51.4    21.5
2007 02 09    02 35.31   -08 27.6    0.896    1.149    75.0    56.1    21.5
2007 02 19    02 46.57   -11 17.7    0.880    1.050    68.1    60.8    21.4
2007 03 01    03 00.02   -14 12.9    0.845    0.961    62.5    66.2    21.3
2007 03 11    03 14.62   -17 24.7    0.789    0.885    58.2    72.5    21.2
2007 03 21    03 29.08   -21 01.5    0.711    0.831    55.2    80.1    21.1
2007 03 31    03 41.77   -25 08.2    0.615    0.804    53.6    88.4    21.0
2007 04 10    03 50.96   -29 47.9    0.505    0.810    53.4    96.6    20.9
2007 04 20    03 55.36   -35 18.0    0.386    0.846    55.3   102.7    20.7
2007 04 30    03 53.35   -43 09.3    0.264    0.909    61.0   104.3    20.1
2007 05 10    03 31.82   -60 33.5    0.148    0.990    78.2    93.4    18.6
2007 05 20    16 57.22   -55 00.3    0.0883   1.083   142.3    34.9    15.7
2007 05 30    16 20.61   -05 10.9    0.176    1.183   163.5    14.1    16.8
2007 06 09    16 14.86   +06 53.5    0.309    1.287   147.7    25.0    18.5
2007 06 19    16 14.13   +10 37.2    0.455    1.391   138.9    28.7    19.7
2007 06 29    16 16.26   +11 36.8    0.610    1.496   132.2    30.2    20.5
2007 07 09    16 20.51   +11 24.9    0.773    1.600   126.3    30.8    21.2
2007 07 19    16 26.52   +10 37.5    0.943    1.702   120.6    30.9    21.8
2007 07 29    16 34.07   +09 32.6    1.120    1.802   115.0    30.7    22.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-W52

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