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M.P.E.C. 2006-W56 Issued 2006 Nov. 22, 12:24 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 WX3
Observations:
K06W03X* C2006 11 21.21659 04 20 27.74 +29 34 14.2 20.1 V EW056691
K06W03X C2006 11 21.23392 04 20 28.75 +29 32 19.9 19.4 V EW056691
K06W03X C2006 11 21.25127 04 20 29.77 +29 30 26.0 19.6 V EW056691
K06W03X C2006 11 21.99463 04 21 22.71 +28 09 52.5 EW056J95
K06W03X C2006 11 21.99732 04 21 22.86 +28 09 35.9 EW056J95
K06W03X C2006 11 22.00400 04 21 23.19 +28 08 54.0 19.6 R EW056J95
K06W03X C2006 11 22.22546 04 21 39.14 +27 45 55.9 20.4 R EW056734
K06W03X C2006 11 22.23007 04 21 39.38 +27 45 27.0 20.2 R EW056734
K06W03X C2006 11 22.23930 04 21 39.82 +27 44 30.4 20.4 R EW056734
K06W03X C2006 11 22.33050 04 21 45.00 +27 35 11.2 18.7 V EW056G96
K06W03X C2006 11 22.33103 04 21 45.03 +27 35 07.8 18.6 V EW056G96
K06W03X C2006 11 22.33156 04 21 45.03 +27 35 04.4 18.6 V EW056G96
K06W03X C2006 11 22.34477 04 21 45.63 +27 33 44.1 19.6 R EW056651
K06W03X C2006 11 22.34589 04 21 45.70 +27 33 36.7 19.5 R EW056651
K06W03X C2006 11 22.34700 04 21 45.74 +27 33 30.0 19.5 R EW056651
K06W03X C2006 11 22.46125 04 21 51.40 +27 21 41.1 19.6 V EW056291
K06W03X C2006 11 22.47917 04 21 52.36 +27 19 49.8 19.7 V EW056291
K06W03X C2006 11 22.49313 04 21 53.13 +27 18 23.5 20.0 V EW056291
Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II. Observer J. V. Scotti. 1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson. Observer J. E. McGaha. 0.62-m f/5.1
Newtonian reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak. Observer J. V. Scotti. 0.9-m f/3
reflector + CCD.
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.
J95 Great Shefford. Observer P. Birtwhistle. 0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
Orbital elements:
2006 WX3 Earth MOID = 0.1132 AU
Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5 MPC
M 356.58772 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.22414999 Peri. 123.12600 +0.96668560 -0.11712556
a 2.6839653 Node 244.52056 +0.04877220 +0.95716100
e 0.6351180 Incl. 14.60291 +0.25127717 +0.26481015
P 4.40 H 22.6 G 0.15 U 7
Residuals in seconds of arc
061121 691 0.0 0.1+ 061122 734 0.0 0.2+ 061122 651 0.2- 0.3+
061121 691 0.2- 0.2- 061122 734 0.1+ 0.2- 061122 651 0.1+ 0.2-
061121 691 0.1+ 0.1+ 061122 734 0.1- 0.3+ 061122 651 0.1- 0.0
061121 J95 0.2+ 0.3- 061122 G96 0.1+ 0.2- 061122 291 0.0 0.1-
061121 J95 0.2+ 0.1+ 061122 G96 0.2+ 0.3- 061122 291 0.0 0.1-
061122 J95 0.2- 0.3+ 061122 G96 0.2- 0.4- 061122 291 0.0 0.3+
Ephemeris:
2006 WX3 a,e,i = 2.68, 0.64, 15 q = 0.9793
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2006 11 21 04 20.15 +29 58.7 0.167 1.152 167.1 11.1 19.7
2006 11 22 04 21.38 +28 09.7 0.173 1.158 169.0 9.4 19.7
2006 11 23 04 22.47 +26 28.0 0.180 1.165 170.8 7.8 19.8
2006 11 24 04 23.43 +24 53.2 0.186 1.172 172.5 6.3 19.8
2006 11 25 04 24.29 +23 24.7 0.193 1.179 174.1 5.0 19.8
2006 11 26 04 25.06 +22 02.3 0.200 1.187 175.4 3.8 19.8
2006 11 27 04 25.76 +20 45.5 0.207 1.194 176.3 3.0 19.9
2006 11 28 04 26.39 +19 33.9 0.215 1.201 176.7 2.7 19.9
2006 11 29 04 26.96 +18 27.3 0.222 1.209 176.5 2.9 20.0
2006 11 30 04 27.48 +17 25.2 0.230 1.216 175.7 3.5 20.2
2006 12 01 04 27.96 +16 27.4 0.238 1.223 174.7 4.2 20.3
2006 12 02 04 28.41 +15 33.6 0.246 1.231 173.6 5.1 20.4
2006 12 03 04 28.83 +14 43.4 0.255 1.239 172.5 6.0 20.6
2006 12 04 04 29.22 +13 56.7 0.263 1.246 171.4 6.8 20.7
2006 12 05 04 29.60 +13 13.2 0.272 1.254 170.2 7.7 20.8
2006 12 06 04 29.95 +12 32.7 0.280 1.262 169.1 8.5 20.9
2006 12 07 04 30.29 +11 55.0 0.289 1.270 168.0 9.3 21.0
2006 12 08 04 30.62 +11 19.9 0.299 1.278 167.0 10.0 21.2
2006 12 09 04 30.95 +10 47.3 0.308 1.286 165.9 10.8 21.3
2006 12 10 04 31.26 +10 16.9 0.317 1.294 164.9 11.5 21.4
2006 12 11 04 31.58 +09 48.7 0.327 1.302 163.8 12.2 21.5
Timothy B. Spahr (C) Copyright 2006 MPC M.P.E.C. 2006-W56
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