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MPEC 2006-Y12 : 2006 XX4

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M.P.E.C. 2006-Y12                                Issued 2006 Dec. 17, 15:01 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 XX4

Observations:
     K06X04X* C2006 12 15.44494 21 41 54.81 -33 35 57.3          18.7 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 15.44895 21 41 55.60 -33 35 55.1          18.9 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 15.45294 21 41 56.25 -33 35 52.7          18.9 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 15.45694 21 41 56.79 -33 35 50.7          18.6 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 15.46215 21 41 57.61 -33 35 47.9          18.4 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 15.46302 21 41 57.72 -33 35 47.4          18.9 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 15.46390 21 41 57.78 -33 35 47.2          18.6 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 15.46681 21 41 58.30 -33 35 45.9          18.4 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 15.47176 21 41 59.13 -33 35 43.4          18.8 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 15.47672 21 41 59.82 -33 35 40.3          18.3 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 15.48168 21 42 00.61 -33 35 38.7          18.7 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 16.44079 21 44 30.01 -33 27 28.7          18.6 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 16.44543 21 44 30.76 -33 27 23.5          19.6 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 16.45008 21 44 31.45 -33 27 21.5          19.8 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 16.45475 21 44 32.17 -33 27 20.4          18.8 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 17.44385 21 47 06.68 -33 18 40.7          18.8 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 17.44889 21 47 07.51 -33 18 38.1          18.6 V EY012E12
     K06X04X  C2006 12 17.45391 21 47 08.23 -33 18 35.6          18.0 V EY012E12

Observer details:
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  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.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 XX4                                                 Earth MOID = 0.3296 AU
Epoch 2006 Dec. 11.0 TT = JDT 2454080.5                 MPC
M 287.47961              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.03100317     Peri.    2.37516     -0.74198752     -0.60205247
a   0.9704267      Node   135.75801     +0.60791380     -0.78969152
e   0.4682397      Incl.   25.00721     +0.28265762     +0.11798357
P   0.96           H   16.5           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2006 Dec. 15-17.  E-assumed.

Ephemeris:
2006 XX4                 a,e,i = 0.97, 0.47, 25                  q = 0.5160
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 12 11    21 30.48   -34 10.9    1.167    1.042    57.2    52.6    18.9
2006 12 21    21 56.43   -32 45.4    1.139    0.963    53.3    55.1    18.7
2006 12 31    22 22.85   -30 52.9    1.086    0.877    49.9    59.0    18.5
2007 01 10    22 48.87   -28 27.2    1.006    0.787    46.6    65.2    18.3

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-Y12

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