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MPEC 2008-W61 : 2005 YS

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M.P.E.C. 2008-W61                                Issued 2008 Nov. 24, 17:30 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,
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                                    2005 YS

                           Revision to MPEC 2005-Y18

Additional Observations:
     K05Y00S 5C2008 11 23.46968 13 13 15.24 +78 08 02.3          18.8 R EW061673
     K05Y00S 5C2008 11 23.47477 13 13 17.55 +78 08 26.2                 EW061673
     K05Y00S 5C2008 11 23.47905 13 13 19.63 +78 08 45.8                 EW061673
     K05Y00S 5C2008 11 23.48368 13 13 21.88 +78 09 07.0                 EW061673
     K05Y00S 5C2008 11 24.50336 13 22 35.77 +79 25 47.8          18.8 R EW061673
     K05Y00S 5C2008 11 24.51007 13 22 39.62 +79 26 18.1                 EW061673
     K05Y00S 5C2008 11 24.51539 13 22 42.88 +79 26 44.1                 EW061673
     K05Y00S 5C2008 11 24.52083 13 22 46.15 +79 27 10.4                 EW061673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
081123 673 96.9- 52.3-    081124 673 99.2- 50.2-    MPO 98031   -0.012 day

Orbital elements:
2005 YS                                             PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0304 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 157.02455              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.64405939     Peri.  327.85098     -0.20377786     +0.92609388
a   0.7109805      Node   288.67889     -0.81225154     -0.34099289
e   0.5505130      Incl.   19.58371     -0.54655468     +0.16147437
P   0.60           H   19.7           G   0.15           U   4
Residuals in seconds of arc
051221 704  0.0   0.3-    051229 143  0.2-  1.1-    060120 291  0.2+  0.1-
051221 704  0.2+  0.2-    051230 448  0.7+  0.1-    060120 291  0.3+  0.3-
051221 704  0.0   0.0     051230 448  0.2-  0.3-    060120 291  0.5+  0.2-
051221 704  0.2+  0.0     051230 448  0.0   0.5-    060124 291  0.1-  0.1+
051221 704  0.3+  0.2+    051231 448  0.3-  0.4-    060124 291  0.0   0.1+
051222 734  0.1-  0.1-    051231 448  0.2+  0.1-    060124 291  0.1+  0.1+
051222 734  0.2-  0.0     051231 448  0.1+  0.1-    060128 448  0.4+  0.5-
051222 734  0.1+  0.3-    051231 734  0.2-  0.1-    060128 448  0.0   0.8+
051222 734  0.0   0.1+    051231 734  0.4+  0.4-    060128 448  0.3+  0.2+
051222 734  0.3-  0.8-    051231 734  0.1+  0.7-    060202 291  0.5-  0.2-
051222 734  0.4-  0.4-    051231 696  0.3-  0.3-    060202 291  0.1-  0.2-
051222 701  0.2+  0.8-    051231 696  0.1-  0.5+    060202 291  0.2-  0.3-
051222 701  0.1+  1.0-    060103 143  0.3-  0.5-    081123 673  0.3+  0.3-
051223 704  0.5+  0.1+    060103 143  0.1-  0.7-    081123 673  0.1-  0.0
051223 704  0.0   0.4-    060110 291 (0.2-  1.5+)   081123 673  0.1+  0.1-
051223 704  0.7+  0.3+    060110 291  0.7-  1.0+    081123 673  0.2+  0.3-
051226 J95  0.6+  1.0+    060110 291  0.1-  0.7+    081124 673  0.0   0.5+
051226 J95  0.9-  0.2+    060113 448  0.9+  0.3+    081124 673  0.4-  0.8-
051229 143  0.1-  0.4-    060113 448  0.6+  0.1+    081124 673  0.0   0.1+
051229 143  0.3+  0.7-    060113 448  0.5+  0.5-    081124 673  0.1+  0.8+

Ephemeris:
2005 YS                  a,e,i = 0.71, 0.55, 20                  q = 0.3196
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 11 20    12 52.48   +74 01.6    0.284    1.064    97.6    67.0    19.5
2008 11 30    16 07.07   +86 05.8    0.251    1.089   107.8    59.6    19.0
2008 12 10    23 40.53   +74 20.3    0.234    1.101   114.2    54.7    18.7
2008 12 20    00 20.63   +55 48.6    0.240    1.100   113.0    55.4    18.8
2008 12 30    00 41.55   +39 34.7    0.267    1.085   105.3    60.9    19.2
2009 01 09    00 57.82   +27 19.6    0.309    1.057    95.1    68.0    19.7
2009 01 19    01 11.38   +18 22.2    0.354    1.014    84.6    75.0    20.1
2009 01 29    01 22.29   +11 30.8    0.397    0.957    74.2    82.2    20.5
2009 02 08    01 29.42   +05 44.6    0.432    0.884    63.6    90.4    20.8

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-W61

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