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MPEC 2010-B15 : 2005 UO

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M.P.E.C. 2010-B15                                Issued 2010 Jan. 20, 15:14 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://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                    2005 UO

                           Revision to MPEC 2005-U30

Additional Observations:
     K05U00O 2C2010 01 17.65473712 29 15.601+09 57 48.39         23.4 R EB015568
     K05U00O 2C2010 01 17.65761312 29 15.912+09 57 47.57         23.6 R EB015568
     K05U00O 2C2010 01 19.52722212 32 49.043+09 48 50.54         23.6 R EB015568
     K05U00O 2C2010 01 19.54697212 32 51.226+09 48 45.17         23.6 R EB015568

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers J. Luthe, M. Micheli, G. T. Elliott, D. J. Tholen.
    Measurer D. J. Tholen.  2.24-m University of Hawaii reflector, 3.6-m
    Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
100117 568 0.40- 0.24+    100119 568 0.42- 0.26+    MPO 97871   +0.46 day

Orbital elements:
2005 UO                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0028 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 285.11484              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.62765406     Peri.  258.40375     +0.13137185     +0.99033966
a   1.3510015      Node    19.31443     -0.84922995     +0.13551826
e   0.5822352      Incl.    7.70960     -0.51141952     +0.02936256
P   1.57           H   22.1           G   0.15           U   3
Residuals in seconds of arc
051023 703  0.1+  0.4+    051026 448  0.2+  0.3-    051030 715  0.2-  0.1+
051023 703  0.3-  0.3-    051026 699  0.3+  0.0     051030 715  0.6-  0.2-
051023 703  0.1-  0.1-    051026 699  0.2-  0.4+    051030 715  0.2+  0.2-
051023 703  0.5-  0.3+    051026 151  0.2+  0.0     051030 448  0.1-  0.3-
051023 703  0.1-  0.1-    051026 151  0.0   0.2+    051030 448  0.4+  0.3-
051023 703  0.7-  0.3-    051026 151  0.1-  0.2+    051030 448  0.1-  0.3-
051023 703  0.6+  0.0     051026 151  0.2-  0.4+    051030 198  0.3+  0.1+
051023 703  0.3-  0.2-    051027 G96  0.1-  0.2-    051030 198  0.1+  0.2+
051023 143  0.3+  1.0-    051027 G96  0.1+  0.2-    051030 198  0.2-  0.2+
051023 143  0.2+  0.2-    051027 G96  0.3-  0.1-    051030 198  0.3-  0.2+
051023 143  0.3+  0.0     051027 G96  0.0   0.2-    051030 198  0.3-  0.3+
051024 673  0.3+  0.3+    051027 291  0.1-  0.1+    051101 291  0.1-  0.2+
051024 673  0.3+  0.6+    051027 291  0.1-  0.1+    051101 291  0.2+  0.5+
051024 673  0.4-  0.1+    051027 291  0.1-  0.0     051101 291  0.0   0.0
051024 854 (3.1+  3.0+)   051028 448  0.1+  0.3-    051102 448  0.1+  0.2-
051024 854  1.0-  0.2+    051028 448  0.1-  0.3-    051102 448  0.3+  0.2-
051024 854  0.4+  0.1-    051028 448  0.6-  0.4-    051102 448  0.3-  0.4-
051024 673  0.1-  0.5+    051028 291  0.1-  0.1+    051108 198  0.9-  0.5-
051024 413  0.1+  0.3-    051028 291  0.0   0.2+    051108 198  0.9-  0.4-
051024 413  0.2+  0.1-    051028 291  0.1+  0.1+    051108 198  0.9-  0.4-
051024 A50  0.2+  1.0+    051028 151  0.3-  0.4-    051111 715  1.0+  0.3+
051024 A50  0.2+  1.0+    051028 151  0.1-  0.6-    051111 715 (2.3+  0.2+)
051024 A50  0.5+  0.3-    051028 151  0.0   0.4-    051111 568  0.1-  0.1-
051024 A50  0.3+  0.2-    051029 291  0.3+  0.3+    051111 568  0.0   0.0
051024 A50  1.7+  0.9-    051029 291  0.1-  0.3+    051122 291  0.2-  0.1-
051026 J95  0.0   0.2-    051029 291  0.1-  0.2+    051122 291  1.0+  0.1+
051026 J95  0.3+  0.3-    051029 A50  0.2+  0.9+    051122 291  0.0   0.0
051026 J95  0.2-  0.2-    051029 A50  0.4-  0.3+    100117 568  0.0   0.0
051026 699  0.2-  0.7+    051029 A50  0.2-  0.3-    100117 568  0.0   0.0
051026 448  0.3-  0.3-    051029 151  0.2+  1.1+    100119 568  0.0   0.1-
051026 699  0.2-  1.4-    051029 151  0.1+  1.3+    100119 568  0.0   0.0
051026 448  0.4+  0.3-    051029 151  0.7-  0.3+

Ephemeris:
2005 UO                  a,e,i = 1.35, 0.58, 8                   q = 0.5644
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 01 14    12 22.50   +10 15.8    0.829    1.505   112.0    37.3    24.1
2010 01 24    12 41.58   +09 28.0    0.677    1.427   117.2    37.8    23.5
2010 02 03    13 03.62   +08 42.0    0.532    1.343   121.6    38.7    22.9
2010 02 13    13 32.23   +07 49.1    0.397    1.254   124.1    40.7    22.2
2010 02 23    14 17.05   +06 22.1    0.273    1.159   122.3    46.2    21.4
2010 03 05    15 48.61   +02 41.0    0.172    1.059   108.4    62.7    20.6
2010 03 15    19 00.31   -05 45.6    0.136    0.955    69.4   102.9    21.4
2010 03 25    21 43.34   -09 50.9    0.205    0.849    39.5   131.7    24.2

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-B15

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