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    M.P.E.C. 2005-R09                                Issued 2005 Sept. 1, 23:12 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
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                                        2005 RA
    
    Observations:
         K05R00A* C2005 09 01.28042 23 58 49.54 +18 36 29.1          18.5 R ER009699
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.29850 23 58 58.87 +18 39 59.6          18.4   ER009704
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.29952 23 58 59.88 +18 40 07.5                 ER009699
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.30981 23 59 04.98 +18 42 10.0          19.0   ER009704
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.31866 23 59 10.15 +18 43 47.9                 ER009699
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.32114 23 59 11.10 +18 44 19.0          18.9   ER009704
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.33245 23 59 17.20 +18 46 29.5          19.6   ER009704
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.33783 23 59 20.55 +18 47 27.8                 ER009699
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.34377 23 59 23.36 +18 48 38.4          19.3   ER009704
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.35336 23 59 28.94 +18 50 26.6          18.6 R ER009699
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.35420 23 59 29.38 +18 50 35.3                 ER009699
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.35503 23 59 29.84 +18 50 44.8                 ER009699
         K05R00A 5C2005 09 01.49068 00 00 45.02 +19 16 51.6          18.2 R ER009673
         K05R00A 5C2005 09 01.49311 00 00 46.32 +19 17 18.5                 ER009673
         K05R00A 5C2005 09 01.49531 00 00 47.66 +19 17 46.2                 ER009673
         K05R00A 5C2005 09 01.49826 00 00 49.29 +19 18 19.7                 ER009673
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.89306 00 04 57.37 +20 36 50.3          18.0 R ER009599
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.90053 00 05 01.89 +20 38 22.4          18.2 R ER009599
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.90065 00 05 02.00 +20 38 16.8          18.4 R ER009143
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.90326 00 05 03.60 +20 38 48.5          17.9 R ER009143
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.90815 00 05 06.54 +20 39 56.6          18.1 R ER009599
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.91512 00 05 11.60 +20 41 23.5          18.2 R ER009176
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.91564 00 05 11.93 +20 41 30.0          18.4 R ER009176
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.91590 00 05 11.21 +20 41 31.5          18.0 R ER009599
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.92108 00 05 15.24 +20 42 37.4          18.1 R ER009176
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.92163 00 05 15.64 +20 42 44.5          18.5 R ER009176
         K05R00A  C2005 09 01.92216 00 05 15.93 +20 42 51.1          18.3 R ER009176
    
    Observer details:
    143 Gnosca.  Observer S. Sposetti.  0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
    176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell.  Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
        0.41-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
    599 Campo Imperatore-CINEOS.  Observer A. Boattini.  Measurers A. Boattini,
        R. Leoni, A. Di Paola, E. Dotto.  0.60-m f/3.1 Schmidt + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
        Cassegrain + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
        + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, L. Manguso,
        D. Torres, R. Kracke, A. Milner.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2005 RA
    Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5                 MPC
    M 345.86230              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.23664436     Peri.   80.42107     +0.73821968     -0.67285914
    a   2.5886417      Node   321.84311     +0.58451732     +0.67349355
    e   0.6658057      Incl.    4.44459     +0.33670640     +0.30605066
    P   4.16           H   22.2           G   0.15
    From 27 observations 2005 Sept. 1-1.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 RA                  a,e,i = 2.59, 0.67, 4                   q = 0.8651
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 08 28    23 29.05   +08 05.1    0.126    1.127   156.3    21.2    19.0
    2005 08 29    23 34.47   +10 04.7    0.118    1.118   154.7    22.7    18.9
    2005 08 30    23 40.67   +12 19.6    0.111    1.109   152.9    24.5    18.8
    2005 08 31    23 47.83   +14 52.1    0.103    1.101   150.6    26.7    18.7
    2005 09 01    23 56.18   +17 44.6    0.0967   1.092   148.0    29.4    18.6
    2005 09 02    00 06.02   +20 59.4    0.0904   1.084   144.8    32.5    18.5
    2005 09 03    00 17.76   +24 38.3    0.0846   1.076   141.0    36.1    18.5
    2005 09 04    00 31.91   +28 42.1    0.0794   1.068   136.7    40.4    18.4
    2005 09 05    00 49.19   +33 08.9    0.0750   1.060   131.7    45.3    18.4
    2005 09 06    01 10.47   +37 53.0    0.0714   1.052   126.1    50.8    18.5
    2005 09 07    01 36.85   +42 43.0    0.0688   1.044   119.9    56.8    18.5
    2005 09 08    02 09.40   +47 20.9    0.0672   1.036   113.3    63.3    18.7
    2005 09 09    02 48.77   +51 23.3    0.0669   1.028   106.6    69.9    18.8
    2005 09 10    03 34.37   +54 26.3    0.0676   1.021    99.9    76.4    19.1
    2005 09 11    04 23.57   +56 13.1    0.0695   1.013    93.5    82.6    19.3
    2005 09 12    05 12.21   +56 41.9    0.0724   1.006    87.6    88.3    19.6
    2005 09 13    05 56.37   +56 05.8    0.0762   0.999    82.3    93.4    19.9
    2005 09 14    06 34.01   +54 45.2    0.0808   0.992    77.6    97.8    20.2
    2005 09 15    07 04.94   +52 59.6    0.0860   0.985    73.6   101.6    20.5
    2005 09 16    07 30.00   +51 03.4    0.0917   0.978    70.2   104.8    20.8
    2005 09 17    07 50.29   +49 05.6    0.0979   0.971    67.3   107.4    21.1
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-R09
    

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