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    • MPEC 2005-U86 : 2005 UX5

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    M.P.E.C. 2005-U86                                Issued 2005 Oct. 29, 04:00 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.

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                                   2005 UX5

Observations:
     K05U05X* C2005 10 28.17208 00 06 51.26 +16 41 51.9          19.3 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.17741 00 06 50.29 +16 41 25.3          19.3 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.18273 00 06 49.17 +16 40 58.9          19.5 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.18809 00 06 48.13 +16 40 32.0          19.2 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.21686 00 06 42.66 +16 38 13.6          19.6 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.22162 00 06 41.68 +16 37 51.0          19.3 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.22661 00 06 40.71 +16 37 26.9          19.3 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.23138 00 06 39.85 +16 37 03.5          19.5 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.27697 00 06 30.75 +16 33 15.2          19.3 R EU086734
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.27923 00 06 30.26 +16 33 03.3          19.6 R EU086734
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.28148 00 06 29.88 +16 32 52.9          19.3 R EU086734
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.28373 00 06 29.40 +16 32 41.7          19.6 R EU086734
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.31483 00 06 23.82 +16 30 14.6          19.2 R EU086854
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.32825 00 06 21.30 +16 29 08.0          19.2 R EU086854
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.33222 00 06 20.55 +16 28 49.0          19.3 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.33304 00 06 20.42 +16 28 44.5          19.2 R EU086854
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.33859 00 06 19.36 +16 28 17.1          19.4 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.34497 00 06 18.14 +16 27 45.7          19.3 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.35130 00 06 16.95 +16 27 15.1          19.5 V EU086703
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.74778 00 05 08.32 +15 54 24.4          19.7 R EU086143
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.75460 00 05 06.98 +15 53 50.9          19.6 R EU086143
     K05U05X  C2005 10 28.77142 00 05 03.87 +15 52 26.2          19.5 R EU086143
     K05U05X  C2005 10 29.09551 00 04 04.66 +15 25 10.7          19.6 R EU086734
     K05U05X  C2005 10 29.09888 00 04 03.98 +15 24 53.2          19.7 R EU086734
     K05U05X  C2005 10 29.10225 00 04 03.31 +15 24 36.0          19.5 R EU086734
     K05U05X  C2005 10 29.10562 00 04 02.68 +15 24 18.7          19.7 R EU086734

Observer details:
143 Gnosca.  Observer S. Sposetti.  0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer D. Tibbets.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 UX5
Epoch 2005 Oct. 17.0 TT = JDT 2453660.5                 MPC
M 325.57590              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42412320     Peri.  264.62084     -0.50274796     -0.83921243
a   1.7544515      Node   217.96507     +0.86438494     -0.48552288
e   0.5764361      Incl.   19.69112     +0.00911970     -0.24492861
P   2.32           H   21.1           G   0.15
From 26 observations 2005 Oct. 28-29.

Ephemeris:
2005 UX5                 a,e,i = 1.75, 0.58, 20                  q = 0.7431
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 10 27    00 10.31   +18 13.5    0.253    1.223   151.8    22.6    19.6
2005 11 01    23 54.99   +10 57.1    0.221    1.177   143.3    30.2    19.5
2005 11 06    23 38.22   +01 32.3    0.195    1.131   131.9    40.7    19.4
2005 11 11    23 19.80   -09 56.1    0.178    1.086   118.1    53.5    19.5
2005 11 16    22 59.03   -22 46.9    0.171    1.040   102.9    67.9    19.7
2005 11 21    22 34.37   -35 44.2    0.172    0.996    87.8    82.2    20.1
2005 11 26    22 03.16   -47 25.9    0.182    0.953    74.1    95.3    20.7
2005 12 01    21 21.43   -56 53.1    0.200    0.912    62.8   106.0    21.3
2005 12 06    20 25.27   -63 30.9    0.222    0.874    54.2   113.9    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-U86

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