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    M.P.E.C. 2005-V60                                Issued 2005 Nov. 8, 22:10 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 VZ3

Observations:
     K05V03Z* C2005 11 06.28105 02 31 52.15 -01 20 46.9          19.2 R EV060699
     K05V03Z  C2005 11 06.29928 02 31 48.28 -01 19 38.4                 EV060699
     K05V03Z  C2005 11 06.31751 02 31 44.29 -01 18 32.7                 EV060699
     K05V03Z  C2005 11 06.33568 02 31 40.41 -01 17 23.8                 EV060699
     K05V03Z  C2005 11 08.20110 02 25 08.84 +00 41 36.9          19.0 R EV060734
     K05V03Z  C2005 11 08.20889 02 25 07.10 +00 42 06.5          19.2 R EV060734
     K05V03Z  C2005 11 08.21671 02 25 05.33 +00 42 38.3          19.8 R EV060734
     K05V03Z  C2005 11 08.88023 02 22 41.10 +01 27 08.6          19.2 R EV060143
     K05V03Z  C2005 11 08.88550 02 22 39.88 +01 27 29.3          19.4 R EV060143
     K05V03Z  C2005 11 08.88957 02 22 38.96 +01 27 46.5          19.0 R EV060143

Observer details:
143 Gnosca.  Observer S. Sposetti.  0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer D. Tibbets.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 VZ3
Epoch 2005 Nov. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453680.5                  MPC
M 334.52229              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40897483     Peri.   48.08598     -0.08222009     -0.94570321
a   1.7975114      Node    49.54738     +0.74743281     -0.26722536
e   0.3843953      Incl.   24.40922     +0.65922989     +0.18502984
P   2.41           H   21.1           G   0.15
From 10 observations 2005 Nov. 6-8.

Ephemeris:
2005 VZ3                 a,e,i = 1.80, 0.38, 24                  q = 1.1066
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 06    02 32.82   -01 37.6    0.284    1.264   162.2    13.9    19.7
2005 11 16    01 54.51   +10 28.3    0.249    1.222   156.6    18.7    19.5
2005 11 26    01 11.07   +24 38.9    0.246    1.184   139.5    32.8    19.8
2005 12 06    00 30.15   +37 11.6    0.268    1.153   122.8    45.9    20.3
2005 12 16    23 57.36   +46 42.4    0.307    1.129   110.6    54.7    20.8
2005 12 26    23 33.90   +53 54.4    0.351    1.114   102.5    59.6    21.2
2006 01 05    23 19.07   +59 49.0    0.396    1.107    97.5    61.7    21.5
2006 01 15    23 11.83   +65 10.3    0.437    1.109    94.8    62.1    21.7
2006 01 25    23 12.41   +70 23.7    0.473    1.121    93.9    61.2    21.9
2006 02 04    23 24.70   +75 46.9    0.504    1.141    94.4    59.5    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-V60

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