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  • MPEC 2005-X40 : 2005 XA8

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    M.P.E.C. 2005-X40                                Issued 2005 Dec. 8, 05:07 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.
    
                      Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
                      Supported in part by the TABASGO Foundation
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2005 XA8
    
    Observations:
         K05X08A  C2005 12 06.31929 05 38 52.90 +22 34 18.3          16.0   EX040704
         K05X08A  C2005 12 06.33212 05 38 40.77 +22 22 32.7          15.9   EX040704
         K05X08A  C2005 12 06.34517 05 38 28.82 +22 10 51.5          16.0   EX040704
         K05X08A  C2005 12 06.35794 05 38 17.48 +21 59 40.1          18.3   EX040704
         K05X08A* C2005 12 07.32702 05 35 42.70 +15 15 12.9          17.3   EX040704
         K05X08A  C2005 12 07.34051 05 35 38.36 +15 12 29.2          17.3   EX040704
         K05X08A  C2005 12 07.35383 05 35 34.10 +15 09 47.1          18.3   EX040704
         K05X08A  C2005 12 07.36685 05 35 30.17 +15 07 11.0          17.9   EX040704
         K05X08A  C2005 12 07.37985 05 35 26.31 +15 04 36.4          17.6   EX040704
         K05X08A 5C2005 12 08.16829 05 35 20.57 +13 16 28.3          18.8 R EX040673
         K05X08A 5C2005 12 08.17338 05 35 19.99 +13 16 02.9                 EX040673
         K05X08A 5C2005 12 08.17998 05 35 19.10 +13 15 26.7                 EX040673
         K05X08A 5C2005 12 08.18519 05 35 18.43 +13 15 00.1                 EX040673
    
    Observer details:
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
        Cassegrain + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, L. Manguso,
        D. Torres, R. Kracke, A. Milner, H. Love.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer,
        J. Evans, J. Kommers.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2005 XA8
    Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
    M  80.67316              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.58366576     Peri.  111.14652     +0.99171585     -0.09197678
    a   1.4180555      Node   254.21773     +0.05221694     +0.92644336
    e   0.4369879      Incl.    5.34648     +0.11735866     +0.36502462
    P   1.69           H   26.1           G   0.15           U   6
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    051206 704  0.1+  0.3+    051207 704  0.4+  0.7+    051208 673  0.4+  0.9+
    051206 704  0.3+  0.6+    051207 704  0.6-  0.3-    051208 673  0.3-  0.7-
    051206 704  0.1+  0.3+    051207 704  0.2+  0.1-    051208 673  0.0   0.0
    051206 704  1.2-  1.4-    051207 704  0.0   0.1+
    051207 704  0.3+  0.1-    051208 673  0.3-  0.5-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 XA8                 a,e,i = 1.42, 0.44, 5                   q = 0.7983
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 12 06    05 42.44   +30 14.5    0.00401  0.989   165.9    14.0    14.9
    2005 12 07    05 36.30   +16 39.9    0.0108   0.996   168.5    11.4    17.0
    2005 12 08    05 35.07   +13 37.6    0.0177   1.002   167.5    12.3    18.1
    2005 12 09    05 34.53   +12 18.3    0.0247   1.009   167.1    12.6    18.8
    2005 12 10    05 34.23   +11 34.4    0.0317   1.016   167.0    12.6    19.4
    2005 12 11    05 34.03   +11 06.9    0.0387   1.022   167.0    12.5    19.8
    2005 12 12    05 33.88   +10 48.3    0.0458   1.029   167.1    12.4    20.2
    2005 12 13    05 33.77   +10 35.1    0.0528   1.036   167.1    12.3    20.5
    2005 12 14    05 33.68   +10 25.6    0.0599   1.043   167.1    12.2    20.8
    2005 12 15    05 33.61   +10 18.7    0.0670   1.050   167.0    12.2    21.1
    2005 12 16    05 33.54   +10 13.6    0.0742   1.057   166.9    12.2    21.3
    2005 12 17    05 33.49   +10 09.9    0.0814   1.063   166.8    12.2    21.5
    2005 12 18    05 33.45   +10 07.4    0.0886   1.070   166.6    12.3    21.7
    2005 12 19    05 33.42   +10 05.8    0.0959   1.077   166.3    12.5    21.9
    2005 12 20    05 33.40   +10 05.0    0.103    1.084   166.0    12.7    22.1
    2005 12 21    05 33.40   +10 04.8    0.111    1.091   165.6    13.0    22.3
    2005 12 22    05 33.40   +10 05.2    0.118    1.098   165.1    13.3    22.4
    2005 12 23    05 33.42   +10 06.1    0.126    1.105   164.7    13.6    22.6
    2005 12 24    05 33.46   +10 07.5    0.133    1.112   164.2    14.0    22.7
    2005 12 25    05 33.51   +10 09.2    0.141    1.119   163.6    14.4    22.9
    2005 12 26    05 33.58   +10 11.3    0.148    1.126   163.0    14.8    23.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-X40
    

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