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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