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    • MPEC 2005-Y16 : 2005 YK

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    M.P.E.C. 2005-Y16                                Issued 2005 Dec. 21, 23:07 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
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                                    2005 YK

Observations:
     K05Y00K*tC2005 12 21.20022 05 46 35.19 +24 59 33.3                 EY016691
     K05Y00K tC2005 12 21.21754 05 46 27.15 +24 55 35.3          18.9 V EY016691
     K05Y00K tC2005 12 21.23486 05 46 19.14 +24 51 41.6          20.1 V EY016691
     K05Y00K tC2005 12 21.32929 05 45 35.74 +24 30 35.2          19.3 V EY016291
     K05Y00K tC2005 12 21.33347 05 45 33.87 +24 29 38.7                 EY016291
     K05Y00K tC2005 12 21.41744 05 44 57.84 +24 10 59.2                 EY016291
     K05Y00K tC2005 12 21.42165 05 44 56.07 +24 09 58.7                 EY016291
     K05Y00K tC2005 12 21.48047 05 44 34.08 +23 57 07.7          19.3 V EY016291
     K05Y00K tC2005 12 21.48458 05 44 32.55 +23 56 12.3          19.4 V EY016291
     K05Y00K  C2005 12 21.87389 05 43 08.83 +22 40 36.2          19.8 R EY016143
     K05Y00K  C2005 12 21.87739 05 43 07.64 +22 39 58.9          18.8 R EY016143
     K05Y00K  C2005 12 21.88089 05 43 06.45 +22 39 22.3          19.7 R EY016143
     K05Y00K  C2005 12 21.88437 05 43 05.26 +22 38 45.4          19.6 R EY016143

Observer details:
143 Gnosca.  Observer S. Sposetti.  0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer A. S. Descour.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers M. Block, S. Kurti.  Measurer
    M. Block.  0.9-m f/3 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 YK
Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
M 131.58442              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.90380762     Peri.   80.36173     +0.98025369     +0.17193799
a   1.0594620      Node   269.69119     -0.19676548     +0.89718916
e   0.3049432      Incl.    5.60528     +0.01964834     +0.40680331
P   1.09           H   26.9           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
051221 691 (1.5+  4.8+)   051221 291  0.6-  0.2+    051221 143  0.2-  0.1-
051221 691  0.2-  0.3+    051221 291 (1.7-  4.4-)   051221 143  0.2-  0.2+
051221 691  0.6-  0.2-    051221 291  0.7+  0.4+    051221 143  0.3-  0.1-
051221 291  0.1-  0.6+    051221 291  0.5-  1.2-
051221 291  0.1+  0.0     051221 143  0.1-  0.4+

Ephemeris:
2005 YK                  a,e,i = 1.06, 0.30, 6                   q = 0.7364
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 12 16    15 38.87   +53 07.3    0.00987  0.983    80.4    99.0    20.4
2005 12 17    10 57.00   +73 07.4    0.00893  0.988   115.3    64.2    18.9
2005 12 18    06 56.30   +54 58.9    0.0112   0.993   145.6    34.1    18.6
2005 12 19    06 12.28   +39 45.9    0.0154   0.999   162.8    16.9    18.7
2005 12 20    05 55.99   +31 05.6    0.0202   1.004   172.3     7.6    19.0
2005 12 21    05 47.60   +25 49.1    0.0255   1.009   176.9     3.0    19.3
2005 12 22    05 42.49   +22 20.6    0.0309   1.014   175.7     4.2    19.8
2005 12 23    05 39.07   +19 54.3    0.0364   1.020   173.0     6.8    20.3
2005 12 24    05 36.63   +18 06.7    0.0419   1.025   170.7     9.0    20.7
2005 12 25    05 34.82   +16 44.6    0.0476   1.030   168.7    10.8    21.0
2005 12 26    05 33.43   +15 40.1    0.0532   1.035   166.9    12.4    21.3
2005 12 27    05 32.35   +14 48.5    0.0590   1.041   165.3    13.8    21.6
2005 12 28    05 31.49   +14 06.5    0.0647   1.046   163.9    15.1    21.9
2005 12 29    05 30.82   +13 31.7    0.0705   1.051   162.6    16.2    22.1
2005 12 30    05 30.29   +13 02.7    0.0764   1.056   161.4    17.3    22.3
2005 12 31    05 29.88   +12 38.4    0.0823   1.061   160.2    18.3    22.5
2006 01 01    05 29.58   +12 17.7    0.0882   1.066   159.1    19.2    22.7
2006 01 02    05 29.36   +12 00.2    0.0942   1.071   158.0    20.1    22.9
2006 01 03    05 29.23   +11 45.3    0.100    1.076   157.0    20.9    23.1
2006 01 04    05 29.17   +11 32.6    0.106    1.081   156.0    21.7    23.3
2006 01 05    05 29.17   +11 21.7    0.112    1.086   155.0    22.5    23.4

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Y16

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