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  • MPEC 2005-Y31 : 2005 YU3

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    M.P.E.C. 2005-Y31                                Issued 2005 Dec. 24, 02:47 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2005 YU3
    
    Observations:
         K05Y03U* C2005 12 22.48134 09 31 28.05 +24 09 28.7          19.5 V EY031703
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.48830 09 31 25.64 +24 09 37.6          20.8 V EY031703
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.49522 09 31 23.41 +24 09 49.3          20.1 V EY031703
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.50219 09 31 21.03 +24 09 58.8          19.9 V EY031703
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.53981 09 31 08.29 +24 10 49.9          19.8 V EY031703
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.54183 09 31 07.71 +24 10 54.4          19.3 V EY031703
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.54384 09 31 06.85 +24 10 57.9          20.0 V EY031703
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.54585 09 31 06.16 +24 11 00.1          20.0 V EY031703
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 23.97826 09 23 15.63 +24 43 43.5          19.9 R EY031143
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 23.98643 09 23 12.93 +24 43 53.8          18.9 R EY031143
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 23.99404 09 23 10.39 +24 44 04.5          19.9 R EY031143
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 24.05058 09 22 51.62 +24 45 17.5                 EY031J95
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 24.05961 09 22 48.64 +24 45 29.7                 EY031J95
         K05Y03U  C2005 12 24.07300 09 22 44.20 +24 45 46.6          19.4 R EY031J95
    
    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.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2005 YU3                                                             PHA 0.042
    Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
    M  32.81622              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.23755573     Peri.  338.06519     +0.97231686     +0.23354504
    a   2.5820166      Node     8.43949     -0.20604433     +0.87212289
    e   0.8295511      Incl.    2.93908     -0.11020731     +0.42995159
    P   4.15           H   19.8           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    051222 703  0.6-  0.1+    051222 703  1.4+  0.5+    051223 143  0.1-  0.9+
    051222 703  1.3-  0.9-    051222 703  1.1-  1.2+    051224 J95  0.7-  0.2+
    051222 703  0.3+  1.0+    051222 703  1.3-  0.5+    051224 J95  0.4-  0.4+
    051222 703  0.1+  0.6+    051223 143  0.2-  1.1+    051224 J95  0.2-  0.5-
    051222 703  0.0   1.2-    051223 143  0.0   0.4+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 YU3                 a,e,i = 2.55, 0.83, 3                   q = 0.4380
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 12 16    10 07.61   +21 11.8    0.398    1.219   117.3    45.8    20.0
    2005 12 26    09 12.30   +25 26.0    0.449    1.361   140.5    27.3    20.0
    2006 01 05    08 22.77   +27 45.2    0.531    1.496   161.2    12.2    20.0
    2006 01 15    07 44.58   +28 31.9    0.644    1.624   172.7     4.4    20.3
    2006 01 25    07 18.73   +28 27.5    0.786    1.748   161.5    10.3    21.1
    2006 02 04    07 03.26   +28 02.2    0.952    1.865   148.6    16.0    21.9
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Y31
    

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