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    M.P.E.C. 2006-A47                                Issued 2006 Jan.  9, 12:54 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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                                   2006 AL4

Observations:
     K06A04L* C2006 01 08.38120 09 15 00.00 +19 59 35.3          20.8 V EA047G96
     K06A04L  C2006 01 08.38823 09 15 04.78 +19 59 30.8          20.9 V EA047G96
     K06A04L  C2006 01 08.39522 09 15 09.46 +19 59 26.7          21.0 V EA047G96
     K06A04L  C2006 01 08.40222 09 15 14.25 +19 59 22.9          20.6 V EA047G96
     K06A04L  C2006 01 08.47658 09 16 04.98 +19 58 33.3          20.9 V EA047G96
     K06A04L  C2006 01 08.48105 09 16 08.11 +19 58 29.5          21.2 V EA047G96
     K06A04L  C2006 01 08.48560 09 16 11.20 +19 58 26.6          21.0 V EA047G96
     K06A04L  C2006 01 08.49008 09 16 14.30 +19 58 23.8          20.8 V EA047G96
     K06A04L tC2006 01 09.31822 09 26 21.36 +19 48 38.8          20.8 V EA047291
     K06A04L tC2006 01 09.32224 09 26 24.15 +19 48 36.2          20.9 V EA047291
     K06A04L tC2006 01 09.32632 09 26 26.87 +19 48 33.5          20.7 V EA047291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer A. S. Descour.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  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.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 AL4                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0604 AU
Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
M  10.44556              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26197477     Peri.   26.04832     -0.63222972     -0.77341489
a   2.4189659      Node   103.20180     +0.70234165     -0.59716846
e   0.5692477      Incl.    2.70751     +0.32711128     -0.21264814
P   3.76           H   24.8           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
060108 G96  0.4+  0.1-    060108 G96  0.5-  0.3+    060109 291  0.8+  0.2-
060108 G96  0.4+  0.4-    060108 G96  0.4+  0.3-    060109 291  0.5+  0.0
060108 G96  0.6-  0.3-    060108 G96  0.1-  0.1+    060109 291  1.3-  0.2+
060108 G96  0.2-  0.3+    060108 G96  0.2+  0.5+

Ephemeris:
2006 AL4                 a,e,i = 2.42, 0.57, 3                   q = 1.0420
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 01 05    08 36.65   +20 17.5    0.0957   1.073   158.0    20.1    20.9
2006 01 15    10 36.96   +17 42.1    0.0850   1.050   139.7    37.3    21.1
2006 01 25    12 20.22   +11 43.4    0.0974   1.042   123.9    51.6    21.7
2006 02 04    13 19.74   +06 57.1    0.123    1.049   118.3    55.8    22.4

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-A47

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