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MPEC 2005-U27 : 2005 UK

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M.P.E.C. 2005-U27                                Issued 2005 Oct. 24, 18:00 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 UK

Observations:
     K05U00K* C2005 10 22.22397 02 45 35.10 +23 47 29.5          20.6 V EU027691
     K05U00K  C2005 10 22.24126 02 45 33.53 +23 47 06.4          21.2 V EU027691
     K05U00K  C2005 10 22.25848 02 45 31.86 +23 46 43.0          20.5 V EU027691
     K05U00K  C2005 10 22.42007 02 45 16.67 +23 43 09.2          21.0 V EU027291
     K05U00K  C2005 10 22.42421 02 45 16.23 +23 43 02.2          20.9 V EU027291
     K05U00K  C2005 10 22.42824 02 45 15.91 +23 42 57.1          21.3 V EU027291
     K05U00K  C2005 10 23.03787 02 44 19.88 +23 29 22.1                 EU027J95
     K05U00K  C2005 10 23.05059 02 44 18.68 +23 29 04.7          20.7 R EU027J95
     K05U00K  C2005 10 23.18348 02 44 06.45 +23 26 08.0                 EU027734
     K05U00K  C2005 10 23.19412 02 44 05.70 +23 25 55.7          20.5 R EU027651
     K05U00K  C2005 10 23.19526 02 44 05.49 +23 25 52.8          20.5 R EU027734
     K05U00K  C2005 10 23.19563 02 44 05.63 +23 25 53.4          20.5 R EU027651
     K05U00K  C2005 10 23.19711 02 44 05.43 +23 25 50.5          20.5 R EU027651
     K05U00K  C2005 10 23.21899 02 44 03.27 +23 25 20.2                 EU027734
     K05U00K  C2005 10 23.22784 02 44 02.54 +23 25 09.3          21.4 V EU027291
     K05U00K  C2005 10 23.23199 02 44 02.18 +23 25 04.2          21.0 V EU027291
     K05U00K  C2005 10 23.23608 02 44 01.78 +23 24 58.6          21.5 V EU027291
     K05U00K 5C2005 10 23.27512 02 43 58.17 +23 24 06.0          20.6 R EU027673
     K05U00K 5C2005 10 23.28137 02 43 57.46 +23 23 57.1                 EU027673
     K05U00K 5C2005 10 23.29120 02 43 56.62 +23 23 44.7                 EU027673
     K05U00K 5C2005 10 23.29479 02 43 56.24 +23 23 39.5                 EU027673
     K05U00K  C2005 10 24.22944 02 42 29.84 +23 02 38.2          21.0 V EU027291
     K05U00K  C2005 10 24.23345 02 42 29.45 +23 02 32.6          21.0 V EU027291
     K05U00K  C2005 10 24.23757 02 42 29.06 +23 02 26.9          21.1 V EU027291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer M. Block.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer M. T. Read.  0.9-m f/3 reflector
    + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer D. Tibbets.  Measurer G. Hug.  0.7-m
    reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 UK
Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5                 MPC
M 106.29566              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36787832     Peri.   18.80488     -0.58302660     +0.57873293
a   1.9290046      Node   222.39976     -0.81063343     -0.46132282
e   0.3972272      Incl.   57.74108     -0.05434540     +0.67249495
P   2.68           H   17.4           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
051022 691  0.2-  0.7+    051023 734  2.3-  0.0     051023 291  0.3+  0.4+
051022 691  0.5+  0.4+    051023 651  0.0   1.5+    051023 673  0.9+  0.3+
051022 691  0.2-  0.2-    051023 734  0.3-  0.5+    051023 673  0.8-  0.2-
051022 291  0.0   0.7+    051023 651  1.0+  1.3+    051023 673  0.4+  0.5+
051022 291  0.7-  0.8-    051023 651  0.2+  0.3+    051023 673  0.2-  0.2+
051022 291  0.2+  0.5-    051023 734  0.1-  0.4-    051024 291  0.1+  0.0
051023 J95  0.4+  0.3-    051023 291  0.1+  0.1+    051024 291  0.0   0.1-
051023 J95  0.3+  0.7-    051023 291  0.5+  0.6+    051024 291  0.0   0.3-

Ephemeris:
2005 UK                  a,e,i = 1.93, 0.40, 58                  q = 1.1628
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 10 17    02 53.46   +25 39.3    1.603    2.535   153.8    10.0    21.1
2005 10 27    02 38.21   +21 59.3    1.577    2.557   167.9     4.7    20.8
2005 11 06    02 23.02   +18 02.5    1.589    2.578   174.4     2.1    20.7
2005 11 16    02 09.44   +14 08.9    1.640    2.596   161.3     7.0    21.1
2005 11 26    01 58.53   +10 36.8    1.727    2.614   147.5    11.7    21.4
2005 12 06    01 50.82   +07 38.1    1.843    2.629   134.5    15.5    21.7
2005 12 16    01 46.37   +05 16.8    1.982    2.643   122.4    18.3    21.9

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-U27

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