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MPEC 2005-U92 : 2005 TN53

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M.P.E.C. 2005-U92                                Issued 2005 Oct. 30, 02:42 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,
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                                   2005 TN53

Observations:
     K05T53N* C2005 10 07.09646 00 29 31.52 +02 29 38.7          23.3 R EU092304
     K05T53N  C2005 10 07.13346 00 29 31.26 +02 29 37.4          23.5 R EU092304
     K05T53N  C2005 10 07.17067 00 29 31.02 +02 29 36.2          23.4 R EU092304
     K05T53N  C2005 10 08.27174 00 29 23.88 +02 29 02.5                 EU092304
     K05T53N  C2005 10 08.29736 00 29 23.72 +02 29 01.4                 EU092304
     K05T53N  C2005 10 25.11727 00 27 39.55 +02 20 50.4          23.3 R EU092304
     K05T53N  C2005 10 25.15019 00 27 39.31 +02 20 49.4                 EU092304

Observer details:
304 Las Campanas Observatory.  Observers C. A. Trujillo, S. S. Sheppard.
    Measurer S. S. Sheppard.  Baade 6.5-m reflector + CCD, Dupont
    2.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 TN53
Eccentricity assumed
Epoch 2005 Sept. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453640.5                MPC
M 359.94102              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00593969     Peri.  358.53081     +0.99029314     -0.12132814
a  30.1967436      Node     9.29961     +0.13142241     +0.65849099
e   0.0097726      Incl.   24.81311     +0.04525105     +0.74274430
P 166              H    9.0           G   0.15
From 7 observations 2005 Oct. 7-25.

Ephemeris:
2005 TN53                a,e,i = 30.20, 0.01, 25                 q = 29.902
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 10 27    00 27.48   +02 20.0   29.008   29.902   153.6     0.8    23.8
2005 11 06    00 26.58   +02 16.1   29.100   29.902   143.4     1.1    23.9
2005 11 16    00 25.82   +02 13.0   29.217   29.902   133.1     1.4    23.9
2005 11 26    00 25.22   +02 11.0   29.354   29.902   122.9     1.6    23.9
2005 12 06    00 24.81   +02 10.2   29.508   29.902   112.7     1.7    23.9
2005 12 16    00 24.60   +02 10.7   29.674   29.902   102.5     1.8    24.0
2005 12 26    00 24.61   +02 12.5   29.846   29.902    92.3     1.9    24.0
2006 01 05    00 24.83   +02 15.8   30.020   29.902    82.2     1.9    24.0
2006 01 15    00 25.25   +02 20.3   30.189   29.902    72.1     1.8    24.0
2006 01 25    00 25.88   +02 26.1   30.349   29.902    62.1     1.7    24.0
2006 02 04    00 26.68   +02 33.0   30.496   29.902    52.2     1.5    24.0
2006 02 14    00 27.64   +02 40.9   30.624   29.902    42.3     1.3    24.0
2006 02 24    00 28.74   +02 49.7   30.731   29.902    32.6     1.0    24.0

     The assumed perihelic 1:1 Neptune-resonance orbit keeps the object more
than 15 AU from Neptune over a 14 000-year period.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-U92

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