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MPEC 2005-C18 : 2005 CA7

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M.P.E.C. 2005-C18                                Issued 2005 Feb. 4, 12:46 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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                                   2005 CA7

Observations:
     K05C07A* C2005 02 02.40498 10 46 55.46 +12 37 54.5          18.3 R EC018703
     K05C07A  C2005 02 02.41355 10 46 59.55 +12 35 42.1          18.7 R EC018703
     K05C07A  C2005 02 02.42208 10 47 03.66 +12 33 28.5          18.9 R EC018703
     K05C07A  C2005 02 02.43058 10 47 07.81 +12 31 15.3          18.5 R EC018703
     K05C07A  C2005 02 04.32513 11 03 30.07 +04 39 55.1          19.2 R EC018649
     K05C07A  C2005 02 04.32620 11 03 30.48 +04 39 39.7          18.9 R EC018649
     K05C07A  C2005 02 04.32728 11 03 30.95 +04 39 24.5          19.1 R EC018649
     K05C07A  C2005 02 04.32835 11 03 31.40 +04 39 08.6          19.0 R EC018649
     K05C07A 2C2005 02 04.47102 11 04 31.55 +04 05 48.4          19.1 R EC018H06
     K05C07A 2C2005 02 04.47403 11 04 32.77 +04 05 05.1          18.9 R EC018H06
     K05C07A 2C2005 02 04.47700 11 04 33.99 +04 04 23.0          18.7 R EC018H06

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian
    reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer S. M. Larson.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, R. E. Hill, S. M. Larson,
    R. H. McNaught.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory.  Observer R. Hutsebaut.  0.25-m reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 CA7
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 MPC
M 359.19003              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40292670     Peri.  176.70636     -0.68155083     -0.72797623
a   1.8154544      Node   316.24053     +0.66890338     -0.57852441
e   0.4365215      Incl.    6.17743     +0.29674356     -0.36791320
P   2.45           H   24.8           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2005 Feb. 2-4.

Ephemeris:
2005 CA7                 a,e,i = 1.82, 0.44, 6                   q = 1.0230
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 01 30    10 11.03   +27 34.7    0.041    1.023   159.0    20.2    18.9
2005 02 01    10 33.18   +18 48.5    0.041    1.023   157.4    21.7    18.9
2005 02 03    10 52.33   +10 07.0    0.042    1.023   153.5    25.4    19.1
2005 02 05    11 08.69   +02 05.7    0.044    1.024   148.7    30.0    19.4
2005 02 07    11 22.57   -04 54.8    0.048    1.025   144.1    34.4    19.7
2005 02 09    11 34.31   -10 49.2    0.052    1.027   140.1    38.0    20.0
2005 02 11    11 44.21   -15 42.0    0.057    1.029   137.0    40.9    20.2
2005 02 13    11 52.56   -19 41.7    0.062    1.032   134.6    42.9    20.5
2005 02 15    11 59.60   -22 57.4    0.068    1.035   132.9    44.3    20.7
2005 02 17    12 05.52   -25 37.5    0.073    1.039   131.8    45.2    20.9
2005 02 19    12 10.50   -27 48.7    0.080    1.043   131.1    45.6    21.1
2005 02 21    12 14.67   -29 36.4    0.086    1.047   130.9    45.6    21.3
2005 02 23    12 18.12   -31 04.9    0.092    1.052   130.9    45.3    21.5
2005 02 25    12 20.96   -32 17.5    0.099    1.057   131.2    44.8    21.6
2005 02 27    12 23.26   -33 16.7    0.105    1.063   131.7    44.1    21.7
2005 03 01    12 25.08   -34 04.6    0.112    1.069   132.3    43.2    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-C18

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