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MPEC 2005-C60 : 2005 CU61

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M.P.E.C. 2005-C60                                Issued 2005 Feb. 15, 04:09 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
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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                                   2005 CU61

Observations:
     K05C61U* C2005 02 14.25002 09 39 42.52 -00 28 34.4          18.4 R EC060703
     K05C61U  C2005 02 14.25950 09 39 39.21 -00 27 57.0          19.4 R EC060703
     K05C61U  C2005 02 14.26899 09 39 35.87 -00 27 20.8          18.2 R EC060703
     K05C61U  C2005 02 14.27848 09 39 32.62 -00 26 43.5          18.2 R EC060703
     K05C61U 2C2005 02 14.39571 09 38 51.78 -00 19 19.3          18.6 R EC060H06
     K05C61U 2C2005 02 14.39928 09 38 50.29 -00 18 58.2          18.2 R EC060H06
     K05C61U  C2005 02 14.42347 09 38 42.32 -00 17 40.9          18.8 R EC060734
     K05C61U  C2005 02 14.42964 09 38 39.97 -00 17 17.4          19.2 R EC060734
     K05C61U  C2005 02 14.43582 09 38 38.36 -00 16 52.3          19.0 R EC060734
     K05C61U  C2005 02 14.97030 09 35 59.38 +00 14 51.6                 EC060J95
     K05C61U  C2005 02 14.97752 09 35 57.18 +00 15 16.1                 EC060J95
     K05C61U  C2005 02 14.98417 09 35 55.16 +00 15 38.1          19.7 R EC060J95
     K05C61U 9C2005 02 15.07872 09 35 30.09 +00 22 15.1          19.1 R EC060809
     K05C61U 9C2005 02 15.08503 09 35 28.20 +00 22 36.1          19.2 R EC060809
     K05C61U 9C2005 02 15.09151 09 35 26.24 +00 22 58.1          19.1 R EC060809
     K05C61U 9C2005 02 15.09823 09 35 24.22 +00 23 20.6          19.0 R EC060809

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. Hill.  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.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.36-m f/6 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
809 European Southern Observatory, La Silla.  Observer A. Boattini.  Measurers
    A. Boattini, H. Scholl.  2.2-m f/5.9 reflector + CCD.
H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory.  Observer R. Hutsebaut.  0.30-m reflector
    + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 CU61
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 MPC
M  19.18203              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.45455484     Peri.   85.49376     +0.83028976     -0.55235074
a   1.6752458      Node   308.01569     +0.46658294     +0.76184438
e   0.7161706      Incl.    5.41498     +0.30482662     +0.33838114
P   2.17           H   22.5           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2005 Feb. 14-15.

Ephemeris:
2005 CU61                a,e,i = 1.68, 0.72, 5                   q = 0.4755
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 02 09    10 32.40   -10 19.2    0.077    1.054   150.7    27.3    18.3
2005 02 14    09 41.09   -00 44.5    0.134    1.118   166.0    12.3    19.1
2005 02 19    09 21.66   +03 09.1    0.197    1.181   165.5    12.1    20.1
2005 02 24    09 12.32   +05 13.1    0.264    1.241   160.5    15.4    20.9
2005 03 01    09 07.58   +06 29.4    0.333    1.300   155.1    18.7    21.6

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-C60

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