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MPEC 2005-F20 : 2005 FK

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M.P.E.C. 2005-F20                                Issued 2005 Mar. 17, 13:20 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 FK

Observations:
     K05F00K* C2005 03 16.36566 12 29 35.82 +11 38 51.7          19.1 R EF020703
     K05F00K  C2005 03 16.37273 12 29 37.77 +11 39 27.6          18.6 R EF020703
     K05F00K  C2005 03 16.37983 12 29 39.72 +11 40 02.5          19.5 R EF020703
     K05F00K  C2005 03 16.38687 12 29 41.60 +11 40 37.1          19.6 R EF020703
     K05F00K  C2005 03 16.66380 12 31 05.33 +12 05 36.5          19.0 R EF020474
     K05F00K  C2005 03 16.66507 12 31 05.72 +12 05 44.0          19.2 R EF020474
     K05F00K  C2005 03 16.66610 12 31 06.00 +12 05 48.7          19.4 R EF020474
     K05F00K  C2005 03 16.66726 12 31 06.32 +12 05 54.9          19.1 R EF020474
     K05F00K  C2005 03 17.24694 12 34 19.34 +12 55 09.0          18.9 R EF020G96
     K05F00K  C2005 03 17.25138 12 34 20.67 +12 55 33.3          18.3 R EF020G96
     K05F00K  C2005 03 17.25579 12 34 22.04 +12 55 57.3          18.9 R EF020G96
     K05F00K  C2005 03 17.26015 12 34 23.40 +12 56 21.5          18.7 R EF020G96

Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  Measurer
    P. M. Kilmartin.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
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.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. C. Beshore.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, R. E. Hill, S. M. Larson,
    R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 FK
Epoch 2005 Mar. 11.0 TT = JDT 2453440.5                 MPC
M 328.06841              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.52191450     Peri.   78.85178     -0.44921585     +0.89298654
a   1.5278116      Node   164.36349     -0.85481787     -0.42050404
e   0.4114156      Incl.    5.94816     -0.25979131     -0.16047241
P   1.89           H   23.5           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2005 Mar. 16-17.

Ephemeris:
2005 FK                  a,e,i = 1.53, 0.41, 6                   q = 0.8992
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 03 11    12 09.07   +05 55.0    0.132    1.124   168.8     9.9    20.0
2005 03 13    12 15.47   +07 43.0    0.120    1.112   168.3    10.5    19.8
2005 03 15    12 23.25   +09 53.8    0.108    1.100   166.7    12.0    19.6
2005 03 17    12 32.91   +12 33.6    0.0969   1.088   164.1    14.5    19.4
2005 03 19    12 45.19   +15 50.0    0.0862   1.077   160.3    18.2    19.3
2005 03 21    13 01.21   +19 52.7    0.0763   1.066   155.2    23.1    19.1
2005 03 23    13 22.73   +24 50.8    0.0675   1.055   148.6    29.5    19.0
2005 03 25    13 52.49   +30 47.9    0.0600   1.044   140.2    37.7    19.0
2005 03 27    14 34.51   +37 26.3    0.0544   1.033   129.8    47.9    19.0
2005 03 29    15 33.09   +43 45.4    0.0511   1.023   117.7    59.8    19.2
2005 03 31    16 47.90   +47 59.6    0.0506   1.013   104.8    72.4    19.6
2005 04 02    18 07.16   +48 50.7    0.0528   1.003    92.6    84.4    20.1
2005 04 04    19 14.85   +46 49.1    0.0575   0.994    82.1    94.6    20.7
2005 04 06    20 05.20   +43 26.4    0.0641   0.985    73.8   102.7    21.3
2005 04 08    20 41.13   +39 50.9    0.0720   0.976    67.5   108.6    21.8
2005 04 10    21 07.10   +36 32.8    0.0809   0.968    62.8   112.9    22.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-F20

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