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MPEC 2005-M03 : 2005 LO40

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M.P.E.C. 2005-M03                                Issued 2005 June 16, 18:45 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
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                                   2005 LO40

Observations:
     K05L40O* C2005 06 09.49605 14 16 13.09 -38 56 51.4          19.4 R EM003E12
     K05L40O  C2005 06 09.50926 14 16 11.66 -38 56 33.9          19.5 R EM003E12
     K05L40O  C2005 06 09.52245 14 16 10.39 -38 56 18.3          19.8 R EM003E12
     K05L40O  C2005 06 09.53565 14 16 08.99 -38 56 04.0          20.0 R EM003E12
     K05L40O  C2005 06 09.58936 14 16 03.54 -38 54 57.1          20.2 R EM003E12
     K05L40O  C2005 06 09.59288 14 16 03.27 -38 54 52.8                 EM003E12
     K05L40O  C2005 06 10.89974 14 14 17.85 -38 30 21.8          20.0 R EM003I77
     K05L40O  C2005 06 10.90233 14 14 17.74 -38 30 18.6          20.0 R EM003I77
     K05L40O  C2005 06 14.23236 14 11 00.69 -37 35 38.0          20.9 R EM003651
     K05L40O  C2005 06 14.23645 14 11 00.41 -37 35 32.8          20.9 R EM003651
     K05L40O  C2005 06 14.24024 14 11 00.17 -37 35 30.5          21.0 R EM003651

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.
I77 CEAMIG-REA Observatory, Belo Horizonte.  Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel.
    Measurer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 LO40                                                            PHA 0.018D
Epoch 2005 May 30.0 TT = JDT 2453520.5                  MPC
M  84.34377              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.06235417     Peri.   51.70560     -0.20720664     -0.95549631
a   0.9512394      Node    51.57407     +0.79289595     -0.28975096
e   0.5845928      Incl.   15.54734     +0.57304574     +0.05541823
P   0.93           H   21.2           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2005 June 9-14.

Ephemeris:
2005 LO40                a,e,i = 0.95, 0.58, 16                  q = 0.3952
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 06 09    14 17.01   -39 06.7    0.293    1.254   140.3    31.2    20.4
2005 06 19    14 08.93   -36 32.8    0.402    1.315   131.0    35.7    21.3
2005 06 29    14 10.86   -35 06.1    0.517    1.367   122.8    38.7    22.0
2005 07 09    14 18.16   -34 19.3    0.635    1.411   115.4    40.6    22.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-M03

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