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MPEC 2005-R27 : 2005 RD1

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M.P.E.C. 2005-R27                                Issued 2005 Sept. 6, 11:31 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2005 RD1

Observations:
     K05R01D* C2005 09 01.48326 00 36 40.64 +27 54 49.0          19.5   ER027644
     K05R01D  C2005 09 01.49427 00 36 40.07 +27 54 50.0          19.6   ER027644
     K05R01D  C2005 09 01.50565 00 36 39.47 +27 54 51.4          19.5   ER027644
     K05R01D  C2005 09 03.37099 00 35 05.42 +27 58 07.4          19.3   ER027644
     K05R01D  C2005 09 03.38620 00 35 04.56 +27 58 08.4          19.4   ER027644
     K05R01D  C2005 09 03.40142 00 35 03.69 +27 58 09.3          19.8   ER027644
     K05R01D  C2005 09 06.22383 00 32 28.46 +27 59 16.8          19.5 R ER027649
     K05R01D  C2005 09 06.24387 00 32 27.30 +27 59 17.3          19.9 R ER027649
     K05R01D  C2005 09 06.26246 00 32 26.07 +27 59 17.6          19.8 R ER027649

Observer details:
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, M. Hicks, K. Lawrence,
    E. Helin, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers R. Fredrick, R. Trentman.
    0.75-m Newtonian reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 RD1
Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5                 MPC
M  18.91559              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22690386     Peri.    8.39624     +0.31190859     +0.93335821
a   2.6622048      Node   279.92031     -0.88185031     +0.21480619
e   0.5121999      Incl.   10.38927     -0.35362842     +0.28757739
P   4.34           H   18.3           G   0.15
From 9 observations 2005 Sept. 1-6.

Ephemeris:
2005 RD1                 a,e,i = 2.66, 0.51, 10                  q = 1.2986
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 09 07    00 31.72   +27 58.9    0.777    1.677   139.7    22.9    20.0
2005 09 17    00 21.04   +27 23.9    0.799    1.737   148.6    17.6    19.9
2005 09 27    00 10.01   +26 01.5    0.838    1.799   155.5    13.4    20.0
2005 10 07    00 00.56   +24 06.8    0.897    1.861   157.8    11.7    20.1
2005 10 17    23 54.10   +21 59.7    0.977    1.923   154.2    13.0    20.4
2005 10 27    23 51.14   +19 58.0    1.077    1.986   147.0    15.8    20.8
2005 11 06    23 51.61   +18 13.2    1.197    2.049   138.7    18.6    21.2
2005 11 16    23 55.15   +16 51.4    1.334    2.112   130.2    21.0    21.6
2005 11 26    00 01.23   +15 53.7    1.485    2.174   121.8    22.7    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-R27

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