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MPEC 2005-R33 : 2005 RA3

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M.P.E.C. 2005-R33                                Issued 2005 Sept. 6, 11:49 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 RA3

Observations:
     K05R03A* C2005 09 02.25511 21 13 08.94 -01 33 48.5          20.1   ER033644
     K05R03A  C2005 09 02.25636 21 13 08.82 -01 33 50.5          19.5   ER033644
     K05R03A  C2005 09 02.27599 21 13 06.91 -01 34 23.9          19.6   ER033644
     K05R03A  C2005 09 02.27724 21 13 06.80 -01 34 26.3          19.9   ER033644
     K05R03A  C2005 09 02.29712 21 13 04.91 -01 34 59.9          20.2   ER033644
     K05R03A  C2005 09 02.30180 21 13 04.49 -01 35 08.1          20.0   ER033644
     K05R03A  C2005 09 06.10716 21 08 04.72 -03 32 25.3          19.8 R ER033734
     K05R03A  C2005 09 06.11158 21 08 04.34 -03 32 34.2          20.1 R ER033734
     K05R03A  C2005 09 06.11601 21 08 03.93 -03 32 43.0          19.5 R ER033734
     K05R03A  C2005 09 06.20596 21 07 55.48 -03 35 42.9          19.7 R ER033649
     K05R03A  C2005 09 06.20951 21 07 55.14 -03 35 49.8          19.3 R ER033649
     K05R03A  C2005 09 06.21306 21 07 54.85 -03 35 56.8          19.5 R ER033649

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.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  Measurer D. Tibbets.  0.7-m
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 RA3
Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5                 MPC
M 311.55462              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.55584877     Peri.  233.34078     +0.64765062     -0.76189886
a   1.4649797      Node   176.26717     +0.73125119     +0.61870843
e   0.3288601      Incl.    6.76388     +0.21405694     +0.19159853
P   1.77           H   22.2           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2005 Sept. 2-6.

Ephemeris:
2005 RA3                 a,e,i = 1.46, 0.33, 7                   q = 0.9832
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 09 07    21 06.91   -04 02.0    0.181    1.170   151.1    24.6    20.0
2005 09 17    20 55.57   -10 49.1    0.154    1.125   138.7    36.1    19.9
2005 09 27    20 48.97   -19 45.8    0.132    1.084   125.3    49.0    19.8
2005 10 07    20 49.86   -30 59.1    0.115    1.048   112.1    62.1    19.8
2005 10 17    21 02.29   -44 41.1    0.102    1.019    99.8    74.5    19.9
2005 10 27    21 37.06   -60 39.8    0.0946   0.998    89.7    84.9    20.1
2005 11 06    23 37.34   -75 54.8    0.0933   0.986    83.9    90.7    20.2
2005 11 16    04 55.12   -76 15.6    0.0985   0.984    84.1    90.2    20.3
2005 11 26    06 49.13   -64 19.2    0.109    0.991    89.2    84.5    20.3
2005 12 06    07 22.95   -52 57.9    0.122    1.009    97.6    75.5    20.3
2005 12 16    07 36.28   -42 55.8    0.137    1.035   108.0    64.7    20.2
2005 12 26    07 40.59   -33 35.2    0.153    1.068   119.8    53.1    20.2
2006 01 05    07 40.15   -24 24.0    0.173    1.107   132.1    41.3    20.2
2006 01 15    07 38.42   -15 27.0    0.200    1.150   143.3    30.7    20.3
2006 01 25    07 37.66   -07 15.9    0.236    1.197   150.8    23.6    20.6
2006 02 04    07 39.38   -00 19.1    0.285    1.245   152.2    21.7    21.0
2006 02 14    07 44.39   +05 08.9    0.346    1.294   148.2    23.7    21.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-R33

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