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MPEC 2005-U78 : 2005 UK5

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M.P.E.C. 2005-U78                                Issued 2005 Oct. 28, 17:20 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.

                  Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
                  Supported in part by the TABASGO Foundation
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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                                   2005 UK5

Observations:
     K05U05K* C2005 10 27.26763 01 57 00.50 +14 26 04.3          21.6 V EU078G96
     K05U05K  C2005 10 27.27535 01 56 59.74 +14 26 03.1          21.4 V EU078G96
     K05U05K  C2005 10 27.28304 01 56 58.99 +14 26 03.1          21.6 V EU078G96
     K05U05K  C2005 10 27.29083 01 56 58.20 +14 26 02.2          21.3 V EU078G96
     K05U05K  C2005 10 27.32473 01 56 54.81 +14 25 57.0          22.2 V EU078G96
     K05U05K  C2005 10 27.33291 01 56 54.06 +14 25 56.4          21.9 V EU078G96
     K05U05K  C2005 10 27.34086 01 56 53.26 +14 25 55.5          22.8 V EU078G96
     K05U05K  C2005 10 27.34896 01 56 52.51 +14 25 54.1          21.6 V EU078G96
     K05U05K  C2005 10 28.30591 01 55 26.61 +14 23 59.7          21.3 V EU078G96
     K05U05K  C2005 10 28.31266 01 55 25.93 +14 23 58.5          20.7 V EU078G96
     K05U05K  C2005 10 28.31949 01 55 25.28 +14 23 57.8          21.8 V EU078G96
     K05U05K  C2005 10 28.32639 01 55 24.63 +14 23 57.3          21.1 V EU078G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 UK5
Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5                 MPC
M  18.00356              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.48641542     Peri.  285.26987     +0.60270593     +0.79764239
a   1.6012697      Node    21.84181     -0.70679239     +0.54679378
e   0.3075818      Incl.    3.48743     -0.37039180     +0.25452540
P   2.03           H   22.4           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
051027 G96  0.0   0.0     051027 G96  0.7-  0.5-    051028 G96  0.2+  0.1+
051027 G96  0.1+  0.3-    051027 G96  0.1+  0.0     051028 G96  0.2-  0.3-
051027 G96  0.2+  0.6+    051027 G96  0.1-  0.1+    051028 G96  0.1-  0.1-
051027 G96  0.1-  0.6+    051027 G96  0.5+  0.3-    051028 G96  0.1+  0.3+

Ephemeris:
2005 UK5                 a,e,i = 1.60, 0.31, 3                   q = 1.1087
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 10 27    01 57.42   +14 26.7    0.427    1.420   177.4     1.8    21.5
2005 10 29    01 54.43   +14 22.7    0.437    1.429   175.3     3.2    21.7
2005 10 31    01 51.61   +14 18.6    0.447    1.438   172.9     4.9    21.9
2005 11 02    01 48.98   +14 14.6    0.459    1.447   170.4     6.6    22.0
2005 11 04    01 46.56   +14 10.8    0.471    1.455   167.8     8.3    22.2
2005 11 06    01 44.34   +14 07.2    0.484    1.464   165.3     9.9    22.3

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-U78

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