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MPEC 2005-W66 : 2005 WO3

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M.P.E.C. 2005-W66                                Issued 2005 Nov. 26, 19:18 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
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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
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                                   2005 WO3

Observations:
     K05W03O* C2005 11 25.30320 05 05 42.86 +24 40 28.1          19.7 V EW066691
     K05W03O  C2005 11 25.32045 05 05 38.03 +24 43 38.9          20.4 V EW066691
     K05W03O  C2005 11 25.33779 05 05 33.20 +24 46 49.0          19.7 V EW066691
     K05W03O  C2005 11 25.41063 05 05 12.90 +25 00 02.2          20.6 V EW066291
     K05W03O  C2005 11 25.41954 05 05 10.43 +25 01 39.5          20.1 V EW066291
     K05W03O  C2005 11 25.42616 05 05 08.66 +25 02 51.3          19.9 V EW066291
     K05W03O  C2005 11 25.50629 05 04 47.01 +25 17 11.6          20.5 V EW066291
     K05W03O  C2005 11 25.51210 05 04 45.34 +25 18 15.4          20.2 V EW066291
     K05W03O  C2005 11 26.33399 05 01 21.93 +27 43 18.7          20.1 R EW066854
     K05W03O  C2005 11 26.33829 05 01 20.52 +27 44 04.3          19.9 R EW066854
     K05W03O  C2005 11 26.35126 05 01 16.03 +27 46 05.4                 EW066734
     K05W03O  C2005 11 26.35919 05 01 13.84 +27 47 29.0                 EW066734
     K05W03O  C2005 11 26.36712 05 01 11.69 +27 48 48.6          20.3 R EW066734
     K05W03O  C2005 11 26.38009 05 01 09.01 +27 51 11.6          19.0 V EW066G96
     K05W03O  C2005 11 26.38116 05 01 08.72 +27 51 22.7          19.0 V EW066G96
     K05W03O  C2005 11 26.41180 05 01 00.17 +27 56 38.7          20.2 V EW066291
     K05W03O  C2005 11 26.41728 05 00 58.71 +27 57 33.4          20.2 V EW066291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers A. S. Descour, T. Chen.
    Measurer A. S. Descour.  0.9-m f/3 reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers E. J. Christensen, A. D. Grauer.  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 WO3
Epoch 2005 Nov. 26.0 TT = JDT 2453700.5                 MPC
M  23.64435              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.50902059     Peri.  312.40250     +0.90687646     -0.23873559
a   1.5535044      Node    64.19882     +0.39824071     +0.75494453
e   0.3467144      Incl.   22.68702     -0.13776584     +0.61078971
P   1.94           H   23.5           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2005 Nov. 25-26.

Ephemeris:
2005 WO3                 a,e,i = 1.55, 0.35, 23                  q = 1.0149
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 26    05 02.77   +26 45.3    0.129    1.113   166.0    12.4    20.0
2005 11 28    04 54.34   +32 14.0    0.137    1.120   166.0    12.3    20.2
2005 11 30    04 45.95   +36 58.7    0.147    1.128   163.9    14.0    20.4
2005 12 02    04 37.70   +41 01.4    0.158    1.137   160.9    16.5    20.7
2005 12 04    04 29.71   +44 26.3    0.170    1.145   157.6    19.1    20.9
2005 12 06    04 22.08   +47 18.1    0.183    1.153   154.5    21.5    21.2
2005 12 08    04 14.91   +49 41.6    0.197    1.162   151.7    23.7    21.4
2005 12 10    04 08.27   +51 41.2    0.211    1.171   149.0    25.7    21.6
2005 12 12    04 02.21   +53 20.6    0.226    1.180   146.6    27.3    21.9
2005 12 14    03 56.77   +54 43.3    0.242    1.189   144.4    28.8    22.1
2005 12 16    03 51.98   +55 52.0    0.257    1.198   142.4    30.1    22.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-W66

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