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MPEC 2005-W68 : 2005 WQ3

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M.P.E.C. 2005-W68                                Issued 2005 Nov. 26, 19:26 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

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2005 WQ3

Observations:
     K05W03Q* C2005 11 25.35012 04 06 22.89 +20 55 34.3          18.6 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 25.35749 04 06 20.08 +20 56 30.2          18.6 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 25.36471 04 06 17.35 +20 57 24.8          18.6 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 25.37198 04 06 14.65 +20 58 19.7          18.6 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 25.40939 04 06 00.75 +21 02 58.8          18.4 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 25.41577 04 05 58.41 +21 03 46.1          18.6 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 25.42848 04 05 53.80 +21 05 19.6          18.9 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.17696 04 02 13.17 +22 30 04.9          19.6 R EW068734
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.17960 04 02 12.29 +22 30 19.6          20.0 R EW068734
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.18224 04 02 11.53 +22 30 36.2          19.5 R EW068734
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.18488 04 02 10.62 +22 30 50.7          20.3 R EW068734
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.18753 04 02 09.79 +22 31 07.8          20.2 R EW068734
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.21432 04 02 03.04 +22 34 02.4          19.3 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.22049 04 02 01.11 +22 34 40.5          19.2 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.25699 04 01 49.72 +22 38 24.3          19.1 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.25752 04 01 49.58 +22 38 27.7          19.2 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.25810 04 01 49.40 +22 38 31.2          19.2 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.25846 04 01 49.29 +22 38 34.7          19.1 R EW068854
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.25868 04 01 49.22 +22 38 34.2          19.2 V EW068G96
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.26128 04 01 48.46 +22 38 50.6          19.1 R EW068854
     K05W03Q  C2005 11 26.26409 04 01 47.51 +22 39 08.6          19.1 R EW068854

Observer details:
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer B. Martin.  Measurer 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 WQ3
Epoch 2005 Nov. 26.0 TT = JDT 2453700.5                 MPC
M  23.99998              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.43174781     Peri.  269.44496     +0.87083689     +0.46069874
a   1.7337346      Node    63.11243     -0.33862377     +0.81505623
e   0.6240957      Incl.   11.08391     -0.35633840     +0.35134031
P   2.28           H   24.3           G   0.15
From 21 observations 2005 Nov. 25-26.

Ephemeris:
2005 WQ3                 a,e,i = 1.73, 0.62, 11                  q = 0.6517
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 26    04 03.02   +22 11.9    0.0850   1.072   178.4     1.5    19.3
2005 11 27    03 58.67   +23 46.9    0.0957   1.082   176.0     3.6    19.7
2005 11 28    03 55.13   +25 02.1    0.107    1.093   174.0     5.4    20.1
2005 11 29    03 52.21   +26 02.9    0.118    1.103   172.2     7.0    20.4
2005 11 30    03 49.77   +26 52.8    0.129    1.114   170.6     8.3    20.7
2005 12 01    03 47.72   +27 34.5    0.140    1.124   169.1     9.6    20.9
2005 12 02    03 45.98   +28 09.6    0.151    1.134   167.7    10.6    21.1
2005 12 03    03 44.50   +28 39.6    0.163    1.145   166.4    11.6    21.4
2005 12 04    03 43.24   +29 05.3    0.174    1.155   165.2    12.6    21.6
2005 12 05    03 42.17   +29 27.6    0.186    1.165   164.1    13.4    21.8
2005 12 06    03 41.26   +29 47.0    0.198    1.176   162.9    14.2    21.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-W68

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