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MPEC 2005-W79 : 2005 WK4

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M.P.E.C. 2005-W79                                Issued 2005 Nov. 28, 12:12 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.

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                                   2005 WK4

Observations:
     K05W04K* C2005 11 27.63813 05 53 07.29 -21 11 17.2          18.9 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 27.64699 05 53 06.14 -21 11 30.8          18.9 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 27.65573 05 53 05.10 -21 11 44.4          18.9 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 27.66434 05 53 04.12 -21 11 58.2          19.5 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 27.70034 05 52 59.70 -21 12 52.2          19.3 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 27.70852 05 52 58.72 -21 13 04.1          19.1 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 27.71679 05 52 57.72 -21 13 17.4          19.0 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 27.72499 05 52 56.71 -21 13 29.7          19.2 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 27.73519 05 52 55.50 -21 13 46.1          19.1 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 27.73847 05 52 54.97 -21 13 49.1          19.3 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 27.74175 05 52 54.68 -21 13 54.8                 EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 28.45799 05 51 37.75 -21 32 03.4          18.8 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 28.45887 05 51 37.72 -21 32 04.7          19.2 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 28.45975 05 51 37.64 -21 32 05.7          19.4 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 28.46061 05 51 37.55 -21 32 07.5          19.0 V EW079E12
     K05W04K  C2005 11 28.46149 05 51 37.45 -21 32 08.0          19.1 V EW079E12

Observer details:
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  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.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 WK4                                                             PHA 0.048
Epoch 2005 Nov. 26.0 TT = JDT 2453700.5                 MPC
M 220.00362              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.95854562     Peri.   66.96183     -0.76866977     +0.63548370
a   1.0187341      Node   152.32728     -0.62914419     -0.73057714
e   0.1878267      Incl.    9.02491     -0.11543121     -0.24983497
P   1.03           H   20.1           G   0.15
From 16 observations 2005 Nov. 27-28.

Ephemeris:
2005 WK4                 a,e,i = 1.02, 0.19, 9                   q = 0.8274
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 26    05 55.97   -20 28.5    0.265    1.177   130.8    39.4    19.1
2005 12 06    05 34.74   -24 19.8    0.241    1.160   132.0    39.2    18.9
2005 12 16    05 05.90   -26 26.5    0.223    1.140   129.8    41.6    18.7
2005 12 26    04 33.84   -26 12.6    0.211    1.116   124.3    46.7    18.7
2006 01 05    04 04.13   -23 32.9    0.203    1.089   116.6    53.8    18.8
2006 01 15    03 40.54   -18 57.7    0.197    1.060   107.7    62.1    18.9
2006 01 25    03 23.08   -13 04.4    0.192    1.030    98.2    71.2    19.1
2006 02 04    03 09.70   -06 15.9    0.185    0.997    88.3    81.1    19.3
2006 02 14    02 56.81   +01 16.4    0.176    0.965    77.5    92.3    19.5
2006 02 24    02 39.28   +09 29.7    0.166    0.933    65.4   105.3    19.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-W79

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