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MPEC 2005-Y31 : 2005 YU3

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M.P.E.C. 2005-Y31                                Issued 2005 Dec. 24, 02:47 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 YU3

Observations:
     K05Y03U* C2005 12 22.48134 09 31 28.05 +24 09 28.7          19.5 V EY031703
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.48830 09 31 25.64 +24 09 37.6          20.8 V EY031703
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.49522 09 31 23.41 +24 09 49.3          20.1 V EY031703
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.50219 09 31 21.03 +24 09 58.8          19.9 V EY031703
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.53981 09 31 08.29 +24 10 49.9          19.8 V EY031703
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.54183 09 31 07.71 +24 10 54.4          19.3 V EY031703
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.54384 09 31 06.85 +24 10 57.9          20.0 V EY031703
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 22.54585 09 31 06.16 +24 11 00.1          20.0 V EY031703
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 23.97826 09 23 15.63 +24 43 43.5          19.9 R EY031143
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 23.98643 09 23 12.93 +24 43 53.8          18.9 R EY031143
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 23.99404 09 23 10.39 +24 44 04.5          19.9 R EY031143
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 24.05058 09 22 51.62 +24 45 17.5                 EY031J95
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 24.05961 09 22 48.64 +24 45 29.7                 EY031J95
     K05Y03U  C2005 12 24.07300 09 22 44.20 +24 45 46.6          19.4 R EY031J95

Observer details:
143 Gnosca.  Observer S. Sposetti.  0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 YU3                                                             PHA 0.042
Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
M  32.81622              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23755573     Peri.  338.06519     +0.97231686     +0.23354504
a   2.5820166      Node     8.43949     -0.20604433     +0.87212289
e   0.8295511      Incl.    2.93908     -0.11020731     +0.42995159
P   4.15           H   19.8           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
051222 703  0.6-  0.1+    051222 703  1.4+  0.5+    051223 143  0.1-  0.9+
051222 703  1.3-  0.9-    051222 703  1.1-  1.2+    051224 J95  0.7-  0.2+
051222 703  0.3+  1.0+    051222 703  1.3-  0.5+    051224 J95  0.4-  0.4+
051222 703  0.1+  0.6+    051223 143  0.2-  1.1+    051224 J95  0.2-  0.5-
051222 703  0.0   1.2-    051223 143  0.0   0.4+

Ephemeris:
2005 YU3                 a,e,i = 2.55, 0.83, 3                   q = 0.4380
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 12 16    10 07.61   +21 11.8    0.398    1.219   117.3    45.8    20.0
2005 12 26    09 12.30   +25 26.0    0.449    1.361   140.5    27.3    20.0
2006 01 05    08 22.77   +27 45.2    0.531    1.496   161.2    12.2    20.0
2006 01 15    07 44.58   +28 31.9    0.644    1.624   172.7     4.4    20.3
2006 01 25    07 18.73   +28 27.5    0.786    1.748   161.5    10.3    21.1
2006 02 04    07 03.26   +28 02.2    0.952    1.865   148.6    16.0    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Y31

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