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MPEC 2006-B03 : 2006 AT2

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M.P.E.C. 2006-B03                                Issued 2006 Jan. 18, 18:26 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
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                                   2006 AT2

                           Revision to MPEC 2006-A24

Additional Observations:
     K06A02T  C2002 06 26.43299 21 17 00.92 -03 11 10.7          19.9 R EB003644
     K06A02T  C2002 06 26.44512 21 17 00.40 -03 11 15.3          19.6 R EB003644
     K06A02T  C2002 06 26.45671 21 16 59.91 -03 11 20.5          19.9 R EB003644
     K06A02T  C2002 07 12.30060 21 03 18.55 -05 25 09.0          20.4 R EB003644
     K06A02T  C2002 07 12.31240 21 03 17.77 -05 25 16.1          19.1 R EB003644
     K06A02T  C2002 07 12.32759 21 03 16.83 -05 25 25.3          20.3 R EB003644
     K06A02T  C2002 07 21.30772 20 53 38.48 -07 00 14.7          20.0 R EB003644
     K06A02T  C2002 07 21.32892 20 53 37.00 -07 00 29.0          20.1 R EB003644
     K06A02T  C2002 07 21.35005 20 53 35.56 -07 00 42.4          20.1 R EB003644
     K06A02T  C2002 08 16.16690 20 26 21.93 -11 51 19.9          20.2 R EB003644
     K06A02T  C2002 08 16.18931 20 26 20.75 -11 51 34.5          20.0 R EB003644
     K06A02T  C2002 08 16.21034 20 26 19.57 -11 51 47.7          19.9 R EB003644

Observer details:
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    K. Kuluhiwa, M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  Measurer R. Matson.  1.2-m Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 AT2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1658 AU
Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
M 343.86867              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22093167     Peri.   39.22190     -0.97329550     +0.08984853
a   2.7099674      Node   144.17694     -0.11346791     -0.98824354
e   0.5984589      Incl.   21.15682     +0.19955176     -0.12370103
P   4.46           H   16.7           G   0.15           U   3
Residuals in seconds of arc
020626 644  0.1-  0.2-    060105 703  0.3-  0.5-    060106 G96  0.3+  0.1-
020626 644  0.2-  0.1+    060105 703  0.7-  0.2+    060106 854  1.1-  0.3-
020626 644  0.1-  0.3-    060105 703  1.3-  0.4-    060106 G96  0.3+  0.2-
020712 644  0.2+  0.3+    060105 703  0.6-  0.1+    060106 143  0.3+  0.1-
020712 644  0.4-  0.2+    060105 703  0.2-  0.5+    060106 143  0.5+  0.3+
020712 644  0.2-  0.1+    060105 703 (0.6-  2.2+)   060106 147  0.9-  0.1-
020721 644  0.2+  0.2-    060105 703  1.1+  0.4+    060106 147  0.0   0.2+
020721 644  0.2-  0.4-    060105 703  0.0   0.4-    060111 448  1.3+  0.2+
020721 644  0.1-  0.3+    060106 734  1.0+  0.7-    060111 448  0.2+  0.4+
020816 644  0.1+  0.2+    060106 734  0.6+  0.1+    060111 448  0.2+  0.6+
020816 644  0.7+  0.1-    060106 734  0.8-  0.3+    060113 941  0.4+  0.4-
020816 644  0.2+  0.1+    060106 734  1.1-  0.9+    060113 941  0.0   0.3-
051125 703  1.9+  1.2-    060106 701  0.2+  1.1+    060113 941  0.2-  0.4-
051125 703  0.8-  0.4+    060106 701  0.3+  0.7+    060113 941  0.5-  0.2-
051125 703  0.2+  0.4+    060106 854  1.0-  0.3-
051125 703 (2.8+  1.4+)   060106 G96  0.0   0.4-

Ephemeris:
2006 AT2                 a,e,i = 2.71, 0.60, 21                  q = 1.0882
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 01 15    04 43.76   -08 30.7    1.022    1.789   126.3    26.3    19.2
2006 01 25    04 36.01   -05 41.2    1.015    1.711   117.7    30.6    19.2
2006 02 04    04 32.75   -02 19.6    1.018    1.633   109.2    34.8    19.2
2006 02 14    04 34.30   +01 23.5    1.025    1.556   101.3    38.5    19.3
2006 02 24    04 40.59   +05 19.7    1.034    1.480    94.0    41.8    19.3
2006 03 06    04 51.50   +09 23.1    1.042    1.407    87.5    44.8    19.2
2006 03 16    05 06.92   +13 28.7    1.046    1.337    81.9    47.4    19.2
2006 03 26    05 26.76   +17 32.6    1.046    1.273    77.0    49.8    19.2
2006 04 05    05 51.15   +21 29.9    1.042    1.215    73.0    51.9    19.1
2006 04 15    06 20.24   +25 14.1    1.034    1.165    69.8    53.9    19.1
2006 04 25    06 54.22   +28 36.4    1.022    1.127    67.5    55.6    19.0
2006 05 05    07 33.23   +31 24.9    1.010    1.101    66.1    56.9    19.0
2006 05 15    08 17.00   +33 25.2    0.998    1.089    65.6    57.7    19.0
2006 05 25    09 04.69   +34 21.8    0.990    1.092    66.1    58.0    19.0
2006 06 04    09 54.78   +34 02.2    0.988    1.109    67.3    57.5    19.0
2006 06 14    10 45.17   +32 21.6    0.995    1.141    69.1    56.3    19.0
2006 06 24    11 33.79   +29 25.0    1.015    1.184    71.3    54.4    19.1
2006 07 04    12 19.23   +25 27.6    1.049    1.237    73.5    52.0    19.2
2006 07 14    13 00.84   +20 51.2    1.101    1.298    75.5    49.3    19.3
2006 07 24    13 38.63   +15 57.8    1.170    1.365    76.9    46.5    19.5
2006 08 03    14 13.06   +11 06.4    1.257    1.436    77.6    43.6    19.7
2006 08 13    14 44.65   +06 31.2    1.361    1.510    77.5    40.9    19.9
2006 08 23    15 13.92   +02 20.5    1.481    1.587    76.5    38.3    20.1
2006 09 02    15 41.36   -01 21.7    1.614    1.664    74.8    35.8    20.3
2006 09 12    16 07.33   -04 34.2    1.758    1.742    72.4    33.4    20.5
2006 09 22    16 32.11   -07 17.8    1.912    1.820    69.4    31.1    20.7
2006 10 02    16 55.94   -09 34.4    2.072    1.898    65.9    28.8    20.9
2006 10 12    17 18.94   -11 25.9    2.237    1.974    61.9    26.5    21.1

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-B03

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