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MPEC 2006-J17 : 2005 GO21

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M.P.E.C. 2006-J17                                Issued 2006 May 3, 13:13 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2005 GO21

                           Revision to MPEC 2005-G31

Additional Observations:
     K05G21O  C2006 05 02.36103 05 45 49.82 -06 10 31.2          17.8 V EJ017E12
     K05G21O  C2006 05 02.36156 05 45 49.93 -06 10 31.9          18.1 V EJ017E12
     K05G21O  C2006 05 02.36208 05 45 50.07 -06 10 32.7          17.9 V EJ017E12
     K05G21O  C2006 05 02.36262 05 45 50.25 -06 10 33.1          17.9 V EJ017E12
     K05G21O  C2006 05 02.36371 05 45 50.62 -06 10 35.0          18.0 V EJ017E12
     K05G21O  C2006 05 02.38181 05 45 56.01 -06 11 00.7          18.2 V EJ017E12
     K05G21O  C2006 05 03.37559 05 50 56.40 -06 34 39.3          17.6 V EJ017E12
     K05G21O  C2006 05 03.37612 05 50 56.58 -06 34 40.2          17.5 V EJ017E12
     K05G21O  C2006 05 03.37664 05 50 56.72 -06 34 41.2          17.5 V EJ017E12
     K05G21O  C2006 05 03.37718 05 50 56.90 -06 34 41.8          17.4 V EJ017E12

Observer details:
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
060502 E12  2.3+ 19.9-    060503 E12  2.3+ 19.8-    MPO 77859   -0.0048 day

Orbital elements:
2005 GO21                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0440 AU
Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
M 352.31877              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.50775729     Peri.  156.54832     +0.31662525     -0.85009464
a   0.7532083      Node   272.74243     +0.78988045     +0.48193440
e   0.3402143      Incl.   24.91670     +0.52520217     -0.21231660
P   0.65           H   16.5           G   0.15           U   4
Residuals in seconds of arc
050401 E12  0.1+  0.1+    050409 E12  0.2+  0.2-    050430 413  0.0   0.2+
050401 E12  0.5+  0.5+    050410 E12  0.6+  1.5-    050430 413  0.0   0.2+
050401 E12  0.3+  0.1+    050410 E12  0.1+  0.2+    050501 413  0.0   0.0
050401 E12  0.2-  0.0     050410 E12  0.3-  0.3+    050508 E12  0.5-  0.1-
050402 E12  0.0   0.3+    050410 E12  0.1+  0.1-    050518 E12  0.6+  0.2+
050402 E12  0.4-  0.2+    050411 E12  0.4+  0.7+    050518 E12  0.0   0.3+
050402 E12  0.6+  0.6+    050411 E12  0.9+  0.3+    050518 E12  0.4-  0.3+
050402 E12  0.1+  0.4-    050411 E12  0.3-  0.1+    050518 E12  0.4-  0.2+
050402 E12  0.3+  0.3+    050411 E12  0.4-  0.0     050519 E12  0.0   0.2-
050402 E12  0.2+  0.0     050415 413  0.0   0.1-    050519 E12  0.4-  0.4-
050402 E12  0.1-  0.1+    050415 413  0.0   0.1-    060502 E12  0.4+  0.1-
050402 E12  1.2-  0.4+    050419 413  0.0   0.1+    060502 E12  0.3-  0.0
050402 413  0.1-  0.0     050419 413  0.1-  0.0     060502 E12  0.6-  0.1-
050402 413  0.0   0.0     050421 413  0.0   0.0     060502 E12  0.3-  0.3+
050405 413  0.0   0.1-    050427 413  0.1-  0.1-    060502 E12  0.4+  0.1-
050405 413  0.0   0.0     050427 413  0.1+  0.1+    060502 E12  0.1-  0.2+
050406 413  0.0   0.1-    050428 413  0.1+  0.0     060503 E12  0.1+  0.2+
050406 413  0.1-  0.2-    050428 413  0.0   0.1+    060503 E12  0.4+  0.0
050409 E12  0.0   0.1-    050429 413  0.1-  0.1-    060503 E12  0.2+  0.2-
050409 E12  0.4-  0.8+    050429 413  0.0   0.0     060503 E12  0.5+  0.1-
050409 E12  0.3+  0.6-    050429 413  0.0   0.0

Ephemeris:
2005 GO21                a,e,i = 0.75, 0.34, 25                  q = 0.4970
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 04 25    05 08.67   -03 04.9    0.710    0.741    47.4    87.8    18.2
2006 05 05    05 59.13   -07 12.5    0.661    0.806    52.9    86.3    18.2
2006 05 15    06 49.84   -10 37.9    0.625    0.863    58.1    83.9    18.1
2006 05 25    07 41.44   -13 08.1    0.602    0.912    62.8    81.2    18.0
2006 06 04    08 33.72   -14 38.0    0.590    0.951    66.7    78.5    18.0
2006 06 14    09 25.58   -15 08.2    0.589    0.980    69.5    76.2    18.0
2006 06 24    10 15.65   -14 45.6    0.599    0.999    71.1    74.3    18.0
2006 07 04    11 02.74   -13 42.7    0.616    1.008    71.6    73.0    18.0
2006 07 14    11 46.12   -12 12.1    0.639    1.008    70.9    72.3    18.1
2006 07 24    12 25.58   -10 23.6    0.664    0.998    69.3    72.3    18.1
2006 08 03    13 01.32   -08 23.8    0.688    0.977    66.9    72.8    18.2
2006 08 13    13 33.52   -06 14.5    0.707    0.947    64.0    74.0    18.2
2006 08 23    14 02.32   -03 54.7    0.717    0.907    60.5    76.0    18.2

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-J17

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