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MPEC 2006-P50 : 2006 PA1

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M.P.E.C. 2006-P50                                Issued 2006 Aug. 15, 15:07 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,
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                                   2006 PA1

Observations:
     K06P01A* C2006 08 13.23261 20 26 59.62 -20 12 06.9          19.6 R EP050644
     K06P01A  C2006 08 13.25306 20 26 56.86 -20 12 10.7          19.3 R EP050644
     K06P01A  C2006 08 13.27344 20 26 54.06 -20 12 15.0          19.5 R EP050644
     K06P01A  C2006 08 14.96758 20 23 12.35 -20 17 37.2                 EP050204
     K06P01A  C2006 08 14.97705 20 23 11.09 -20 17 39.8          19.1 R EP050204
     K06P01A  C2006 08 15.20138 20 22 41.83 -20 18 18.7          19.3 R EP050734
     K06P01A  C2006 08 15.20576 20 22 41.28 -20 18 19.3          19.6 R EP050734
     K06P01A  C2006 08 15.21309 20 22 40.26 -20 18 20.9          18.8 R EP050734

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observers L. Buzzi, F. Luppi.  Measurer
    L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers M. Brown, R. Bambery, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, E. Helin, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 PA1                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0354 AU
Epoch 2006 Aug. 13.0 TT = JDT 2453960.5                 MPC
M 325.22981              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34307100     Peri.   90.48870     +0.60946609     -0.79224248
a   2.0209088      Node   321.90745     +0.70664319     +0.56001855
e   0.5533147      Incl.    2.79181     +0.35945305     +0.24234495
P   2.87           H   19.5           G   0.15
From 8 observations 2006 Aug. 13-15.

Ephemeris:
2006 PA1                 a,e,i = 2.02, 0.55, 3                   q = 0.9027
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 08 13    20 27.49   -20 11.1    0.513    1.514   164.2    10.5    19.6
2006 08 23    20 05.33   -20 35.6    0.467    1.434   149.5    21.0    19.7
2006 09 02    19 44.41   -20 37.5    0.436    1.353   135.0    31.8    19.7
2006 09 12    19 27.87   -20 15.0    0.415    1.274   121.5    42.3    19.8
2006 09 22    19 17.35   -19 31.8    0.397    1.196   109.4    52.4    19.8
2006 10 02    19 13.07   -18 31.0    0.376    1.122    98.7    61.9    19.8
2006 10 12    19 13.94   -17 12.2    0.349    1.053    89.3    71.4    19.8
2006 10 22    19 18.21   -15 32.1    0.314    0.994    80.6    81.2    19.8
2006 11 01    19 23.63   -13 22.2    0.270    0.947    72.4    91.8    19.8
2006 11 11    19 26.74   -10 28.3    0.218    0.916    64.0   103.7    19.8

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-P50

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