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MPEC 2006-Q06 : 2006 QA

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M.P.E.C. 2006-Q06                                Issued 2006 Aug. 17, 11:05 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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                                    2006 QA

Observations:
     K06Q00A* C2006 08 16.63737 22 06 08.60 -25 26 49.5          18.4 V EQ006E12
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 16.65314 22 06 21.13 -25 27 34.9          18.6 V EQ006E12
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 16.66901 22 06 33.91 -25 28 20.7          18.6 V EQ006E12
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 16.68490 22 06 46.65 -25 29 06.5          18.6 V EQ006E12
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 16.76330 22 07 50.88 -25 32 45.2          18.4 V EQ006E12
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 16.78521 22 08 08.84 -25 33 45.0          18.2 V EQ006E12
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 16.80457 22 08 25.13 -25 34 37.5          18.0 V EQ006E12
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 17.14163 22 13 25.25 -25 51 58.9          18.3 R EQ006I77
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 17.14460 22 13 27.88 -25 52 07.8          18.4 R EQ006I77
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 17.14874 22 13 31.19 -25 52 20.2          18.8 R EQ006I77
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 17.31593 22 16 00.76 -26 01 51.7          18.2 R EQ006854
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 17.32010 22 16 04.38 -26 02 03.4          18.6 R EQ006854
     K06Q00A  C2006 08 17.32216 22 16 06.16 -26 02 10.0          19.1 R EQ006854

Observer details:
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  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.
I77 CEAMIG-REA Observatory, Belo Horizonte.  Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel.
    Measurer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 QA                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0580 AU
Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5                MPC
M   2.84501              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21606240     Peri.  216.35325     +0.98358849     +0.16765613
a   2.7505313      Node   133.85059     -0.13591834     +0.93153009
e   0.6206738      Incl.    5.30469     -0.11865872     +0.32271213
P   4.56           H   23.3           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
060816 E12  0.9+  0.1+    060816 E12  1.6-  0.4-    060817 854  0.9-  0.1+
060816 E12  0.3-  0.5+    060816 E12  0.8-  0.5-    060817 854  0.1+  0.5+
060816 E12  0.2+  0.4+    060817 I77  0.6-  0.1+    060817 854  0.5+  0.1-
060816 E12  0.6-  0.0     060817 I77  1.5+  0.1-
060816 E12  1.9+  0.3-    060817 I77  0.3-  0.5-

Ephemeris:
2006 QA                  a,e,i = 2.75, 0.62, 5                   q = 1.0433
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 08 13    21 22.87   -22 25.2    0.0891   1.102   172.2     7.2    18.8
2006 08 18    22 26.51   -26 32.4    0.0727   1.082   164.0    14.9    18.6
2006 08 23    23 59.77   -28 53.8    0.0644   1.067   148.5    29.6    18.8
2006 08 28    01 40.47   -26 41.3    0.0664   1.055   131.1    46.2    19.3
2006 09 02    02 56.42   -21 38.6    0.0771   1.047   117.8    58.5    19.9
2006 09 07    03 44.66   -16 50.3    0.0932   1.044   110.2    65.0    20.5
2006 09 12    04 14.92   -13 09.0    0.112    1.044   106.7    67.4    21.0
2006 09 17    04 34.49   -10 25.4    0.131    1.049   105.9    67.1    21.4
2006 09 22    04 47.37   -08 22.2    0.151    1.058   106.9    65.2    21.6
2006 09 27    04 55.76   -06 45.9    0.171    1.071   109.1    62.2    21.8
2006 10 02    05 00.85   -05 27.1    0.190    1.087   112.2    58.5    22.0

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-Q06

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