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MPEC 2006-Q08 : 2006 QE

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M.P.E.C. 2006-Q08                                Issued 2006 Aug. 18, 23:09 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 QE

Observations:
     K06Q00E  C2006 08 17.42424 00 04 18.01 +02 10 51.0          18.0 R EQ008644
     K06Q00E  C2006 08 17.43539 00 04 16.50 +02 11 38.3          18.1 R EQ008644
     K06Q00E  C2006 08 17.44634 00 04 15.01 +02 12 24.7          18.0 R EQ008644
     K06Q00E* C2006 08 18.37885 00 02 13.04 +03 20 40.3          17.7 R EQ008699
     K06Q00E  C2006 08 18.39705 00 02 10.26 +03 22 02.9                 EQ008699
     K06Q00E  C2006 08 18.41526 00 02 07.58 +03 23 26.2                 EQ008699
     K06Q00E  C2006 08 18.43352 00 02 04.81 +03 24 48.4                 EQ008699
     K06Q00E  C2006 08 18.92508 00 00 56.15 +04 02 45.6                 EQ008J95
     K06Q00E  C2006 08 18.92722 00 00 55.81 +04 02 55.8                 EQ008J95
     K06Q00E  C2006 08 18.92935 00 00 55.48 +04 03 05.7          18.3 R EQ008J95

Observer details:
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers M. Brown, R. Bambery, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, E. Helin, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 QE                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1419 AU
Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5                MPC
M 318.53222              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.79219212     Peri.  128.54600     -0.21732789     -0.95005300
a   1.1567754      Node   331.45840     +0.68413699     +0.01541328
e   0.5103939      Incl.   27.95518     +0.69622207     -0.31170775
P   1.24           H   19.3           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
060817 644  0.1-  0.0     060818 699  0.4-  0.1+    060818 J95  0.1-  0.1+
060817 644  0.0   0.0     060818 699  0.4+  0.4+    060818 J95  0.2-  0.1-
060817 644  0.1-  0.0     060818 699  0.0   0.6-
060818 699  0.4+  0.3+    060818 J95  0.2+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2006 QE                  a,e,i = 1.16, 0.51, 28                  q = 0.5664
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 08 13    00 11.53   -02 17.6    0.329    1.277   138.2    31.9    18.8
2006 08 18    00 03.07   +02 52.6    0.272    1.240   142.9    29.5    18.2
2006 08 23    23 48.36   +10 20.4    0.221    1.202   146.6    27.6    17.7
2006 08 28    23 22.54   +21 19.8    0.178    1.162   145.8    29.3    17.2
2006 09 02    22 34.61   +36 33.1    0.150    1.121   135.3    39.3    17.0
2006 09 07    21 01.42   +52 27.0    0.143    1.078   116.0    57.2    17.3
2006 09 12    18 35.81   +59 46.8    0.157    1.034    95.6    75.6    18.0
2006 09 17    16 35.43   +57 10.6    0.188    0.989    79.6    89.6    18.8
2006 09 22    15 29.13   +51 50.3    0.227    0.942    68.0    99.1    19.5

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-Q08

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