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MPEC 2006-Q13 : 2006 PY17

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M.P.E.C. 2006-Q13                                Issued 2006 Aug. 21, 15:32 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 PY17

Observations:
     K06P17Y* C2006 08 15.35030 22 03 05.69 -09 55 00.3          19.7 R EQ013644
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 15.37119 22 03 03.19 -09 55 07.6          19.6 R EQ013644
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 15.39336 22 03 00.54 -09 55 14.8          19.7 R EQ013644
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 19.96084 21 53 33.28 -10 23 23.4          19.1 R EQ013J87
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 19.96824 21 53 32.34 -10 23 26.6          19.1 R EQ013J87
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 19.97564 21 53 31.22 -10 23 28.9          19.1 R EQ013J87
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.26575 21 52 51.63 -10 25 25.5          19.2 R EQ013850
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.27330 21 52 50.58 -10 25 27.1          19.3 R EQ013850
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.28085 21 52 49.42 -10 25 30.7          19.1 R EQ013850
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.28842 21 52 48.40 -10 25 34.0          18.4 R EQ013850
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.29596 21 52 47.32 -10 25 37.4          19.1 R EQ013850
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.30729 21 52 45.75 -10 25 41.3          18.8 R EQ013850
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.32548 21 52 43.56 -10 25 49.0          18.7 R EQ013644
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.34595 21 52 40.68 -10 25 57.2          18.6 R EQ013644
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.36641 21 52 37.74 -10 26 05.9          19.1 R EQ013644
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.92940 21 51 20.66 -10 29 58.0          18.6 R EQ013620
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.93285 21 51 20.15 -10 30 01.1                 EQ013J95
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.93705 21 51 19.56 -10 30 02.9                 EQ013J95
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.94068 21 51 19.04 -10 30 04.6          18.9 R EQ013J95
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.94175 21 51 18.86 -10 30 02.7          18.3 R EQ013620
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 20.95409 21 51 17.10 -10 30 08.1          18.4 R EQ013620
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 21.14136 21 50 51.33 -10 31 25.0          19.4 R EQ013734
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 21.14471 21 50 50.85 -10 31 26.9          19.4 R EQ013734
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 21.14806 21 50 50.39 -10 31 28.1          19.3 R EQ013734
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 21.15859 21 50 49.01 -10 31 31.7          19.2 R EQ013682
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 21.18047 21 50 45.86 -10 31 40.6          18.9 R EQ013682
     K06P17Y  C2006 08 21.20237 21 50 42.69 -10 31 50.7          18.7 R EQ013682

Observer details:
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers D. Bektesevic, A. Cikota,
    S. Cikota, A. Bonaca, J. O. Ku, E. O. Jeong, R. Stoss.  0.30-m f/9
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers M. Brown, R. Bambery, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, E. Helin, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
682 Kanab.  Observer E. Sheridan.  0.36-m f/5.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  Measurer D. Tibbets.  0.7-m
    reflector + CCD.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observer D. T. Durig.  0.30-m f/9.7
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + 1Kx1K CCD.
J87 La Canada.  Observer J. Lacruz.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 PY17                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0246 AU
Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5                MPC
M 333.34023              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.38454461     Peri.  132.60293     +0.12332125     -0.99167623
a   1.8728582      Node   310.27507     +0.89568409     +0.12728802
e   0.6339369      Incl.    2.78085     +0.42724921     +0.01939124
P   2.56           H   19.5           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
060815 644  0.2+  0.1+    060820 850  0.3+  0.3+    060820 J95  0.1+  0.2-
060815 644  0.0   0.3-    060820 850  0.1+  0.0     060820 620  0.2-  0.2+
060815 644  0.2-  0.1-    060820 850  0.6+  0.6+    060820 620  0.1+  0.0
060819 J87  0.9-  0.2-    060820 644  0.6-  0.1+    060821 734  0.0   0.1+
060819 J87  0.5+  0.4-    060820 644  0.1-  0.2+    060821 734  0.0   0.3-
060819 J87  0.7-  0.3+    060820 644  0.5-  0.2-    060821 734  0.4+  0.1-
060820 850  0.5+  0.3-    060820 620  0.0   0.2-    060821 682  0.4-  0.1-
060820 850  0.8+  1.2+    060820 J95  0.1-  0.0     060821 682  0.3-  0.4+
060820 850  0.5-  0.6+    060820 J95  0.1+  0.1-    060821 682  0.4-  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2006 PY17                a,e,i = 1.87, 0.63, 3                   q = 0.6856
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 08 13    22 07.34   -09 42.4    0.609    1.616   169.5     6.6    20.0
2006 08 23    21 46.37   -10 44.5    0.514    1.524   174.9     3.4    19.3
2006 09 02    21 18.09   -12 04.4    0.441    1.429   158.6    14.9    19.3
2006 09 12    20 44.43   -13 26.1    0.389    1.330   140.7    28.7    19.3
2006 09 22    20 08.79   -14 31.6    0.353    1.229   122.3    43.7    19.4
2006 10 02    19 34.22   -15 10.1    0.327    1.127   104.2    59.5    19.5
2006 10 12    19 00.33   -15 21.4    0.304    1.024    86.2    76.5    19.6
2006 10 22    18 22.16   -15 09.3    0.279    0.924    67.3    96.6    20.0
2006 11 01    17 30.65   -14 28.7    0.256    0.832    45.2   122.2    21.2

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-Q13

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