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MPEC 2006-Q35 : 2006 QK40

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M.P.E.C. 2006-Q35                                Issued 2006 Aug. 26, 14:37 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 QK40

Observations:
     K06Q40K* C2006 08 25.59449 21 29 42.03 -29 19 14.8          18.9 V EQ035E12
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 25.60613 21 29 52.29 -29 18 01.1          18.9 V EQ035E12
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 25.61777 21 30 02.37 -29 16 47.1          18.7 V EQ035E12
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 25.68027 21 30 57.09 -29 10 03.3          19.1 V EQ035E12
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 25.68080 21 30 57.52 -29 10 00.8          19.0 V EQ035E12
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 25.68133 21 30 57.95 -29 09 57.4          19.0 V EQ035E12
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 25.68282 21 30 59.22 -29 09 48.0          19.2 V EQ035E12
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 25.69442 21 31 09.37 -29 08 32.7          19.1 V EQ035E12
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 25.70611 21 31 19.63 -29 07 17.3          18.8 V EQ035E12
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 25.71780 21 31 29.89 -29 06 00.9          19.5 V EQ035E12
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 25.73299 21 31 43.26 -29 04 22.6          18.8 V EQ035E12
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 26.08556 21 36 57.56 -28 29 58.1          18.9 R EQ035I77
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 26.08879 21 37 00.09 -28 29 38.9          18.9 R EQ035I77
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 26.09202 21 37 02.46 -28 29 20.7          18.8 R EQ035I77
     K06Q40K  C2006 08 26.41029 21 41 24.48 -27 58 03.9          19.0 R EQ035E12

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.
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 QK40                                                Earth MOID = 0.0063 AU
Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5                MPC
M  21.82924              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31327628     Peri.  143.64448     +0.12626290     +0.99144369
a   2.1470939      Node   133.58327     -0.92058150     +0.12954726
e   0.5772494      Incl.    2.62079     -0.36957730     +0.01602841
P   3.15           H   23.9           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
060825 E12  0.0   0.3+    060825 E12  0.2-  0.1-    060825 E12  0.5+  0.1+
060825 E12  0.8+  0.3-    060825 E12  0.6-  0.3-    060826 I77  0.1+  0.3+
060825 E12  0.6-  0.7-    060825 E12  0.5-  0.1-    060826 I77  0.5+  0.6+
060825 E12  0.7+  0.9+    060825 E12  0.2-  0.4-    060826 I77  1.1-  0.1-
060825 E12  0.3+  0.1-    060825 E12  0.0   0.3+    060826 E12  0.3+  0.5-

Ephemeris:
2006 QK40                a,e,i = 2.15, 0.58, 3                   q = 0.9077
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 08 23    20 32.88   -34 33.1    0.0471   1.052   148.6    30.1    18.7
2006 09 02    22 29.62   -21 09.0    0.115    1.121   166.5    12.1    20.2
2006 09 12    22 53.76   -16 45.5    0.195    1.197   166.1    11.7    21.5
2006 09 22    23 04.24   -14 26.1    0.284    1.276   161.2    14.7    22.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-Q35

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