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MPEC 2006-Q57 : 2006 QU89

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M.P.E.C. 2006-Q57                                Issued 2006 Aug. 30, 12:55 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 QU89

Observations:
     K06Q89U* C2006 08 29.25480 22 51 33.65 -03 16 20.6          20.7 V EQ057691
     K06Q89U  C2006 08 29.27211 22 51 32.45 -03 16 58.9          20.6 V EQ057691
     K06Q89U  C2006 08 29.28942 22 51 31.25 -03 17 37.1          20.4 V EQ057691
     K06Q89U  C2006 08 29.98078 22 50 47.43 -03 43 06.2                 EQ057J95
     K06Q89U  C2006 08 29.98906 22 50 46.94 -03 43 25.1          20.7 R EQ057J95
     K06Q89U  C2006 08 30.20529 22 50 33.68 -03 51 16.6          21.2 R EQ057734
     K06Q89U  C2006 08 30.21115 22 50 33.22 -03 51 29.0          21.2 R EQ057734
     K06Q89U  C2006 08 30.21701 22 50 32.90 -03 51 40.3          20.9 R EQ057734

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  0.9-m f/3
    reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer D. Tibbets.  Measurer G. Hug.  0.7-m
    reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 QU89                                                Earth MOID = 0.2141 AU
Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5                MPC
M  68.88667              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.49913389     Peri.   81.74766     -0.42746507     +0.90110779
a   1.5739515      Node   162.38901     -0.89479204     -0.41026699
e   0.3205541      Incl.   13.89427     -0.12892172     -0.14030589
P   1.97           H   21.7           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
060829 691  0.2-  0.1-    060829 J95  0.8-  0.4+    060830 734  0.2-  0.6-
060829 691  0.0   0.0     060829 J95  0.3+  0.3-    060830 734  1.1+  1.0+
060829 691  0.3+  0.1+    060830 734  0.7+  1.0-

Ephemeris:
2006 QU89                a,e,i = 1.57, 0.32, 14                  q = 1.0694
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 08 23    22 58.21   +00 42.3    0.415    1.412   162.3    12.6    21.3
2006 09 02    22 47.68   -05 30.7    0.450    1.459   177.2     1.9    21.0
2006 09 12    22 38.77   -10 41.8    0.505    1.504   168.1     8.0    21.7
2006 09 22    22 33.11   -14 29.7    0.580    1.550   155.3    15.7    22.3
2006 10 02    22 31.42   -16 56.3    0.671    1.594   144.1    21.6    22.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-Q57

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