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MPEC 2006-V52 : 2006 VA3

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M.P.E.C. 2006-V52                                Issued 2006 Nov. 13, 18:00 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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                                   2006 VA3

Observations:
     K06V03A* C2006 11 11.48782 11 18 29.77 +04 18 21.6          20.3 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 11.49123 11 18 30.27 +04 18 15.3          20.0 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 11.49464 11 18 30.60 +04 18 08.8          20.3 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 11.49809 11 18 31.06 +04 18 01.6          20.3 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 11.51462 11 18 32.97 +04 17 30.1          20.3 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 11.51752 11 18 33.30 +04 17 24.4          19.8 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 11.52038 11 18 33.66 +04 17 19.1          20.5 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 11.52324 11 18 33.98 +04 17 13.5          20.4 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 12.50801 11 20 31.81 +03 45 30.3          20.9 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 12.50910 11 20 31.95 +03 45 28.1          20.7 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 12.51019 11 20 32.10 +03 45 25.7          20.2 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 12.51126 11 20 32.20 +03 45 24.5          20.4 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 12.53255 11 20 34.76 +03 44 42.6          20.5 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 12.53363 11 20 34.83 +03 44 39.9          21.1 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 12.53472 11 20 34.98 +03 44 38.6          20.1 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 12.53582 11 20 35.08 +03 44 35.4          20.3 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 13.51915 11 22 34.00 +03 12 17.8          20.7 V EV052G96
     K06V03A  C2006 11 13.52093 11 22 34.25 +03 12 14.9          21.1 V EV052G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  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.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 VA3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.2718 AU
Epoch 2006 Nov. 1.0 TT = JDT 2454040.5                  MPC
M 292.92619              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.65174189     Peri.  316.16954     +0.16950007     +0.78333995
a   1.3175051      Node   311.66391     -0.52705923     -0.44069782
e   0.6515408      Incl.   53.18016     -0.83275344     +0.43836509
P   1.51           H   17.1           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2006 Nov. 11-13.

Ephemeris:
2006 VA3                 a,e,i = 1.32, 0.65, 53                  q = 0.4591
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 11 11    11 17.53   +04 33.9    1.642    1.431    59.9    36.8    20.4
2006 11 21    11 38.43   -01 15.2    1.458    1.338    62.9    41.1    20.2
2006 12 01    12 02.76   -08 26.9    1.279    1.238    64.8    46.1    19.8
2006 12 11    12 33.35   -17 28.4    1.117    1.131    64.8    52.0    19.5
2006 12 21    13 15.81   -28 34.3    0.987    1.016    62.1    58.8    19.2
2006 12 31    14 21.26   -40 47.0    0.909    0.894    56.2    66.1    19.0

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-V52

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