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MPEC 2007-O51 : 2005 XW77

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M.P.E.C. 2007-O51                                Issued 2007 July 27, 10:31 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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                                   2005 XW77

                           Revision to MPEC 2005-X64

Additional Observations:
     K05X77W  C2007 07 24.95890 18 18 58.93 +09 46 29.3                 EO051J95
     K05X77W  C2007 07 24.96194 18 18 58.55 +09 46 37.9                 EO051J95
     K05X77W  C2007 07 25.00500 18 18 53.10 +09 48 41.6                 EO051J95
     K05X77W  C2007 07 25.00729 18 18 52.82 +09 48 48.8          19.8 R EO051J95
     K05X77W  C2007 07 26.93107 18 15 08.14 +11 20 05.0                 EO051J95
     K05X77W  C2007 07 26.93253 18 15 07.96 +11 20 08.8                 EO051J95
     K05X77W  C2007 07 26.94747 18 15 06.15 +11 20 50.4          19.7 R EO051J95
     K05X77W  C2007 07 27.02936 18 14 55.90 +11 24 41.7          20.0 R EO051204
     K05X77W  C2007 07 27.03416 18 14 55.30 +11 24 54.8                 EO051204
     K05X77W  C2007 07 27.04195 18 14 54.35 +11 25 16.5                 EO051204

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 reflector
    + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
070724 J95 0.27+ 0.19+    070727 204 0.26+ 0.20+    MPO 98029   -0.12 day

Orbital elements:
2005 XW77                                                Earth MOID = 0.2209 AU
Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5                 MPC
M 272.55121              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.48005629     Peri.   99.96375     +0.94793278     -0.14613222
a   1.6153796      Node   268.84897     +0.03042370     +0.92599932
e   0.3553739      Incl.   16.44062     +0.31701393     +0.34809573
P   2.05           H   20.9           G   0.15           U   3
Residuals in seconds of arc
051210 691  0.4-  0.2-    051221 448  0.3+  0.0     060110 291  0.1+  0.5+
051210 691  0.1+  0.0     051221 448  0.4+  0.2-    060110 291  0.9-  0.1-
051210 691  0.2+  0.2+    051221 448  0.2+  0.0     060110 291  0.3-  0.1-
051210 J95  0.0   0.1+    051224 291  0.0   0.0     060122 291  1.5-  0.8+
051210 J95  0.7+  0.6+    051224 291  0.1-  0.1+    060122 291  0.0   0.2+
051210 J95  1.4+  0.2+    051224 291  0.0   0.3-    060122 291  0.0   0.3-
051211 682  1.6-  0.8+    051226 291  0.3+  0.3-    070724 J95  0.2+  0.0
051211 682  1.8-  1.2-    051226 291  0.6-  0.1-    070724 J95  0.2+  0.1-
051211 J95  0.0   1.0-    051228 291  0.3+  0.0     070725 J95  0.2-  0.2-
051211 J95  0.6+  0.5+    051228 291 (2.3-  0.9+)   070725 J95  0.1-  0.5+
051211 J95  0.0   0.2+    051228 291  1.2-  1.0-    070726 J95  0.0   0.2+
051214 673  0.3+  0.4-    051231 291  0.1+  0.1-    070726 J95  0.0   0.1-
051214 673  0.5+  0.1-    051231 291  0.0   0.1-    070726 J95  0.3+  0.4-
051214 673  0.4-  0.7-    051231 291  0.0   0.1+    070727 204  0.0   0.1-
051214 673  0.6-  1.4-    060105 291  1.4+  1.9+    070727 204  0.3-  0.4-
051221 291  0.1-  0.3+    060105 291  0.7-  1.6-    070727 204  0.6-  0.4-
051221 291  0.3-  0.0     060105 291 (2.8-  2.5+)

Ephemeris:
2005 XW77                a,e,i = 1.62, 0.36, 16                  q = 1.0413
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2007 07 19    18 31.20   +04 53.0    0.320    1.298   147.5    24.9    20.1
2007 07 29    18 11.25   +12 55.9    0.311    1.249   133.1    36.4    20.3
2007 08 08    17 55.21   +19 52.6    0.314    1.202   120.0    46.9    20.6
2007 08 18    17 44.93   +25 31.4    0.322    1.159   109.3    55.5    20.8
2007 08 28    17 40.90   +30 10.5    0.330    1.121   101.1    62.2    21.0
2007 09 07    17 42.57   +34 13.9    0.334    1.089    95.0    67.2    21.1
2007 09 17    17 49.55   +38 00.5    0.334    1.065    91.0    70.8    21.1
2007 09 27    18 01.91   +41 46.6    0.326    1.048    88.9    72.9    21.1
2007 10 07    18 20.57   +45 41.0    0.313    1.042    88.8    73.7    21.0
2007 10 17    18 48.71   +49 47.3    0.295    1.044    91.0    72.6    20.9
2007 10 27    19 32.65   +53 57.9    0.273    1.056    95.7    69.4    20.6
2007 11 06    20 42.74   +57 18.4    0.252    1.078   103.2    63.6    20.3
2007 11 16    22 23.92   +57 22.0    0.238    1.107   113.7    54.9    20.0
2007 11 26    00 09.86   +51 35.5    0.239    1.142   125.4    44.8    19.8
2007 12 06    01 28.54   +41 39.2    0.262    1.183   134.3    36.6    19.8
2007 12 16    02 20.61   +31 46.5    0.308    1.228   137.1    33.0    20.2
2007 12 26    02 56.98   +24 11.9    0.376    1.276   134.7    33.2    20.7
2008 01 05    03 24.93   +19 02.4    0.460    1.326   129.8    34.7    21.3
2008 01 15    03 48.53   +15 44.2    0.558    1.377   124.2    36.2    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-O51

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