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MPEC 2005-B07 : 2005 BC

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M.P.E.C. 2005-B07                                Issued 2005 Jan. 17, 05:21 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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             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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                                    2005 BC

Observations:
     K05B00C* C2005 01 16.13767 00 09 58.75 +29 46 53.3          18.5 R EB007703
     K05B00C  C2005 01 16.14848 00 10 04.17 +29 46 45.5          18.9 R EB007703
     K05B00C  C2005 01 16.15926 00 10 09.68 +29 46 36.9          18.0 R EB007703
     K05B00C  C2005 01 16.17007 00 10 15.17 +29 46 27.8          18.7 R EB007703
     K05B00C  C2005 01 16.18152 00 10 21.02 +29 46 20.9          18.7 R EB007703
     K05B00C  C2005 01 16.18204 00 10 21.34 +29 46 19.7          19.2 R EB007703
     K05B00C  C2005 01 16.18256 00 10 21.58 +29 46 19.3          18.4 R EB007703
     K05B00C  C2005 01 16.18309 00 10 21.82 +29 46 19.8          18.1 R EB007703
     K05B00C  C2005 01 16.74883 00 15 12.02 +29 39 18.6                 EB007J95
     K05B00C  C2005 01 16.75616 00 15 15.77 +29 39 13.4                 EB007J95
     K05B00C  C2005 01 16.76119 00 15 18.33 +29 39 08.5          19.1 R EB007J95
     K05B00C  C2005 01 17.06616 00 17 53.91 +29 35 13.6          19.2 R EB007448
     K05B00C  C2005 01 17.07042 00 17 56.05 +29 35 10.1          18.9 R EB007448
     K05B00C  C2005 01 17.07529 00 17 58.53 +29 35 05.9          19.1 R EB007448
     K05B00C 5C2005 01 17.07928 00 18 00.74 +29 35 02.8          18.8 R EB007673
     K05B00C 5C2005 01 17.08137 00 18 01.80 +29 35 01.1                 EB007673
     K05B00C 5C2005 01 17.08843 00 18 05.39 +29 34 55.1                 EB007673
     K05B00C 5C2005 01 17.09167 00 18 06.98 +29 34 52.6                 EB007673
     K05B00C  C2005 01 17.09801 00 18 10.03 +29 34 47.8          19.2 R EB007854
     K05B00C  C2005 01 17.10178 00 18 11.96 +29 34 44.0          19.1 R EB007854
     K05B00C  C2005 01 17.10559 00 18 13.89 +29 34 40.9          19.1 R EB007854

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, R. E. Hill, S. M. Larson,
    R. H. McNaught.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 BC
Epoch 2005 Jan. 10.0 TT = JDT 2453380.5                 MPC
M  38.97431              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.74618158     Peri.   83.28067     +0.83434617     -0.27287592
a   1.2038518      Node   291.63084     -0.01547040     +0.85694738
e   0.2905694      Incl.   31.01398     +0.55102371     +0.43724126
P   1.32           H   18.2           G   0.15
From 21 observations 2005 Jan. 16-17.

Ephemeris:
2005 BC                  a,e,i = 1.20, 0.29, 31                  q = 0.8540
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 01 10    23 17.93   +30 21.2    0.483    0.989    76.5    75.2    19.2
2005 01 20    00 42.67   +28 47.8    0.478    1.034    82.2    70.5    19.1
2005 01 30    02 00.48   +24 34.8    0.509    1.081    86.5    65.4    19.2
2005 02 09    03 03.51   +19 28.2    0.572    1.129    88.7    60.9    19.4
2005 02 19    03 52.82   +14 49.3    0.657    1.176    88.9    57.2    19.7
2005 03 01    04 32.28   +11 02.3    0.755    1.222    87.7    54.1    20.0
2005 03 11    05 05.31   +08 03.5    0.862    1.265    85.7    51.5    20.3
2005 03 21    05 34.29   +05 41.0    0.972    1.307    83.2    49.2    20.6
2005 03 31    06 00.67   +03 43.4    1.082    1.345    80.5    47.1    20.8
2005 04 10    06 25.41   +02 02.0    1.190    1.381    77.6    45.1    21.0
2005 04 20    06 49.16   +00 29.8    1.296    1.414    74.6    43.2    21.2
2005 04 30    07 12.27   -00 58.2    1.397    1.443    71.7    41.5    21.3
2005 05 10    07 35.04   -02 25.4    1.494    1.469    68.8    39.8    21.5
2005 05 20    07 57.66   -03 54.5    1.584    1.492    65.9    38.3    21.6
2005 05 30    08 20.24   -05 27.1    1.669    1.511    63.1    36.7    21.7
2005 06 09    08 42.91   -07 04.3    1.749    1.527    60.3    35.3    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-B07

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