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    M.P.E.C. 2005-A28                                Issued 2005 Jan. 8, 15:03 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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                                   2005 AU3

Observations:
     K05A03U* C2005 01 07.35067 08 55 18.68 +22 25 37.5          20.0   EA028704
     K05A03U  C2005 01 07.36398 08 54 58.98 +22 27 31.4          19.9   EA028704
     K05A03U  C2005 01 07.37732 08 54 39.30 +22 29 24.2          20.1   EA028704
     K05A03U  C2005 01 07.39066 08 54 19.73 +22 31 15.8          19.9   EA028704
     K05A03U  C2005 01 07.99008 08 41 54.54 +23 43 35.4                 EA028246
     K05A03U  C2005 01 07.99032 08 41 54.12 +23 43 38.7                 EA028246
     K05A03U  C2005 01 07.99105 08 41 53.30 +23 43 41.4                 EA028246
     K05A03U  C2005 01 07.99185 08 41 52.40 +23 43 46.1                 EA028246
     K05A03U  C2005 01 07.99222 08 41 51.90 +23 43 50.6                 EA028246
     K05A03U  C2005 01 07.99310 08 41 50.89 +23 43 55.5                 EA028246
     K05A03U  C2005 01 07.99350 08 41 50.44 +23 43 58.5                 EA028246
     K05A03U  C2005 01 07.99547 08 41 47.97 +23 44 10.8                 EA028246
     K05A03U  C2005 01 08.33845 08 35 39.36 +24 19 09.8          20.2 R EA028448
     K05A03U  C2005 01 08.34696 08 35 30.02 +24 19 56.8          19.7 R EA028448
     K05A03U  C2005 01 08.35547 08 35 20.71 +24 20 44.2          20.1 R EA028448
     K05A03U  C2005 01 08.36478 08 35 11.51 +24 21 35.7          20.1 R EA028854
     K05A03U  C2005 01 08.36957 08 35 06.24 +24 22 03.3          20.3 R EA028854
     K05A03U  C2005 01 08.37415 08 35 01.36 +24 22 22.8          20.1 R EA028854

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, J. Ticha.  Measurer M. Tichy.
    1.06-m KLENOT Telescope + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. McCleary,
    H. Stange, A. Milner.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.
    1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 AU3
Epoch 2004 Dec. 21.0 TT = JDT 2453360.5                 MPC
M  29.36011              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.69978117     Peri.  266.50147     +0.97710873     -0.20267425
a   1.2564963      Node   105.18417     +0.21189296     +0.90005946
e   0.4811857      Incl.    3.84199     +0.01897134     +0.38576693
P   1.41           H   26.0           G   0.15
From 17 observations 2005 Jan. 7-8.

Ephemeris:
2005 AU3                 a,e,i = 1.26, 0.48, 4                   q = 0.6519
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 12 31    16 09.84   -30 18.0    0.032    0.957    34.5   144.4    25.9
2005 01 01    15 23.38   -27 40.3    0.026    0.965    45.7   133.2    24.0
2005 01 02    14 16.77   -21 52.8    0.021    0.974    62.7   116.2    22.1
2005 01 03    12 52.16   -11 14.1    0.019    0.982    86.3    92.6    20.6
2005 01 04    11 27.80   +01 44.5    0.019    0.991   111.7    67.2    19.8
2005 01 05    10 21.64   +11 47.3    0.023    0.999   131.7    47.3    19.6
2005 01 06    09 35.57   +17 55.2    0.029    1.007   145.2    33.9    19.8
2005 01 07    09 03.96   +21 32.3    0.036    1.016   154.2    24.9    20.0
2005 01 08    08 41.70   +23 46.0    0.043    1.024   160.4    18.7    20.2
2005 01 09    08 25.44   +25 13.3    0.051    1.033   165.0    14.3    20.4
2005 01 10    08 13.16   +26 13.2    0.059    1.041   168.4    11.0    20.6
2005 01 11    08 03.60   +26 56.1    0.067    1.049   170.8     8.6    20.8
2005 01 12    07 55.99   +27 27.8    0.075    1.058   172.4     7.1    21.0
2005 01 13    07 49.80   +27 52.0    0.083    1.066   173.2     6.3    21.2
2005 01 14    07 44.69   +28 10.7    0.091    1.074   173.1     6.3    21.4
2005 01 15    07 40.41   +28 25.5    0.099    1.082   172.6     6.8    21.7
2005 01 16    07 36.79   +28 37.2    0.108    1.090   171.6     7.5    21.9
2005 01 17    07 33.70   +28 46.7    0.116    1.099   170.6     8.4    22.1
2005 01 18    07 31.04   +28 54.3    0.125    1.107   169.4     9.4    22.3
2005 01 19    07 28.75   +29 00.4    0.133    1.115   168.2    10.4    22.5
2005 01 20    07 26.76   +29 05.4    0.142    1.123   167.0    11.4    22.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-A28

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