• MPC Preparation (Info)

  • MPEC 2005-B34 : 2005 BY2

    The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

    A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page.


    Read MPEC 2005-B33 Read MPEC 2005-B35


    M.P.E.C. 2005-B34                                Issued 2005 Jan. 20, 13:37 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.
    
                      Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2005 BY2
    
    Observations:
         K05B02Y* C2005 01 19.22224 05 56 39.16 +54 28 08.5          18.2   EB034704
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 19.23529 05 56 33.59 +54 28 47.5          18.3   EB034704
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 19.24937 05 56 27.55 +54 29 29.8          18.7   EB034704
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 19.26226 05 56 22.08 +54 30 08.0          18.3   EB034704
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 19.27515 05 56 16.60 +54 30 46.3          18.0   EB034704
         K05B02Y 7C2005 01 20.13117 05 50 32.57 +55 13 36.6          17.8 R EB034696
         K05B02Y 7C2005 01 20.13353 05 50 31.55 +55 13 43.9          17.8 R EB034696
         K05B02Y 7C2005 01 20.13590 05 50 30.47 +55 13 51.3          18.3 R EB034696
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 20.14467 05 50 21.00 +55 13 43.4                 EB034J95
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 20.14920 05 50 19.02 +55 13 56.6                 EB034J95
         K05B02Y 5C2005 01 20.15231 05 50 23.67 +55 14 38.2          18.2 R EB034673
         K05B02Y 5C2005 01 20.15660 05 50 21.78 +55 14 51.2                 EB034673
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 20.16000 05 50 14.47 +55 14 26.7          17.6 R EB034J95
         K05B02Y 5C2005 01 20.16042 05 50 20.07 +55 15 03.1                 EB034673
         K05B02Y 5C2005 01 20.17037 05 50 15.68 +55 15 33.4                 EB034673
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 20.25337 05 49 37.06 +55 19 38.5          18.1 V EB034H36
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 20.25649 05 49 35.72 +55 19 44.8          18.2 V EB034H36
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 20.25963 05 49 34.25 +55 19 52.7          18.8 V EB034H36
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 20.26227 05 49 33.10 +55 20 01.5          18.2 V EB034H36
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 20.28138 05 49 25.45 +55 21 05.4          18.4 R EB034854
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 20.28421 05 49 24.16 +55 21 13.6          18.6 R EB034854
         K05B02Y  C2005 01 20.29267 05 49 20.38 +55 21 38.3          18.4 R EB034854
    
    Observer details:
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
        reflector + CCD.
    696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observer K. Smalley.  1.2-m reflector
        + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, D. Torres, R. Krack.  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.
    H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.3-m f/6
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2005 BY2                                                             PHA 0.036
    Epoch 2005 Jan. 10.0 TT = JDT 2453380.5                 MPC
    M 303.54164              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.67407712     Peri.  130.36536     -0.90968268     +0.39770912
    a   1.2882387      Node    73.37312     -0.40873917     -0.80636925
    e   0.3416004      Incl.    7.17048     -0.07355073     -0.43771690
    P   1.46           H   20.4           G   0.15
    From 21 observations 2005 Jan. 19-20.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 BY2                 a,e,i = 1.29, 0.34, 7                   q = 0.8482
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 01 20    05 51.41   +55 06.8    0.181    1.122   136.6    37.1    18.4
    2005 01 25    05 12.44   +58 59.7    0.171    1.095   126.6    46.2    18.5
    2005 01 30    04 23.82   +62 04.8    0.163    1.068   116.5    55.7    18.6
    2005 02 04    03 26.31   +63 58.6    0.157    1.041   106.3    65.4    18.8
    2005 02 09    02 23.68   +64 23.1    0.153    1.015    96.2    75.1    19.0
    2005 02 14    01 21.93   +63 10.6    0.150    0.989    86.4    84.9    19.2
    2005 02 19    00 26.33   +60 22.9    0.148    0.965    76.7    94.7    19.6
    2005 02 24    23 39.74   +56 06.9    0.147    0.943    67.3   104.4    20.0
    2005 03 01    23 02.83   +50 34.4    0.148    0.922    58.3   113.8    20.5
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-B34
    

    Read MPEC 2005-B33 Read MPEC 2005-B35


    MPEC number:

    Enter an MPEC number in one of the following forms:

    • 1997-B01 (the full form)
    • J97B01 (the packed version of the full form)
    • B01 (the abbreviated form)