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    M.P.E.C. 2005-C06                                Issued 2005 Feb. 2, 21:50 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 CA
    
    Observations:
         K05C00A  C2004 12 11.48693 10 51 00.04 -14 20 28.8          18.7 R EC006699
         K05C00A  C2004 12 11.50313 10 51 00.80 -14 20 39.9                 EC006699
         K05C00A  C2004 12 11.51936 10 51 01.57 -14 20 49.1                 EC006699
         K05C00A  C2004 12 11.53556 10 51 02.31 -14 20 59.1                 EC006699
         K05C00A  C2004 12 22.71309 10 57 47.24 -16 01 13.0          18.6 R EC006E12
         K05C00A  C2004 12 22.72061 10 57 47.45 -16 01 16.6          19.2 R EC006E12
         K05C00A  C2004 12 22.72816 10 57 47.60 -16 01 19.8          18.6 R EC006E12
         K05C00A  C2004 12 22.73567 10 57 47.76 -16 01 22.9          18.0 R EC006E12
         K05C00A* C2005 02 01.37848 10 43 07.54 -16 31 22.3          18.2   EC006704
         K05C00A  C2005 02 01.39127 10 43 06.76 -16 31 16.3          18.2   EC006704
         K05C00A  C2005 02 01.40404 10 43 05.90 -16 31 10.1          18.5   EC006704
         K05C00A  C2005 02 01.41676 10 43 05.13 -16 31 05.3          18.5   EC006704
         K05C00A  C2005 02 01.42971 10 43 04.29 -16 30 59.7          18.1   EC006704
         K05C00A  C2005 02 02.25509 10 42 13.58 -16 24 41.2                 EC006808
         K05C00A  C2005 02 02.26840 10 42 12.76 -16 24 36.0                 EC006808
         K05C00A  C2005 02 02.28229 10 42 11.71 -16 24 28.2                 EC006808
         K05C00A  C2005 02 02.29271 10 42 11.27 -16 24 25.0                 EC006808
         K05C00A  C2005 02 02.30660 10 42 10.36 -16 24 20.8                 EC006808
         K05C00A  C2005 02 02.31701 10 42 09.52 -16 24 13.0                 EC006808
    
    Observer details:
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
        Schmidt + 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.
    808 El Leoncito.  Observer H. S. Lepez.  0.5-m f/7.5 double astrograph + CCD.
    E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
        C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, R. E. Hill, S. M. Larson,
        R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2005 CA
    Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 MPC
    M  34.85744              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.22031984     Peri.  202.98509     +0.70438285     -0.70073002
    a   2.7149822      Node   202.76665     +0.68820541     +0.71325545
    e   0.5951406      Incl.   17.01450     +0.17383358     +0.01562383
    P   4.47           H   15.4           G   0.15           U   6
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    041211 699  0.3-  0.4+    041222 E12  0.0   0.3+    050202 808  0.1-  0.8-
    041211 699  0.1-  0.7-    050201 704  0.1+  0.1+    050202 808 (2.3-  0.6+)
    041211 699  0.2+  0.2+    050201 704  0.6+  0.5+    050202 808  1.1+  1.0-
    041211 699  0.2+  0.2+    050201 704  0.1-  1.1+    050202 808 (1.0+  3.3-)
    041222 E12  0.4-  0.1-    050201 704  0.4+  0.3+    050202 808  1.4-  0.3-
    041222 E12  0.3+  0.3-    050201 704  0.2+  0.1+
    041222 E12  0.1+  0.0     050202 808  0.7-  0.1+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 CA                  a,e,i = 2.72, 0.60, 17                  q = 1.0992
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 01 30    10 45.48   -16 47.5    1.237    2.058   135.3    19.7    18.4
    2005 02 09    10 34.87   -15 23.8    1.242    2.132   146.0    15.0    18.3
    2005 02 19    10 23.34   -13 23.7    1.270    2.206   155.0    10.9    18.3
    2005 03 01    10 12.44   -10 59.5    1.323    2.278   159.4     8.8    18.4
    2005 03 11    10 03.42   -08 26.4    1.404    2.348   156.3     9.8    18.6
    2005 03 21    09 57.11   -05 59.1    1.512    2.417   148.4    12.5    19.0
    2005 03 31    09 53.76   -03 48.2    1.643    2.485   139.1    15.3    19.3
    2005 04 10    09 53.25   -01 58.8    1.794    2.552   129.6    17.6    19.6
    2005 04 20    09 55.29   -00 32.8    1.961    2.617   120.4    19.3    19.9
    2005 04 30    09 59.49   +00 30.7    2.140    2.681   111.7    20.4    20.2
    2005 05 10    10 05.44   +01 13.8    2.327    2.743   103.4    21.0    20.5
    2005 05 20    10 12.82   +01 38.7    2.520    2.804    95.5    21.1    20.7
    2005 05 30    10 21.31   +01 48.1    2.715    2.863    87.9    20.7    20.9
    2005 06 09    10 30.67   +01 44.0    2.910    2.921    80.6    20.1    21.0
    2005 06 19    10 40.70   +01 28.6    3.102    2.977    73.5    19.1    21.2
    2005 06 29    10 51.25   +01 03.6    3.290    3.033    66.6    17.9    21.3
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-C06
    

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