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    M.P.E.C. 2005-D17                                Issued 2005 Feb. 23, 16:40 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
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2004 LE
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2004-L16
    
    Additional Observations:
         K04L00E 1C2005 01 31.70437 13 15 44.98 -37 51 22.2          20.2 R ED017413
         K04L00E 1C2005 02 21.54856 12 53 32.59 -37 10 55.6                 ED017F65
         K04L00E 1C2005 02 23.51020 12 50 40.03 -36 58 31.6                 ED017F65
         K04L00E 1C2005 02 23.51165 12 50 39.89 -36 58 31.6                 ED017F65
         K04L00E 1C2005 02 23.51316 12 50 39.71 -36 58 30.8                 ED017F65
         K04L00E 1C2005 02 23.51450 12 50 39.66 -36 58 30.8                 ED017F65
         K04L00E 1C2005 02 23.51740 12 50 39.33 -36 58 29.4                 ED017F65
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
    F65 Haleakala-Faulkes Telescope North.  Observers A. Fitzsimmons, S. C. Lowry,
        C. Snodgrass.  2.0-m f/10.0 reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
    050131 413  0.0   4.9-    050223 F65  1.0-  5.8-    MPO 66383   -0.00006 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 LE
    Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 MPC
    M  29.74064              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.23079709     Peri.  184.91305     +0.81427235     -0.46835290
    a   2.6321815      Node   211.63659     +0.55237233     +0.80678460
    e   0.8410386      Incl.   40.82871     +0.17845264     -0.36020018
    P   4.27           H   16.6           G   0.15           U   3
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    040608 704  0.3+  0.2+    040610 704  0.2+  0.5-    040626 461  0.0   0.1-
    040608 704  0.5+  0.1-    040610 704  0.4-  0.7-    040626 461  0.1-  0.0
    040608 704  0.7+  0.2+    040610 704  0.0   0.2+    040626 461  0.4-  0.2+
    040608 704  1.0+  1.3+    040610 170  0.2+  0.0     040704 118  0.4+  0.0
    040608 461  0.1-  0.5+    040610 170  0.1-  0.3-    040704 118  0.2+  0.2-
    040608 461  0.5+  0.1-    040610 170  0.1-  0.4-    040704 118  0.0   0.1-
    040608 461  0.2+  0.9+    040611 926  0.0   0.1-    040704 118  0.6-  0.4+
    040608 461  0.5-  0.2+    040611 926  0.2+  0.0     040705 J95  0.2-  0.2+
    040608 198  0.0   0.4+    040611 926  0.0   0.4+    040705 J95  0.1-  0.2-
    040608 198  0.1+  0.4+    040612 448  0.1-  1.0-    040705 J95  0.8-  0.8+
    040608 198  0.2+  0.2+    040612 448  0.0   0.2-    040713 673  1.8-  0.8+
    040608 198  0.2+  0.1+    040612 448  0.4-  0.3-    040713 673  0.3+  0.3+
    040608 198  0.0   0.4-    040613 926  0.0   0.3+    040713 673  2.6+  0.3+
    040608 132  0.1-  0.0     040613 926  0.1-  0.0     040714 126  0.2+  0.6-
    040608 132  0.3-  0.2-    040613 926  0.2+  0.2+    040714 126  0.1-  0.5-
    040608 611  1.0+  0.7-    040614 926  0.1+  0.1+    040714 126  0.7+  0.2-
    040608 611  0.2+  0.2+    040614 926  0.1+  0.4-    040714 126  0.7+  0.0
    040608 620  0.3+  0.1+    040614 926  0.0   0.4+    040714 126  0.3+  0.2+
    040608 611  0.5+  0.1+    040614 A13  0.1-  0.0     040714 126  0.1-  0.8-
    040608 132  0.4-  0.6-    040614 A13  0.0   0.1-    040719 A41  0.7+  0.6-
    040608 620  0.1-  0.2-    040614 A13  0.0   0.1-    040719 240  0.6-  0.0
    040608 246  0.0   0.1+    040614 A13  0.2-  0.0     040719 240  0.4-  0.0
    040608 246  1.0+  0.2-    040614 A13  0.2-  0.2+    040719 A41  0.8+  0.6-
    040608 246  0.0   0.0     040615 704  0.5+  0.0     040719 240  0.3+  0.0
    040608 118  0.2+  0.6-    040615 704  0.2+  0.2+    040719 240  0.3+  0.0
    040608 246  0.1+  0.5+    040615 704  0.3+  0.2+    040719 240  0.4+  0.1+
    040608 246  0.1-  0.2+    040615 704  0.5+  0.3+    040722 113  0.7+  0.1-
    040608 246  0.7+  0.3+    040615 704  0.8+  0.1+    040722 113  0.2+  0.4-
    040608 246  0.3+  0.0     040616 118  0.3-  0.6+    040722 113  0.6+  0.4-
    040608 151  0.3-  0.3+    040616 118  0.3-  0.4-    040722 113  0.5+  0.2-
    040608 151  0.1-  0.4+    040616 118  1.5+  0.2-    040722 113  0.5+  0.1-
    040608 151  0.0   0.5+    040616 240  0.1-  0.0     040728 240  0.0   0.3+
    040608 118  0.8-  0.1-    040616 240  0.2-  0.1-    040728 240  0.1+  0.3+
    040608 151  0.2+  0.3+    040616 240  0.5-  0.2-    040728 240  0.4-  0.7+
    040608 151  0.3-  0.3+    040616 240  0.5-  0.5-    040806 113  0.2+  0.9+
    040608 118  0.9-  0.4+    040616 240  0.8-  0.6-    040806 113  0.2+  0.6+
    040608 118  0.4+  0.4-    040617 118  0.2+  0.3-    040806 113  0.3+  0.3+
    040608 118  0.2+  0.5+    040617 118  0.9-  0.5-    040806 113  0.3+  0.7+
    040609 557  0.3-  0.5-    040617 118  0.0   0.3+    040806 113  0.3-  0.6+
    040609 557  0.9-  1.3-    040617 118  0.3-  0.5+    040821 A30  0.3+  1.0-
    040609 557  0.0   0.7+    040617 A41  0.2-  1.1-    040821 A30  1.0-  0.5-
    040609 G90  0.1+  0.0     040617 A41  0.8-  0.8-    040821 A30  0.3+  0.6-
    040609 G90  0.2+  0.2+    040617 A41  0.8-  0.1+    050131 413  0.2+  0.1-
    040609 G90  0.2+  0.4+    040618 176  0.5+  0.2+    050221 F65  0.1+  0.5+
    040609 854  0.0   0.1+    040618 176  0.2+  0.3+    050223 F65  0.1+  0.4+
    040609 854  1.2-  0.6-    040618 176  0.0   0.3+    050223 F65  0.0   0.2-
    040609 854  0.1-  0.6+    040621 A35  0.7+  0.3+    050223 F65  0.5-  0.0
    040609 926  0.2+  0.1-    040621 A35  0.3+  0.2-    050223 F65  0.4+  0.5-
    040609 926  0.1+  0.1-    040621 A35  1.3+  0.2-    050223 F65  0.4-  0.3-
    040609 926  0.7-  0.0     040626 461  0.2-  0.1+
    040610 704  0.3-  0.3+    040626 461  0.0   0.4+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 LE                  a,e,i = 2.63, 0.84, 41                  q = 0.4184
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 02 19    12 57.11   -37 24.5    1.700    2.327   117.4    22.1    20.7
    2005 03 01    12 42.11   -36 14.8    1.681    2.425   128.5    18.6    20.6
    2005 03 11    12 25.31   -34 20.7    1.682    2.520   139.3    14.9    20.6
    2005 03 21    12 08.51   -31 46.2    1.711    2.611   148.3    11.5    20.6
    2005 03 31    11 53.36   -28 43.7    1.770    2.700   153.2     9.6    20.6
    2005 04 10    11 40.98   -25 29.8    1.863    2.785   151.6     9.8    20.8
    2005 04 20    11 31.90   -22 21.2    1.987    2.868   145.0    11.6    21.1
    2005 04 30    11 26.12   -19 30.3    2.138    2.948   136.1    13.7    21.4
    2005 05 10    11 23.31   -17 03.6    2.312    3.026   126.7    15.5    21.7
    2005 05 20    11 23.07   -15 03.4    2.505    3.101   117.2    16.9    21.9
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-D17
    

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