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    M.P.E.C. 2005-E51                                Issued 2005 Mar. 10, 12:32 UT

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                                   2005 EK70

Observations:
     K05E70K* C2005 03 08.11630 02 33 00.84 +37 22 13.0          19.3   EE051704
     K05E70K  C2005 03 08.12776 02 33 04.39 +37 22 12.4          19.4   EE051704
     K05E70K  C2005 03 08.13987 02 33 08.18 +37 22 13.1          19.2   EE051704
     K05E70K  C2005 03 08.15136 02 33 11.93 +37 22 13.3          19.2   EE051704
     K05E70K  C2005 03 09.13153 02 38 24.94 +37 22 49.8          19.5 R EE051854
     K05E70K  C2005 03 09.13817 02 38 26.84 +37 22 48.8          19.7 R EE051854
     K05E70K  C2005 03 09.14481 02 38 29.06 +37 22 47.3          19.5 R EE051854
     K05E70K  C2005 03 10.09183 02 43 30.93 +37 22 40.7          19.3 R EE051448
     K05E70K  C2005 03 10.09909 02 43 33.27 +37 22 40.1          19.9 R EE051448
     K05E70K  C2005 03 10.10554 02 43 35.25 +37 22 40.6          19.4 R EE051651
     K05E70K  C2005 03 10.10747 02 43 35.91 +37 22 40.3          19.5 R EE051651
     K05E70K  C2005 03 10.10766 02 43 35.97 +37 22 39.2          19.8 R EE051448
     K05E70K  C2005 03 10.10878 02 43 36.32 +37 22 40.1          19.5 R EE051651

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian 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.

Orbital elements:
2005 EK70
Epoch 2005 Feb. 19.0 TT = JDT 2453420.5                 MPC
M  43.39809              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.72535718     Peri.   63.74067     +0.81325253     -0.48423157
a   1.2267840      Node   322.56754     +0.11754514     +0.67983369
e   0.1489545      Incl.   32.06770     +0.56991531     +0.55076850
P   1.36           H   17.2           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2005 Mar. 8-10.

Ephemeris:
2005 EK70                a,e,i = 1.23, 0.15, 32                  q = 1.0440
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 03 11    02 48.33   +37 21.9    1.198    1.152    62.6    50.0    19.8
2005 03 21    03 40.14   +36 34.7    1.241    1.174    62.2    48.6    19.8
2005 03 31    04 28.51   +34 45.7    1.294    1.198    61.4    47.1    19.9
2005 04 10    05 12.52   +32 11.4    1.357    1.221    60.1    45.3    20.0
2005 04 20    05 52.09   +29 07.3    1.427    1.244    58.5    43.5    20.1
2005 04 30    06 27.66   +25 45.7    1.502    1.266    56.6    41.6    20.2
2005 05 10    06 59.90   +22 15.0    1.578    1.288    54.5    39.7    20.3
2005 05 20    07 29.48   +18 40.3    1.655    1.308    52.2    37.7    20.4
2005 05 30    07 56.99   +15 04.2    1.729    1.327    49.9    35.8    20.5
2005 06 09    08 22.95   +11 27.9    1.800    1.344    47.6    33.9    20.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-E51

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