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    M.P.E.C. 2005-F40                                Issued 2005 Mar. 23, 12:08 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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                                   2005 FC3

Observations:
     K05F03C* C2005 03 17.11437 07 03 24.01 +18 29 11.3          20.4 R EF040G96
     K05F03C  C2005 03 17.11972 07 03 23.88 +18 29 15.0          20.0 R EF040G96
     K05F03C  C2005 03 17.12508 07 03 23.73 +18 29 19.2          19.7 R EF040G96
     K05F03C  C2005 03 17.13044 07 03 23.65 +18 29 22.1          20.9 R EF040G96
     K05F03C  C2005 03 17.13611 07 03 23.54 +18 29 27.3          20.4 R EF040G96
     K05F03C  C2005 03 17.14236 07 03 23.37 +18 29 31.4          20.1 R EF040G96
     K05F03C  C2005 03 17.14859 07 03 23.22 +18 29 35.8          21.0 R EF040G96
     K05F03C  C2005 03 17.15482 07 03 23.07 +18 29 40.4          21.1 R EF040G96
     K05F03C  C2005 03 23.10550 07 02 41.43 +19 39 44.7          20.0 R EF040G96
     K05F03C  C2005 03 23.10877 07 02 41.45 +19 39 47.0          19.9 R EF040G96
     K05F03C  C2005 03 23.11205 07 02 41.44 +19 39 49.0          20.2 R EF040G96
     K05F03C  C2005 03 23.11531 07 02 41.40 +19 39 51.2          20.2 R EF040G96
     K05F03C 4C2005 03 23.29590 07 02 41.87 +19 41 57.6          20.0 R EF040F65
     K05F03C 4C2005 03 23.30249 07 02 41.88 +19 42 02.4          19.6 R EF040F65
     K05F03C 4C2005 03 23.30872 07 02 41.87 +19 42 06.7          19.8 R EF040F65

Observer details:
F65 Haleakala-Faulkes Telescope North.  Observer J. Bedient.  Measurer
    O. Shcherbak.  2.0-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers E. C. Beshore, E. J. Christensen,
    S. M. Larson.  Measurers E. C. Beshore, C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen,
    G. J. Garradd, R. E. Hill, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 FC3
Epoch 2005 Mar. 11.0 TT = JDT 2453440.5                 MPC
M 319.70948              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42698165     Peri.   82.66008     -0.39700994     +0.91701602
a   1.7466126      Node   163.78528     -0.88686288     -0.37255029
e   0.5249918      Incl.    7.87763     -0.23634158     -0.14243558
P   2.31           H   19.1           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2005 Mar. 17-23.

Ephemeris:
2005 FC3                 a,e,i = 1.75, 0.52, 8                   q = 0.8297
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 03 21    07 02.69   +19 15.4    0.664    1.327   104.4    46.6    20.6
2005 03 31    07 04.96   +21 07.5    0.667    1.247    94.8    53.0    20.6
2005 04 10    07 12.59   +22 51.1    0.662    1.167    86.5    59.0    20.7
2005 04 20    07 24.83   +24 28.4    0.646    1.089    79.3    65.0    20.6
2005 04 30    07 40.76   +26 03.1    0.617    1.015    72.9    71.6    20.6
2005 05 20    08 19.79   +29 31.7    0.516    0.893    61.8    87.5    20.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-F40

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