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    M.P.E.C. 2005-G21                                Issued 2005 Apr. 4, 14:55 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2005 GY8

Observations:
     K05G08Y* C2005 04 02.22801 09 54 22.06 +12 30 21.5          21.6 R EG021G96
     K05G08Y  C2005 04 02.23617 09 54 20.54 +12 30 31.8          21.1 R EG021G96
     K05G08Y  C2005 04 02.24432 09 54 19.03 +12 30 42.2          21.5 R EG021G96
     K05G08Y  C2005 04 02.25246 09 54 17.48 +12 30 52.4          21.0 R EG021G96
     K05G08Y  C2005 04 02.29300 09 54 09.93 +12 31 43.5          20.0 R EG021G96
     K05G08Y  C2005 04 02.30087 09 54 08.50 +12 31 53.4          20.0 R EG021G96
     K05G08Y  C2005 04 02.31094 09 54 06.44 +12 32 07.0          19.3 R EG021G96
     K05G08Y  C2005 04 02.31913 09 54 05.02 +12 32 17.0          21.6 R EG021G96
     K05G08Y 1C2005 04 03.44880 09 50 42.07 +12 56 39.5          21.7 R EG021413
     K05G08Y 1C2005 04 03.47103 09 50 37.94 +12 57 07.7          21.8 R EG021413
     K05G08Y  C2005 04 04.22008 09 48 22.67 +13 12 37.7          19.3 R EG021G96
     K05G08Y  C2005 04 04.22611 09 48 21.54 +13 12 45.6          21.5 R EG021G96
     K05G08Y  C2005 04 04.23215 09 48 20.38 +13 12 53.3          21.1 R EG021G96
     K05G08Y  C2005 04 04.23821 09 48 19.27 +13 13 01.1          21.3 R EG021G96

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers C. Casey, A. Grauer.  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 GY8                                                             PHA 0.000
Epoch 2005 Mar. 31.0 TT = JDT 2453460.5                 MPC
M 332.26261              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34533588     Peri.  101.73959     +0.21019812     +0.97765876
a   2.0120630      Node   180.39481     -0.91435398     +0.19646979
e   0.6591369      Incl.    2.70369     -0.34608315     +0.07471933
P   2.85           H   21.1           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2005 Apr. 2-4.

Ephemeris:
2005 GY8                 a,e,i = 2.01, 0.66, 3                   q = 0.6858
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 03 31    10 01.07   +11 42.9    0.445    1.362   137.9    29.4    21.3
2005 04 10    09 31.22   +15 12.3    0.410    1.258   120.1    43.6    21.3
2005 04 20    09 02.98   +18 24.1    0.383    1.152   102.9    58.2    21.4
2005 04 30    08 35.68   +21 20.9    0.358    1.046    86.2    73.9    21.5
2005 05 10    08 04.72   +24 18.9    0.329    0.943    68.9    92.1    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-G21

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