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    M.P.E.C. 2005-G60                                Issued 2005 Apr. 8, 17:48 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 GE59

Observations:
     K05G59E* C2005 04 07.36151 14 32 45.94 -07 35 15.3          20.9 V EG060691
     K05G59E  C2005 04 07.37935 14 32 44.51 -07 35 00.8          20.8 V EG060691
     K05G59E  C2005 04 07.39729 14 32 43.04 -07 34 45.7          21.2 V EG060691
     K05G59E 1C2005 04 07.78454 14 32 12.55 -07 29 16.7          20.6 R EG060413
     K05G59E 1C2005 04 07.78917 14 32 12.18 -07 29 14.6          20.9 R EG060413
     K05G59E 1C2005 04 08.54869 14 31 12.70 -07 18 49.9                 EG060F65
     K05G59E 1C2005 04 08.54997 14 31 12.60 -07 18 48.9                 EG060F65
     K05G59E 1C2005 04 08.55124 14 31 12.49 -07 18 47.8                 EG060F65
     K05G59E 1C2005 04 08.55264 14 31 12.37 -07 18 46.7                 EG060F65
     K05G59E 1C2005 04 08.55403 14 31 12.26 -07 18 45.5                 EG060F65

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer R. S. McMillan.  0.9-m f/3
    reflector + CCD.
F65 Haleakala-Faulkes Telescope North.  Observers A. Fitzsimmons, S. C. Lowry,
    C. Snodgrass.  2.0-m f/10.0 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 GE59                                                            PHA 0.007
Epoch 2005 Mar. 31.0 TT = JDT 2453460.5                 MPC
M  33.71618              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.19820383     Peri.  245.06032     +0.13744936     -0.98489148
a   2.9133636      Node   198.00863     +0.98633055     +0.14585129
e   0.7385732      Incl.   19.92126     +0.09088302     -0.09336042
P   4.97           H   17.8           G   0.15
From 10 observations 2005 Apr. 7-8.

Ephemeris:
2005 GE59                a,e,i = 2.91, 0.74, 20                  q = 0.7616
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 03 31    14 42.02   -09 17.9    1.426    2.338   148.8    12.8    21.2
2005 04 10    14 29.31   -06 58.9    1.455    2.426   161.4     7.6    21.1
2005 04 20    14 16.13   -04 48.2    1.515    2.512   171.0     3.6    21.0
2005 04 30    14 03.86   -02 55.7    1.605    2.596   166.7     5.1    21.3
2005 05 10    13 53.48   -01 27.6    1.725    2.677   155.7     8.9    21.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-G60

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