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    M.P.E.C. 2005-K21                                Issued 2005 May 20, 16:59 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 KR

Observations:
     K05K00R* C2005 05 17.32409 15 55 27.45 -11 10 20.0          19.9 R EK021G96
     K05K00R  C2005 05 17.32949 15 55 26.24 -11 10 28.9          19.8 R EK021G96
     K05K00R  C2005 05 17.33490 15 55 25.12 -11 10 39.5          19.0 R EK021G96
     K05K00R  C2005 05 17.34030 15 55 23.81 -11 10 47.0                 EK021G96
     K05K00R  C2005 05 19.30787 15 48 05.03 -12 04 36.4          20.1 R EK021G96
     K05K00R  C2005 05 19.31090 15 48 04.30 -12 04 41.9          19.7 R EK021G96
     K05K00R  C2005 05 19.31391 15 48 03.59 -12 04 46.9          20.0 R EK021G96
     K05K00R  C2005 05 19.31694 15 48 02.84 -12 04 51.7          19.8 R EK021G96
     K05K00R  C2005 05 20.29279 15 44 18.05 -12 32 20.6          21.0 V EK021G96
     K05K00R  C2005 05 20.29655 15 44 17.16 -12 32 26.9          21.1 V EK021G96
     K05K00R  C2005 05 20.30035 15 44 16.20 -12 32 33.4          21.0 V EK021G96
     K05K00R  C2005 05 20.30411 15 44 15.40 -12 32 39.5          21.6 V EK021G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers S. M. Larson, E. J. Christensen.  Measurers
    E. C. Beshore, C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. Grauer,
    R. E. Hill, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 KR
Epoch 2005 May 10.0 TT = JDT 2453500.5                  MPC
M 228.71163              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.81534360     Peri.  321.08542     +0.87155388     -0.36874649
a   1.1347729      Node    63.48005     +0.48903196     +0.70115143
e   0.3013526      Incl.   21.17023     -0.03523605     +0.61025625
P   1.21           H   21.5           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2005 May 17-20.

Ephemeris:
2005 KR                  a,e,i = 1.13, 0.30, 21                  q = 0.7928
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 05 20    15 45.44   -12 23.7    0.368    1.378   172.4     5.5    20.5
2005 05 30    15 04.11   -17 21.3    0.350    1.348   159.9    15.0    20.7
2005 06 09    14 22.77   -22 11.4    0.356    1.314   141.8    28.5    21.1
2005 06 19    13 48.75   -26 20.6    0.381    1.276   125.7    40.3    21.5
2005 06 29    13 24.76   -29 52.1    0.415    1.235   112.3    49.6    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-K21

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