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    M.P.E.C. 2005-M09                                Issued 2005 June 17, 12:17 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.
    
                      Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2005 MA
    
    Observations:
         K05M00A* C2005 06 16.35897 16 45 47.52 -23 47 20.8          20.5 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 16.36429 16 45 48.16 -23 46 58.9          20.5 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 16.36960 16 45 48.88 -23 46 35.7          20.4 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 16.37491 16 45 49.60 -23 46 13.1          20.3 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 17.30591 16 49 40.75 -22 31 40.9          20.5 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 17.30657 16 49 40.87 -22 31 37.0          20.3 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 17.30918 16 49 41.37 -22 31 21.5          20.3 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 17.30984 16 49 41.48 -22 31 17.4          20.4 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 17.31246 16 49 41.96 -22 31 01.6          20.5 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 17.31311 16 49 42.13 -22 30 57.3          20.1 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 17.31573 16 49 42.66 -22 30 41.6          20.2 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 17.31639 16 49 42.78 -22 30 37.6          19.9 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 17.33874 16 49 47.25 -22 28 20.2          20.2 V EM009G96
         K05M00A  C2005 06 17.34068 16 49 47.61 -22 28 09.1          20.7 V EM009G96
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers D. McCarthy, Astronomy Camp, E. J.
        Christensen.  Measurers E. C. Beshore, C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen,
        G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.
        1.5-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2005 MA
    Epoch 2005 May 30.0 TT = JDT 2453520.5                  MPC
    M 338.24005              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.34678187     Peri.   60.19866     +0.82728304     +0.55927063
    a   2.0064659      Node   265.74737     -0.53205971     +0.74966585
    e   0.5734112      Incl.    3.05199     -0.18031980     +0.35386082
    P   2.84           H   26.8           G   0.15
    From 14 observations 2005 June 16-17.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 MA                  a,e,i = 2.01, 0.57, 3                   q = 0.8559
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 06 09    16 36.23   -27 02.7    0.0974   1.112   171.6     7.7    22.5
    2005 06 10    16 36.74   -26 51.1    0.0895   1.104   171.0     8.3    22.3
    2005 06 11    16 37.38   -26 37.0    0.0816   1.096   170.3     8.9    22.2
    2005 06 12    16 38.18   -26 19.9    0.0738   1.088   169.7     9.6    22.0
    2005 06 13    16 39.21   -25 58.5    0.0660   1.080   169.2    10.2    21.7
    2005 06 14    16 40.55   -25 31.2    0.0582   1.073   168.6    10.7    21.5
    2005 06 15    16 42.34   -24 55.5    0.0505   1.065   168.2    11.2    21.1
    2005 06 16    16 44.79   -24 06.7    0.0428   1.058   167.9    11.6    20.8
    2005 06 17    16 48.33   -22 56.3    0.0351   1.050   167.7    11.9    20.4
    2005 06 18    16 53.77   -21 06.4    0.0275   1.043   167.7    12.0    19.8
    2005 06 19    17 03.09   -17 51.9    0.0200   1.036   167.7    12.1    19.1
    2005 06 20    17 22.35   -10 44.6    0.0127   1.028   165.2    14.6    18.2
    2005 06 21    18 22.25   +12 44.6    0.00635  1.021   143.4    36.4    17.3
    2005 06 22    23 58.52   +57 54.3    0.00610  1.014    70.8   108.8    19.9
    2005 06 23    03 04.70   +46 27.3    0.0123   1.007    43.0   136.5    23.7
    2005 06 24    03 41.03   +40 21.8    0.0196   1.001    35.7   143.7    25.6
    2005 06 25    03 55.39   +37 23.5    0.0271   0.994    33.0   146.2    26.7
    2005 06 26    04 03.10   +35 39.8    0.0347   0.987    31.9   147.1    27.4
    2005 06 27    04 07.95   +34 32.3    0.0424   0.981    31.5   147.2    27.8
    2005 06 28    04 11.34   +33 44.8    0.0500   0.974    31.5   146.9    28.1
    2005 06 29    04 13.90   +33 09.6    0.0577   0.968    31.8   146.4    28.3
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-M09
    

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