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    M.P.E.C. 2005-Q15                                Issued 2005 Aug. 24, 13:27 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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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2005 QC
    
    Observations:
         K05Q00C* C2005 08 22.78859 04 56 30.08 -33 18 19.5          19.1 V EQ015E12
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 22.79677 04 56 37.42 -33 18 09.9          18.8 V EQ015E12
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 22.80487 04 56 44.88 -33 17 59.3          18.7 V EQ015E12
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 22.81289 04 56 52.08 -33 17 48.7          18.8 V EQ015E12
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 23.28161 05 04 07.16 -33 06 35.7          18.9 R EQ015I77
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 23.28277 05 04 08.27 -33 06 32.7          18.8 R EQ015I77
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 23.28432 05 04 09.60 -33 06 30.3          18.9 R EQ015I77
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 23.80418 05 12 14.14 -32 51 58.6          18.9 V EQ015E12
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 23.80472 05 12 14.68 -32 51 57.4          19.1 V EQ015E12
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 23.80581 05 12 15.76 -32 51 55.7          19.7 V EQ015E12
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 23.80635 05 12 16.20 -32 51 53.8          19.0 V EQ015E12
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 24.29351 05 19 54.22 -32 36 25.8          18.5 R EQ015I77
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 24.29497 05 19 55.59 -32 36 23.1          18.5 R EQ015I77
         K05Q00C  C2005 08 24.29607 05 19 56.56 -32 36 21.4          18.3 R EQ015I77
    
    Observer details:
    E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observers R. H. McNaught, G. J. Garradd.  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.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.
    I77 CEAMIG-REA Observatory, Belo Horizonte.  Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel.
        Measurer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2005 QC
    Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5                 MPC
    M 341.03748              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.36285151     Peri.    9.87897     -0.02468369     -0.96967590
    a   1.9467795      Node    81.83368     +0.89962362     -0.12761371
    e   0.7902248      Incl.   14.21939     +0.43596795     +0.20843077
    P   2.72           H   18.8           G   0.15
    From 14 observations 2005 Aug. 22-24.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 QC                  a,e,i = 1.95, 0.79, 14                  q = 0.4084
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 08 18    03 47.94   -33 45.8    0.333    1.106    97.6    65.1    18.9
    2005 08 20    04 15.14   -33 51.7    0.318    1.077    93.2    69.7    18.9
    2005 08 22    04 44.46   -33 33.4    0.306    1.048    88.3    74.7    18.9
    2005 08 24    05 15.27   -32 46.0    0.298    1.019    83.0    80.1    19.0
    2005 08 26    05 46.69   -31 27.2    0.293    0.989    77.4    85.8    19.1
    2005 08 28    06 17.71   -29 37.9    0.292    0.959    71.6    91.6    19.3
    2005 08 30    06 47.42   -27 23.0    0.296    0.928    65.7    97.4    19.5
    2005 09 01    07 15.13   -24 49.5    0.303    0.897    60.1   102.9    19.7
    2005 09 03    07 40.46   -22 05.7    0.313    0.866    54.7   108.1    20.0
    2005 09 05    08 03.31   -19 19.2    0.328    0.835    49.8   112.8    20.3
    2005 09 07    08 23.76   -16 35.9    0.345    0.804    45.4   116.8    20.6
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Q15
    

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