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    M.P.E.C. 2005-Q23                                Issued 2005 Aug. 25, 16:50 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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                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2005 QL
    
    Observations:
         K05Q00L* C2005 08 24.50994 20 19 31.87 -34 01 29.7          19.6 V EQ023E12
         K05Q00L  C2005 08 24.52425 20 19 30.90 -34 01 40.6          19.8 V EQ023E12
         K05Q00L  C2005 08 24.53823 20 19 29.96 -34 01 51.0          19.7 V EQ023E12
         K05Q00L  C2005 08 24.55215 20 19 28.95 -34 02 00.7          19.6 V EQ023E12
         K05Q00L  C2005 08 24.61926 20 19 24.38 -34 02 51.1          20.0 V EQ023E12
         K05Q00L  C2005 08 24.63576 20 19 23.27 -34 03 02.6          19.8 V EQ023E12
         K05Q00L 4C2005 08 25.29411 20 18 43.30 -34 11 27.0          19.9 V EQ023F65
         K05Q00L 4C2005 08 25.30841 20 18 42.34 -34 11 37.7          20.0 V EQ023F65
         K05Q00L 4C2005 08 25.33056 20 18 40.87 -34 11 53.9          19.8 V EQ023F65
         K05Q00L  C2005 08 25.57667 20 18 25.19 -34 14 45.6                 EQ023E12
         K05Q00L  C2005 08 25.64332 20 18 20.93 -34 15 33.3          20.1 R EQ023E14
         K05Q00L  C2005 08 25.65532 20 18 20.21 -34 15 42.1          20.0 R EQ023E14
         K05Q00L  C2005 08 25.66734 20 18 19.40 -34 15 49.4          20.4 R EQ023E14
    
    Observer details:
    E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer 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.
    E14 Hunters Hill Observatory, Ngunnawal.  Observer D. Higgins.  0.36-m
        f/2.95 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    F65 Haleakala-Faulkes Telescope North.  Observer J. Bedient.  2.0-m
        Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2005 QL
    Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5                 MPC
    M 334.33332              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.23491962     Peri.  290.46174     +0.80389574     -0.56737421
    a   2.6012965      Node   104.51000     +0.59087459     +0.72756404
    e   0.5369889      Incl.   10.62098     +0.06796219     +0.38566446
    P   4.20           H   18.7           G   0.15
    From 13 observations 2005 Aug. 24-25.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 QL                  a,e,i = 2.60, 0.54, 11                  q = 1.2044
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 08 18    20 26.91   -32 32.6    0.716    1.682   153.0    15.9    20.0
    2005 08 28    20 16.07   -34 43.5    0.699    1.616   141.2    23.1    20.1
    2005 09 07    20 09.10   -36 19.5    0.696    1.551   130.2    29.7    20.2
    2005 09 17    20 07.86   -37 18.8    0.702    1.489   120.5    35.6    20.3
    2005 09 27    20 13.14   -37 43.8    0.712    1.430   112.0    40.5    20.3
    2005 10 07    20 24.97   -37 35.7    0.722    1.376   104.9    44.6    20.4
    2005 10 17    20 42.89   -36 53.1    0.732    1.327    99.2    47.9    20.4
    2005 10 27    21 06.05   -35 32.8    0.738    1.284    94.6    50.5    20.5
    2005 11 06    21 33.52   -33 29.3    0.743    1.250    91.1    52.5    20.5
    2005 11 16    22 04.31   -30 37.8    0.747    1.224    88.6    53.8    20.5
    2005 11 26    22 37.37   -26 55.5    0.751    1.209    87.1    54.6    20.5
    2005 12 06    23 11.84   -22 23.2    0.759    1.204    86.3    54.7    20.5
    2005 12 16    23 46.99   -17 07.9    0.774    1.211    86.2    54.2    20.5
    2005 12 26    00 22.25   -11 22.4    0.799    1.228    86.4    53.1    20.6
    2006 01 05    00 57.31   -05 23.9    0.838    1.254    86.7    51.5    20.7
    2006 01 15    01 31.95   +00 28.4    0.890    1.290    86.9    49.6    20.9
    2006 01 25    02 06.03   +05 57.4    0.959    1.334    86.7    47.5    21.0
    2006 02 04    02 39.52   +10 51.3    1.043    1.384    86.0    45.3    21.2
    2006 02 14    03 12.34   +15 03.5    1.141    1.439    84.7    43.1    21.4
    2006 02 24    03 44.42   +18 32.2    1.253    1.498    82.9    41.0    21.7
    2006 03 06    04 15.72   +21 18.9    1.377    1.561    80.6    38.8    21.9
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Q23
    

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