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    M.P.E.C. 2005-R10                                Issued 2005 Sept. 1, 23:13 UT

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         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                    2005 RB

Observations:
     K05R00B* C2005 09 01.30045 00 21 14.89 +16 07 36.6          18.0   ER010704
     K05R00B  C2005 09 01.31176 00 21 18.17 +16 06 55.7          18.5   ER010704
     K05R00B  C2005 09 01.32309 00 21 21.43 +16 06 16.7          18.3   ER010704
     K05R00B  C2005 09 01.33440 00 21 24.70 +16 05 35.6          18.2   ER010704
     K05R00B  C2005 09 01.34572 00 21 27.96 +16 04 55.2          18.3   ER010704
     K05R00B  C2005 09 01.91929 00 24 23.98 +15 29 55.4          17.7 V ER010J69
     K05R00B  C2005 09 01.92001 00 24 24.12 +15 29 53.5          18.1 V ER010J69
     K05R00B  C2005 09 01.93459 00 24 28.52 +15 29 00.0          17.9 V ER010J69

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, L. Manguso,
    D. Torres, R. Kracke, A. Milner.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
J69 North Observatory, Clanfield.  Observer D. Briggs.  0.40-m f/4.57
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 RB
Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5                 MPC
M 349.93354              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29154185     Peri.  191.68574     +0.99733057     -0.05732292
a   2.2525207      Node   171.21542     +0.06205891     +0.99183715
e   0.4833776      Incl.   17.22758     -0.03847627     +0.11389971
P   3.38           H   19.6           G   0.15
From 8 observations 2005 Sept. 1-1.

Ephemeris:
2005 RB                  a,e,i = 2.25, 0.48, 17                  q = 1.1637
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 08 28    00 00.15   +19 54.5    0.223    1.195   142.4    31.1    18.1
2005 09 07    00 50.87   +09 39.4    0.190    1.175   148.7    26.4    17.5
2005 09 17    01 43.30   -04 21.0    0.182    1.165   148.8    26.6    17.4
2005 09 27    02 28.57   -17 28.7    0.199    1.165   141.9    32.1    17.8
2005 10 07    03 01.25   -26 32.9    0.233    1.176   135.0    36.9    18.3
2005 10 17    03 21.48   -31 39.3    0.278    1.197   130.9    39.0    18.8
2005 10 27    03 32.08   -33 53.5    0.328    1.227   129.0    39.0    19.2
2005 11 06    03 36.31   -34 02.8    0.382    1.265   128.5    37.8    19.5
2005 11 16    03 37.41   -32 37.4    0.441    1.310   128.6    36.2    19.9
2005 11 26    03 37.78   -30 01.9    0.505    1.360   128.6    34.6    20.2
2005 12 06    03 39.01   -26 36.4    0.576    1.415   128.0    33.3    20.5
2005 12 16    03 42.10   -22 40.3    0.656    1.472   126.6    32.5    20.9
2005 12 26    03 47.33   -18 31.3    0.746    1.533   124.2    32.1    21.3
2006 01 05    03 54.69   -14 22.4    0.847    1.594   120.9    31.9    21.6
2006 01 15    04 04.07   -10 23.6    0.960    1.657   117.0    31.9    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-R10

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