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    M.P.E.C. 2005-U57                                Issued 2005 Oct. 26, 17:52 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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                                   2005 UF3

Observations:
     K05U03F* C2005 10 25.27175 00 46 59.73 +04 59 35.0          19.5 V EU057G96
     K05U03F  C2005 10 25.27708 00 47 00.06 +04 58 56.6          19.8 V EU057G96
     K05U03F  C2005 10 25.28779 00 47 00.67 +04 57 41.2          19.6 V EU057G96
     K05U03F  C2005 10 25.29561 00 47 01.14 +04 56 45.6          19.7 V EU057G96
     K05U03F  C2005 10 25.30159 00 47 01.51 +04 56 03.3          19.6 V EU057G96
     K05U03F  C2005 10 25.30756 00 47 01.86 +04 55 20.8          19.8 V EU057G96
     K05U03F  C2005 10 25.89300 00 47 46.27 +03 45 53.2                 EU057J95
     K05U03F  C2005 10 25.89645 00 47 46.56 +03 45 28.8                 EU057J95
     K05U03F  C2005 10 25.90042 00 47 46.79 +03 45 00.3          19.7 R EU057J95
     K05U03F  C2005 10 26.08554 00 48 01.50 +03 23 05.8          19.8 R EU057734
     K05U03F  C2005 10 26.08848 00 48 01.63 +03 22 43.2          19.4 R EU057734
     K05U03F  C2005 10 26.09142 00 48 01.88 +03 22 22.4          20.2 R EU057734
     K05U03F  C2005 10 26.13130 00 48 04.44 +03 17 39.5          19.8 R EU057649
     K05U03F  C2005 10 26.13485 00 48 04.69 +03 17 14.5          19.9 R EU057649
     K05U03F  C2005 10 26.13841 00 48 04.94 +03 16 49.3          19.9 R EU057649
     K05U03F  C2005 10 26.22865 00 48 11.25 +03 06 07.7          19.5 R EU057854
     K05U03F  C2005 10 26.23441 00 48 11.66 +03 05 27.5          19.6 R EU057854
     K05U03F  C2005 10 26.24017 00 48 11.88 +03 04 45.5          19.6 R EU057854

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers R. Fredrick, R. Trentman.
    0.75-m Newtonian reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. C. Beshore.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 UF3
Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5                 MPC
M 321.14254              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34710239     Peri.  219.46756     +0.42095241     -0.87818822
a   2.0052306      Node   207.97145     +0.90528961     +0.42247360
e   0.4239646      Incl.   28.96247     +0.05700691     -0.22427997
P   2.84           H   21.6           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
051025 G96  0.3+  0.3+    051025 J95  0.1-  0.2+    051026 649  0.5-  0.0
051025 G96  0.4+  0.4-    051025 J95  0.8+  0.3+    051026 649  0.2-  0.4+
051025 G96  0.2-  0.1+    051025 J95  0.3+  0.1+    051026 649  0.1+  0.6+
051025 G96  0.4-  0.1-    051026 734  0.2+  0.2+    051026 854  0.1-  0.0
051025 G96  0.3-  0.0     051026 734  0.8-  1.5-    051026 854  0.5+  0.9+
051025 G96  0.6-  0.2-    051026 734  0.0   1.3-    051026 854  1.6-  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2005 UF3                 a,e,i = 2.01, 0.42, 29                  q = 1.1551
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 10 27    00 49.17   +01 34.5    0.254    1.233   158.1    17.5    20.0
2005 11 01    00 56.25   -08 20.6    0.254    1.216   148.4    25.3    20.2
2005 11 06    01 04.54   -17 35.2    0.264    1.201   138.4    33.2    20.5
2005 11 11    01 14.00   -25 33.0    0.281    1.188   129.3    40.1    20.8
2005 11 16    01 24.48   -32 01.7    0.304    1.177   121.6    45.7    21.1
2005 11 21    01 35.82   -37 05.9    0.331    1.168   115.3    49.8    21.4
2005 11 26    01 47.81   -40 57.3    0.360    1.162   110.2    52.9    21.7
2005 12 01    02 00.30   -43 48.8    0.391    1.157   106.2    54.9    21.9
2005 12 06    02 13.17   -45 51.7    0.421    1.155   103.0    56.2    22.1

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-U57

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