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    M.P.E.C. 2005-V12                                Issued 2005 Nov. 2, 14:38 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                    2005 VA

Observations:
     K05V00A* C2005 11 01.17865 23 36 50.97 -01 28 20.9          20.0 V EV012703
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.18513 23 36 54.46 -01 28 07.2          20.0 V EV012703
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.19160 23 36 57.74 -01 27 54.2          19.6 V EV012703
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.19809 23 37 01.30 -01 27 38.8          19.3 V EV012703
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.22705 23 37 16.49 -01 26 35.7          19.9 V EV012703
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.22899 23 37 17.52 -01 26 31.3          19.8 V EV012703
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.23094 23 37 18.54 -01 26 26.4          19.8 V EV012703
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.23289 23 37 19.64 -01 26 22.7          19.8 V EV012703
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.29227 23 37 51.16 -01 24 12.1          19.8 V EV012703
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.29404 23 37 52.02 -01 24 06.9          19.4 V EV012703
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.29580 23 37 53.07 -01 24 05.2          19.6 V EV012703
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.77646 23 42 25.45 -01 06 44.2          19.8 V EV012A50
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.77710 23 42 25.78 -01 06 42.3          19.7 V EV012A50
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.77773 23 42 26.13 -01 06 40.8          19.8 V EV012A50
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.87534 23 43 20.08 -01 03 06.2          19.6 R EV012621
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.89084 23 43 28.45 -01 02 31.2          19.5 R EV012621
     K05V00A  C2005 11 01.90633 23 43 36.83 -01 01 56.5          19.9 R EV012621
     K05V00A  C2005 11 02.08444 23 45 21.06 -00 54 59.6          19.6 V EV012G96
     K05V00A  C2005 11 02.08934 23 45 23.72 -00 54 48.5          18.9 V EV012G96
     K05V00A  C2005 11 02.09423 23 45 26.35 -00 54 37.2          19.8 V EV012G96
     K05V00A  C2005 11 02.09912 23 45 28.98 -00 54 27.0          20.0 V EV012G96
     K05V00A  C2005 11 02.10104 23 45 30.38 -00 54 23.7          19.8 R EV012673
     K05V00A  C2005 11 02.10428 23 45 32.22 -00 54 16.1                 EV012673
     K05V00A  C2005 11 02.11516 23 45 38.14 -00 53 51.5                 EV012673
     K05V00A  C2005 11 02.12164 23 45 41.54 -00 53 37.5                 EV012673
     K05V00A  C2005 11 02.27845 23 47 04.50 -00 47 53.2          18.9 R EV012734
     K05V00A  C2005 11 02.28156 23 47 06.17 -00 47 46.6          19.4 R EV012734
     K05V00A  C2005 11 02.28778 23 47 09.55 -00 47 32.2          19.2 R EV012734

Observer details:
621 Bergisch Gladbach.  Observer W. Bickel.  0.60-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky 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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer D. Tibbets.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.
A50 Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory.  Observers O. Gerashchenko,
    Y. Ivashchenko.  0.6-m f/2.0 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. Hill.  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.

Orbital elements:
2005 VA
Epoch 2005 Oct. 17.0 TT = JDT 2453660.5                 MPC
M 357.96126              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25652148     Peri.  168.98303     +0.89281691     -0.45000097
a   2.4531281      Node   217.78010     +0.41080523     +0.83121579
e   0.5659350      Incl.    1.81641     +0.18470793     +0.32646507
P   3.84           H   22.9           G   0.15
From 28 observations 2005 Nov. 1-2.

Ephemeris:
2005 VA                  a,e,i = 2.45, 0.57, 2                   q = 1.0648
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 10 27    22 51.56   -04 19.9    0.108    1.065   128.9    46.5    20.0
2005 11 06    00 22.66   +01 35.5    0.104    1.075   142.2    34.4    19.6
2005 11 16    01 51.62   +07 27.4    0.121    1.100   154.7    22.6    19.6
2005 11 26    02 55.45   +11 17.5    0.158    1.137   160.3    17.0    20.1
2005 12 06    03 36.37   +13 36.0    0.209    1.184   160.4    16.2    20.7
2005 12 16    04 03.73   +15 10.5    0.273    1.241   157.2    17.9    21.5

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-V12

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