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    M.P.E.C. 2005-V35                                Issued 2005 Nov. 4, 16:02 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 VN

Observations:
     K05V00N* C2005 11 02.07805 20 53 07.57 -07 07 22.1          19.3   EV035704
     K05V00N  C2005 11 02.08992 20 53 29.95 -07 08 42.3          19.4   EV035704
     K05V00N  C2005 11 02.10214 20 53 53.10 -07 10 03.9          19.6   EV035704
     K05V00N  C2005 11 02.11442 20 54 16.39 -07 11 25.5          19.5   EV035704
     K05V00N  C2005 11 02.12634 20 54 39.05 -07 12 46.0          19.6   EV035704
     K05V00N  C2005 11 04.12467 22 07 30.14 -10 53 47.0          18.0 V EV035703
     K05V00N  C2005 11 04.12796 22 07 37.66 -10 54 06.9          17.9 V EV035703
     K05V00N  C2005 11 04.13452 22 07 52.78 -10 54 47.9          18.0 V EV035703

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  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.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, L. Manguso,
    D. Torres, R. Kracke, A. Milner, H. Love.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer,
    J. Evans, J. Kommers.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 VN
Epoch 2005 Oct. 17.0 TT = JDT 2453660.5                 MPC
M   2.97885              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28183722     Peri.  142.05194     +0.99217883     -0.01478415
a   2.3039364      Node   219.34798     -0.01698612     +0.96773344
e   0.5970581      Incl.   11.27332     +0.12366345     +0.25154208
P   3.50           H   22.2           G   0.15
From 8 observations 2005 Nov. 2-4.

Ephemeris:
2005 VN                  a,e,i = 2.30, 0.60, 11                  q = 0.9284
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 10 27    18 47.17   +00 51.7    0.0829   0.970    71.1   104.2    20.6
2005 11 06    23 21.74   -13 25.2    0.0477   1.017   121.9    55.8    17.7
2005 11 16    02 48.36   -12 30.8    0.103    1.077   147.5    29.5    18.7
2005 11 26    03 36.33   -09 43.9    0.183    1.147   148.5    26.7    20.0
2005 12 06    03 55.30   -07 23.6    0.273    1.224   147.3    25.8    21.0
2005 12 16    04 06.64   -05 06.3    0.371    1.304   144.5    26.0    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-V35

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