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    M.P.E.C. 2005-V51                                Issued 2005 Nov. 7, 02:28 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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                      Supported in part by the TABASGO Foundation
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2005 VA2
    
    Observations:
         K05V02A* C2005 11 03.27691 02 09 03.06 +16 48 12.2          21.5 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 03.28369 02 09 02.23 +16 48 04.6          21.1 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 03.29036 02 09 01.33 +16 47 57.3          21.4 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 03.29716 02 09 00.43 +16 47 49.8          21.6 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 03.36654 02 08 51.29 +16 46 32.4          20.2 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 03.37284 02 08 50.51 +16 46 25.5          20.9 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 03.37900 02 08 49.69 +16 46 19.5          20.5 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 03.38532 02 08 48.88 +16 46 13.4          20.5 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 05.21632 02 05 02.47 +16 12 50.0          21.4 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 05.22513 02 05 01.39 +16 12 40.3          21.9 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 05.23398 02 05 00.31 +16 12 30.9          21.7 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 05.24274 02 04 59.16 +16 12 21.4          21.7 V EV051G96
         K05V02A  C2005 11 06.20335 02 03 03.12 +15 54 55.3                 EV051291
         K05V02A  C2005 11 06.20726 02 03 02.66 +15 54 51.6                 EV051291
         K05V02A  C2005 11 06.21121 02 03 02.17 +15 54 47.2                 EV051291
         K05V02A  C2005 11 06.27032 02 02 54.79 +15 53 43.4          21.3 R EV051651
         K05V02A  C2005 11 06.27576 02 02 54.00 +15 53 38.3          21.4 R EV051651
         K05V02A  C2005 11 06.28122 02 02 53.39 +15 53 31.9          21.3 R EV051651
    
    Observer details:
    291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer M. Block.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        reflector + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers R. Hill, A. D. Grauer.  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 VA2
    Epoch 2005 Oct. 17.0 TT = JDT 2453660.5                 MPC
    M 149.45350              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.74318044     Peri.  356.28619     -0.66086288     +0.74633091
    a   1.2070906      Node   232.32852     -0.68597733     -0.64341453
    e   0.3184482      Incl.    5.73240     -0.30445912     -0.17031714
    P   1.33           H   21.0           G   0.15
    From 18 observations 2005 Nov. 3-6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 VA2                 a,e,i = 1.21, 0.32, 6                   q = 0.8227
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 11 06    02 03.45   +15 58.7    0.597    1.583   170.1     6.2    21.4
    2005 11 16    01 45.82   +13 07.4    0.635    1.589   155.5    14.9    21.9
    2005 11 26    01 34.01   +10 50.1    0.693    1.591   142.0    22.5    22.3
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-V51
    

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