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    M.P.E.C. 2005-W02                                Issued 2005 Nov. 16, 11:55 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
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                                   2005 VT7

Observations:
     K05V07T* C2005 11 14.13564 22 30 27.47 +62 07 36.2          17.1   EW002704
     K05V07T  C2005 11 14.14801 22 30 53.79 +62 10 26.1          17.6   EW002704
     K05V07T  C2005 11 14.16033 22 31 20.09 +62 13 13.3          17.6   EW002704
     K05V07T  C2005 11 14.17263 22 31 46.54 +62 15 58.5          16.7   EW002704
     K05V07T  C2005 11 14.18488 22 32 12.72 +62 18 42.6          17.9   EW002704
     K05V07T  C2005 11 15.80532 23 38 12.57 +66 58 27.0                 EW002J95
     K05V07T  C2005 11 15.80722 23 38 17.09 +66 58 41.1                 EW002J95
     K05V07T  C2005 11 15.80913 23 38 21.71 +66 58 54.8          17.9 R EW002J95
     K05V07T  C2005 11 15.88036 23 41 12.48 +67 07 12.1          18.3 V EW002J77
     K05V07T  C2005 11 15.88675 23 41 27.70 +67 07 55.6          18.2 V EW002J77
     K05V07T  C2005 11 15.89267 23 41 41.87 +67 08 35.0          18.6 V EW002J77
     K05V07T 5C2005 11 16.07551 23 49 42.85 +67 28 54.8          18.8 R EW002673
     K05V07T 5C2005 11 16.07953 23 49 52.18 +67 29 20.7          18.5 R EW002673
     K05V07T 5C2005 11 16.08495 23 50 04.96 +67 29 55.8          18.7 R EW002673
     K05V07T 5C2005 11 16.09752 23 50 34.92 +67 31 18.7          19.0 R EW002673
     K05V07T 5C2005 11 16.10116 23 50 43.48 +67 31 41.7          18.6 R EW002673
     K05V07T 5C2005 11 16.11053 23 51 05.63 +67 32 42.1          18.2 R EW002673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
    Cassegrain + 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.
J77 Golden Hill Observatory, Stourton Caundle.  Observer R. Miles.  0.28-m
    f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 VT7
Epoch 2005 Nov. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453680.5                  MPC
M   7.59421              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42411248     Peri.  345.48435     +0.94158846     -0.33011249
a   1.7544810      Node    34.02522     +0.31962991     +0.81373096
e   0.4530962      Incl.    6.83675     +0.10605611     +0.47840116
P   2.32           H   23.0           G   0.15
From 17 observations 2005 Nov. 14-16.

Ephemeris:
2005 VT7                 a,e,i = 1.75, 0.45, 7                   q = 0.9595
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 16    23 46.28   +67 19.6    0.0470   1.014   120.4    57.3    18.5
2005 11 26    03 46.86   +64 42.1    0.0924   1.055   136.1    40.4    19.5
2005 12 06    04 36.11   +58 27.1    0.145    1.106   143.9    31.6    20.4
2005 12 16    04 53.51   +53 51.2    0.204    1.163   148.5    26.2    21.1
2005 12 26    05 03.78   +50 03.9    0.270    1.224   149.6    24.0    21.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-W02

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