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    M.P.E.C. 2005-W89                                Issued 2005 Nov. 29, 22:33 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 WF55

Observations:
     K05W55F* C2005 11 29.21714 01 52 33.06 +10 27 59.7          20.4 V EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.22433 01 52 39.10 +10 27 58.3          20.4 V EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.23147 01 52 45.22 +10 27 57.3          19.6 V EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.23855 01 52 51.06 +10 27 55.5          20.5 V EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.25052 01 53 01.10 +10 27 52.8                 EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.25258 01 53 02.94 +10 27 52.3          20.0 V EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.25462 01 53 04.59 +10 27 52.2                 EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.25673 01 53 06.39 +10 27 51.1                 EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.29328 01 53 37.78 +10 27 41.3          20.3 V EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.29417 01 53 38.54 +10 27 41.7          20.2 V EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.29510 01 53 39.30 +10 27 41.1          20.5 V EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.29598 01 53 39.94 +10 27 40.1          21.6 V EW089G96
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.88021 02 03 09.30 +10 24 37.8                 EW089J95
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.88415 02 03 12.80 +10 24 36.0                 EW089J95
     K05W55F  C2005 11 29.88846 02 03 16.66 +10 24 36.3          20.4 R EW089J95

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers S. M. Larson, 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.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 WF55
Epoch 2005 Nov. 26.0 TT = JDT 2453700.5                 MPC
M   0.23251              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.60758945     Peri.  176.87209     +0.46893006     -0.88256807
a   1.3805831      Node   245.16074     +0.80952937     +0.44501510
e   0.2682329      Incl.    2.16766     +0.35322343     +0.15177337
P   1.62           H   26.5           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2005 Nov. 29-29.

Ephemeris:
2005 WF55                a,e,i = 1.38, 0.27, 2                   q = 1.0103
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 11 26    01 05.40   +10 25.9    0.0325   1.010   135.2    43.5    20.8
2005 12 06    03 43.00   +09 19.8    0.0310   1.014   159.2    20.1    20.0
2005 12 16    05 39.10   +06 39.1    0.0438   1.026   163.3    16.0    20.6
2005 12 26    06 32.76   +05 40.3    0.0643   1.045   162.0    16.9    21.5
2006 01 05    06 57.87   +06 05.1    0.0897   1.070   163.4    15.2    22.3
2006 01 15    07 11.86   +07 12.1    0.120    1.099   163.7    14.5    22.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-W89

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