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    M.P.E.C. 2005-W96                                Issued 2005 Nov. 30, 20:52 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.
    
                      Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
                      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 WJ56
    
    Observations:
         K05W56J* C2005 11 29.06634 21 06 35.20 +22 49 00.3          19.3   EW096704
         K05W56J  C2005 11 29.07910 21 06 38.05 +22 49 00.2          20.0   EW096704
         K05W56J  C2005 11 29.09316 21 06 41.11 +22 49 00.6          19.7   EW096704
         K05W56J  C2005 11 29.10634 21 06 44.01 +22 49 00.3          19.5   EW096704
         K05W56J  C2005 11 29.11922 21 06 46.88 +22 49 01.2          19.7   EW096704
         K05W56J  C2005 11 30.04695 21 10 16.99 +22 49 40.0          18.9 R EW096711
         K05W56J  C2005 11 30.05168 21 10 18.11 +22 49 39.6                 EW096711
         K05W56J  C2005 11 30.05657 21 10 19.20 +22 49 39.8          19.1 R EW096711
         K05W56J  C2005 11 30.06836 21 10 21.90 +22 49 39.4          19.6 V EW096G96
         K05W56J  C2005 11 30.06946 21 10 22.15 +22 49 39.6          19.6 V EW096G96
         K05W56J  C2005 11 30.80025 21 13 07.75 +22 50 00.3          19.4   EW096147
         K05W56J  C2005 11 30.80532 21 13 08.87 +22 50 00.6          19.2   EW096147
         K05W56J  C2005 11 30.80968 21 13 09.85 +22 50 00.8          19.3   EW096147
    
    Observer details:
    147 Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno.  Observers D. Crespi, S. Foglia,
        G. Galli, S. Minuto, V. Sacco.  Measurer S. Foglia.  0.40-m f/4 reflector
        + 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.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector + CCD
        + prime-focus corrector.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers A. D. Grauer, 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.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2005 WJ56                                                            PHA 0.025D
    Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
    M 265.64275              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.02803153     Peri.  299.51546     -0.62562761     +0.69222479
    a   0.9722958      Node   287.10772     -0.51930991     -0.71366115
    e   0.1444872      Incl.   22.11069     -0.58215747     -0.10729681
    P   0.96           H   17.5           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    051129 704  0.7+  0.2+    051130 711  0.4-  0.3+    051130 147  0.5+  0.4-
    051129 704  1.0+  0.2-    051130 711  0.5+  0.2-    051130 147  0.3+  0.2-
    051129 704  0.2+  0.2-    051130 711  0.6+  0.1-    051130 147  0.3+  0.1-
    051129 704  0.1-  0.8-    051130 G96  0.5+  0.6-
    051129 704  0.0   0.2-    051130 G96  0.5+  0.5-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 WJ56                a,e,i = 0.97, 0.14, 22                  q = 0.8318
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 11 26    20 55.10   +22 46.3    0.645    1.108    82.7    62.1    19.0
    2005 12 06    21 32.96   +22 51.3    0.663    1.112    82.4    61.4    19.0
    2005 12 16    22 11.81   +22 44.7    0.680    1.113    81.7    61.1    19.1
    2005 12 26    22 51.35   +22 25.9    0.699    1.110    80.6    61.0    19.1
    2006 01 05    23 31.27   +21 54.6    0.719    1.103    79.1    61.1    19.2
    2006 01 15    00 11.14   +21 10.5    0.741    1.094    77.3    61.3    19.2
    2006 01 25    00 50.53   +20 12.8    0.763    1.081    75.2    61.7    19.3
    2006 02 04    01 29.17   +19 01.5    0.786    1.065    72.9    62.2    19.3
    2006 02 14    02 06.77   +17 36.3    0.807    1.047    70.6    62.8    19.4
    2006 02 24    02 43.17   +15 56.8    0.825    1.026    68.1    63.6    19.4
    2006 03 06    03 18.32   +14 03.2    0.839    1.003    65.8    64.5    19.4
    2006 03 16    03 52.17   +11 55.2    0.847    0.978    63.6    65.6    19.4
    2006 03 26    04 24.75   +09 33.2    0.847    0.953    61.6    67.0    19.4
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-W96
    

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