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    M.P.E.C. 2005-X65                                Issued 2005 Dec. 11, 23:53 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 XX77
    
    Observations:
         K05X77X* C2005 12 10.34243 07 26 23.13 +23 12 51.9          19.8   EX065704
         K05X77X  C2005 12 10.35541 07 26 24.47 +23 14 11.8          19.4   EX065704
         K05X77X  C2005 12 10.36835 07 26 25.69 +23 15 33.1          19.1   EX065704
         K05X77X  C2005 12 10.38132 07 26 27.15 +23 16 54.9          20.0   EX065704
         K05X77X  C2005 12 10.95515 07 27 59.45 +24 13 43.6                 EX065J95
         K05X77X  C2005 12 10.95859 07 27 59.89 +24 14 04.2                 EX065J95
         K05X77X  C2005 12 10.96291 07 28 00.39 +24 14 30.2          18.7 R EX065J95
         K05X77X  C2005 12 11.03090 07 28 06.06 +24 21 26.9          18.9 R EX065118
         K05X77X  C2005 12 11.03460 07 28 06.44 +24 21 48.2          19.0 R EX065118
         K05X77X  C2005 12 11.96181 07 30 20.63 +25 47 45.9                 EX065J95
         K05X77X  C2005 12 11.97019 07 30 21.56 +25 48 32.5                 EX065J95
         K05X77X  C2005 12 11.97860 07 30 22.46 +25 49 18.0          19.3 R EX065J95
    
    Observer details:
    118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Vilagi.  0.6-m f/5.5 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.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2005 XX77
    Epoch 2005 Nov. 26.0 TT = JDT 2453700.5                 MPC
    M   6.97386              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.52371548     Peri.  329.77566     +0.65266345     -0.75132027
    a   1.5243070      Node    79.29594     +0.71352202     +0.56614682
    e   0.3453815      Incl.    5.70725     +0.25478767     +0.33911005
    P   1.88           H   23.9           G   0.15
    From 12 observations 2005 Dec. 10-11.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 XX77                a,e,i = 1.52, 0.35, 6                   q = 0.9978
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 12 06    07 12.03   +13 52.9    0.0478   1.025   145.3    33.2    18.7
    2005 12 08    07 19.39   +18 40.6    0.0528   1.030   147.0    31.4    18.9
    2005 12 10    07 25.43   +22 37.2    0.0582   1.035   148.3    30.0    19.1
    2005 12 12    07 30.35   +25 52.3    0.0639   1.040   149.5    28.7    19.3
    2005 12 14    07 34.33   +28 34.2    0.0700   1.046   150.6    27.6    19.5
    2005 12 16    07 37.49   +30 49.3    0.0762   1.052   151.6    26.4    19.6
    2005 12 18    07 39.95   +32 42.8    0.0827   1.058   152.7    25.3    19.8
    2005 12 20    07 41.79   +34 18.6    0.0894   1.065   153.7    24.2    19.9
    2005 12 22    07 43.10   +35 39.6    0.0963   1.072   154.7    23.1    20.1
    2005 12 24    07 43.96   +36 48.1    0.103    1.079   155.7    22.0    20.2
    
    2005 12 26    07 44.43   +37 46.1    0.111    1.086   156.6    21.0    20.3
    2006 01 05    07 43.04   +40 38.7    0.151    1.126   160.1    17.3    21.0
    2006 01 15    07 39.91   +41 21.4    0.197    1.171   159.8    16.9    21.6
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-X65
    

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