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    M.P.E.C. 2005-Y50                                Issued 2005 Dec. 29, 12:47 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 YW55
    
    Observations:
         K05Y55W* C2005 12 28.39957 08 56 56.07 -05 50 56.0          19.1 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.40873 08 56 56.32 -05 51 14.0          19.5 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.41818 08 56 56.79 -05 51 33.9          19.2 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.42743 08 56 57.19 -05 51 52.3          19.6 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.45986 08 56 58.34 -05 52 57.2          18.9 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.46691 08 56 58.56 -05 53 10.7          18.7 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.47406 08 56 58.84 -05 53 26.0          18.5 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.48099 08 56 59.13 -05 53 39.2          19.0 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.56910 08 57 04.10 -05 56 07.7          19.0 R EY050474
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.57130 08 57 04.17 -05 56 12.4          18.9 R EY050474
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.57442 08 57 04.28 -05 56 18.4          18.5 R EY050474
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.58391 08 57 04.58 -05 56 36.7          18.9 R EY050474
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.72903 08 57 10.44 -06 01 33.5          18.9 V EY050E12
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.73476 08 57 10.65 -06 01 45.3          19.0 V EY050E12
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 28.73843 08 57 10.80 -06 01 51.9          18.9 V EY050E12
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.30451 08 57 36.76 -06 21 15.5          19.7 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.31238 08 57 37.05 -06 21 30.7          19.5 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.32015 08 57 37.31 -06 21 47.1          19.0 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.32799 08 57 37.61 -06 22 02.5          19.2 V EY050703
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.34440 08 57 38.24 -06 22 34.5          19.2 R EY050651
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.34567 08 57 38.28 -06 22 37.2          19.2 R EY050651
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.34693 08 57 38.37 -06 22 39.6          19.6 R EY050651
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.39751 08 57 39.68 -06 24 24.3          19.0 R EY050734
         K05Y55W 5C2005 12 29.40000 08 57 40.27 -06 24 27.7          19.0 R EY050673
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.40045 08 57 39.81 -06 24 30.4          19.1 R EY050734
         K05Y55W 5C2005 12 29.40231 08 57 40.36 -06 24 32.7                 EY050673
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.40339 08 57 39.89 -06 24 36.4          19.2 R EY050734
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.41050 08 57 40.33 -06 24 47.6          19.0 R EY050711
         K05Y55W 5C2005 12 29.41065 08 57 40.66 -06 24 49.3                 EY050673
         K05Y55W 5C2005 12 29.41493 08 57 40.78 -06 24 58.0                 EY050673
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.41543 08 57 40.50 -06 24 57.6          19.0 R EY050711
         K05Y55W  C2005 12 29.42281 08 57 40.76 -06 25 13.3          19.1 R EY050711
    
    Observer details:
    474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  1.0-m f/7.7
        reflector + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        Newtonian reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m f/16
        Cassegrain + CCD.
    703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  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.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector + CCD
        + prime-focus corrector.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  Measurer D. Tibbets.  0.7-m
        reflector + CCD.
    E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  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.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2005 YW55
    Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
    M  11.36421              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.48288722     Peri.  263.94799     -0.78254250     -0.61010063
    a   1.6090600      Node   238.38588     +0.61317958     -0.72069408
    e   0.2397258      Incl.    8.38033     +0.10787978     -0.32920703
    P   2.04           H   19.5           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    051228 703  0.5-  0.1-    051228 474  0.6-  0.6+    051229 734  0.4-  0.1+
    051228 703  1.8-  0.4+    051228 E12  0.2+  0.1+    051229 673  0.2-  0.3+
    051228 703  0.1+  0.5-    051228 E12  0.2+  0.2-    051229 734  0.0   0.1-
    051228 703  1.0+  0.3-    051228 E12  0.5+  0.6+    051229 673  0.0   0.1-
    051228 703  0.3+  0.1-    051229 703  0.2-  0.5-    051229 734  0.4-  0.2-
    051228 703  0.3-  0.6+    051229 703  0.2-  0.2+    051229 711  0.2+  0.3+
    051228 703  0.1-  0.4-    051229 703  0.4-  0.5-    051229 673  0.2+  0.1+
    051228 703  0.4+  0.3+    051229 703  0.1-  0.1-    051229 673  0.2-  0.0
    051228 474  0.6+  0.2-    051229 651  0.6+  0.7+    051229 711  0.2+  0.2+
    051228 474  0.4+  0.5-    051229 651  0.5+  0.6+    051229 711  0.3+  0.7-
    051228 474  0.3+  0.2-    051229 651  1.2+  0.7+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2005 YW55                a,e,i = 1.61, 0.24, 8                   q = 1.2233
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 12 26    08 55.01   -04 30.3    0.380    1.272   132.7    34.6    19.4
    2006 01 05    09 01.51   -10 02.9    0.343    1.254   136.2    32.9    19.1
    2006 01 15    09 04.18   -15 12.0    0.317    1.240   138.9    31.5    18.8
    2006 01 25    09 03.52   -19 26.1    0.298    1.230   140.6    30.6    18.6
    2006 02 04    09 00.86   -22 14.7    0.288    1.224   141.3    30.2    18.5
    2006 02 14    08 58.53   -23 21.9    0.285    1.224   141.4    30.2    18.5
    2006 02 24    08 58.81   -22 49.5    0.289    1.228   140.9    30.6    18.6
    2006 03 06    09 03.43   -20 53.9    0.300    1.236   139.9    31.2    18.7
    2006 03 16    09 13.14   -18 04.9    0.317    1.249   138.2    32.0    18.9
    2006 03 26    09 27.49   -14 53.3    0.343    1.266   135.9    33.3    19.1
    2006 04 05    09 45.61   -11 46.4    0.377    1.287   132.9    34.7    19.4
    2006 04 15    10 06.44   -09 05.2    0.421    1.311   129.4    36.3    19.7
    2006 04 25    10 28.88   -07 00.2    0.473    1.338   125.5    37.7    20.0
    2006 05 05    10 52.19   -05 34.8    0.535    1.366   121.5    39.0    20.4
    2006 05 15    11 15.79   -04 47.7    0.605    1.397   117.4    40.0    20.7
    2006 05 25    11 39.29   -04 33.6    0.684    1.429   113.3    40.6    21.0
    2006 06 04    12 02.55   -04 47.0    0.769    1.462   109.3    40.9    21.4
    2006 06 14    12 25.49   -05 22.1    0.862    1.495   105.2    41.0    21.7
    2006 06 24    12 48.08   -06 13.3    0.961    1.528   101.2    40.7    21.9
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-Y50
    

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