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    M.P.E.C. 2006-K12                                Issued 2006 May 18, 09:32 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
    
                                        2006 KA
    
    Observations:
         K06K00A* C2006 05 17.47211 12 18 32.36 -25 27 00.3          18.8 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.48066 12 18 34.63 -25 26 19.9          19.2 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.48919 12 18 37.00 -25 25 40.7          19.2 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.49770 12 18 39.24 -25 24 58.4          18.2 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.50634 12 18 41.54 -25 24 17.1          18.9 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.51554 12 18 43.99 -25 23 32.9          19.1 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.52475 12 18 46.54 -25 22 49.2          18.9 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.53391 12 18 48.92 -25 22 06.4          19.2 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.55498 12 18 54.61 -25 20 24.6          19.3 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.56464 12 18 57.27 -25 19 39.8          18.6 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.57407 12 18 59.86 -25 18 53.7          18.3 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.58347 12 19 02.28 -25 18 08.5          18.9 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.59351 12 19 05.08 -25 17 20.9          18.7 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.61282 12 19 10.23 -25 15 48.4          18.9 V EK012E12
         K06K00A  C2006 05 17.62251 12 19 12.90 -25 15 03.1          18.6 V EK012E12
         K06K00A %C2006 05 18.00214 12 20 58.31 -24 45 27.5          18.2 R EK012807
         K06K00A %C2006 05 18.00694 12 20 59.60 -24 45 05.1          18.3 R EK012807
         K06K00A %C2006 05 18.01155 12 21 00.81 -24 44 43.4          18.4 R EK012807
         K06K00A  C2006 05 18.05985 12 21 12.58 -24 41 02.5          18.8 R EK012I77
         K06K00A  C2006 05 18.06346 12 21 13.50 -24 40 45.8          18.5 R EK012I77
         K06K00A  C2006 05 18.06706 12 21 14.58 -24 40 28.8          18.5 R EK012I77
         K06K00A  C2006 05 18.11268 12 21 27.59 -24 37 19.0          19.4 R EK012734
         K06K00A  C2006 05 18.11727 12 21 28.85 -24 36 56.9          19.1 R EK012734
         K06K00A  C2006 05 18.12212 12 21 30.09 -24 36 37.4          19.8 R EK012734
         K06K00A  C2006 05 18.12679 12 21 31.27 -24 36 16.3          19.3 R EK012734
         K06K00A  C2006 05 18.13286 12 21 32.93 -24 35 43.8          18.8 R EK012734
         K06K00A  C2006 05 18.17027 12 21 42.94 -24 32 51.6          18.8 R EK012854
         K06K00A  C2006 05 18.17512 12 21 44.20 -24 32 29.2          18.8 R EK012854
    
    Observer details:
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.
    807 Cerro Tololo.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  1.0-m f/10.0 reflector + CCD.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
        E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
        R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.
    I77 CEAMIG-REA Observatory, Belo Horizonte.  Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel.
        Measurer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2006 KA                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0643 AU
    Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
    M   4.74682              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.49148151     Peri.  244.54109     -0.41045036     -0.80826680
    a   1.5902470      Node   236.40345     +0.90568669     -0.41521944
    e   0.5434525      Incl.   30.45393     -0.10612315     -0.41748965
    P   2.01           H   19.3           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    060517 E12  0.1-  0.6+    060517 E12  1.0+  0.1+    060518 I77  1.7+  0.7+
    060517 E12  0.4-  0.2+    060517 E12  0.6-  0.3+    060518 734  1.1-  0.0
    060517 E12  0.6+  1.3-    060517 E12  0.5+  0.1-    060518 734  0.1-  0.9+
    060517 E12  0.0   0.4+    060517 E12  0.5-  0.1+    060518 734  0.4-  2.0-
    060517 E12  0.3-  0.4+    060517 E12  0.0   0.9-    060518 734  0.8-  2.5-
    060517 E12  0.6-  0.6+    060518 807  0.4-  0.4-    060518 734  0.4+  2.0+
    060517 E12  0.5+  0.3+    060518 807  0.2+  0.2-    060518 854  0.0   0.2+
    060517 E12  0.7-  0.6-    060518 807  0.3+  0.2+    060518 854  0.2+  0.2+
    060517 E12  0.4-  0.4+    060518 I77  0.1-  0.6+
    060517 E12  0.3+  0.9-    060518 I77  0.3-  0.5+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2006 KA                  a,e,i = 1.59, 0.54, 30                  q = 0.7260
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2006 05 15    12 06.18   -28 54.6    0.338    1.267   133.5    35.4    18.9
    2006 05 25    12 47.30   -17 08.3    0.440    1.352   133.0    33.2    19.6
    2006 06 04    13 13.85   -10 11.9    0.568    1.434   127.7    34.0    20.3
    2006 06 14    13 34.07   -06 15.2    0.713    1.514   121.3    35.0    20.9
    2006 06 24    13 51.27   -04 04.9    0.868    1.589   114.8    35.5    21.5
    2006 07 04    14 07.02   -02 59.8    1.030    1.662   108.6    35.4    21.9
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-K12
    

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