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    M.P.E.C. 2006-U45                                Issued 2006 Oct. 23, 15:45 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2006 UC63

Observations:
     K06U63C* C2006 10 21.17984 01 46 13.50 +18 14 47.2          21.8 V EU045691
     K06U63C  C2006 10 21.18976 01 46 12.60 +18 14 34.5          21.7 V EU045691
     K06U63C  C2006 10 21.19969 01 46 11.68 +18 14 23.1          21.5 V EU045691
     K06U63C  C2006 10 21.91193 01 45 07.25 +17 59 22.4                 EU045J95
     K06U63C  C2006 10 21.92316 01 45 06.19 +17 59 08.3                 EU045J95
     K06U63C  C2006 10 21.93575 01 45 05.08 +17 58 53.8          21.4 R EU045J95
     K06U63C  C2006 10 22.24351 01 44 37.29 +17 52 25.4          21.3 V EU045G96
     K06U63C 5C2006 10 22.24375 01 44 37.30 +17 52 25.0          21.5 R EU045673
     K06U63C 5C2006 10 22.25139 01 44 36.61 +17 52 15.2                 EU045673
     K06U63C  C2006 10 22.25289 01 44 36.36 +17 52 14.0          20.9 V EU045G96
     K06U63C 5C2006 10 22.26134 01 44 35.68 +17 52 02.9                 EU045673
     K06U63C  C2006 10 22.26219 01 44 35.55 +17 52 01.5                 EU045G96
     K06U63C  C2006 10 22.27167 01 44 34.62 +17 51 50.2          20.7 V EU045G96
     K06U63C 5C2006 10 22.27257 01 44 34.67 +17 51 48.7                 EU045673
     K06U63C  C2006 10 22.31185 01 44 30.91 +17 51 00.4          21.4 R EU045651
     K06U63C  C2006 10 22.31546 01 44 30.49 +17 50 55.0          21.3 R EU045651
     K06U63C  C2006 10 22.31726 01 44 30.40 +17 50 53.4          21.3 R EU045651
     K06U63C  C2006 10 22.81243 01 43 45.94 +17 40 17.5          21.1 V EU045A44
     K06U63C  C2006 10 22.83461 01 43 43.92 +17 39 49.3          21.0 V EU045A44
     K06U63C  C2006 10 22.84258 01 43 43.19 +17 39 39.0          21.2 V EU045A44
     K06U63C  C2006 10 22.86040 01 43 41.57 +17 39 16.4          21.4 V EU045A44

Observer details:
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.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  0.9-m f/3
    reflector + CCD.
A44 Altschwendt.  Observer W. Ries.  0.45-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  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.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2006 UC63                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0243 AU
Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5                MPC
M 210.97369              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.53014973     Peri.  325.48171     -0.97624921     +0.03752244
a   1.5119486      Node   218.45349     -0.01034083     -0.99183558
e   0.3467414      Incl.   20.06682     -0.21640368     -0.12187803
P   1.86           H   19.7           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
061021 691  0.3-  0.1+    061022 673  0.1-  0.0     061022 651  0.7+  1.3+
061021 691  0.0   0.3-    061022 673  0.2+  0.1-    061022 651  0.5-  0.5+
061021 691  0.1+  0.6+    061022 G96  0.5-  0.2+    061022 651  0.6+  1.2+
061021 J95  0.1-  0.8-    061022 673  0.2+  0.1+    061022 A44  0.8-  0.1+
061021 J95  0.4-  0.7-    061022 G96  0.4+  0.6-    061022 A44  0.4-  0.1+
061021 J95  0.5+  0.6+    061022 G96  0.2-  0.2+    061022 A44  0.3-  0.1-
061022 G96  0.2+  0.3-    061022 673  0.8+  0.2+    061022 A44  0.1+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2006 UC63                a,e,i = 1.51, 0.35, 20                  q = 0.9877
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 10 22    01 44.99   +17 57.6    0.948    1.939   172.9     3.6    21.4
2006 10 27    01 37.48   +16 09.2    0.938    1.928   172.6     3.8    21.3
2006 11 01    01 30.21   +14 17.0    0.936    1.916   167.0     6.7    21.5
2006 11 06    01 23.46   +12 24.6    0.941    1.904   160.3    10.1    21.6
2006 11 11    01 17.43   +10 35.2    0.953    1.891   153.4    13.6    21.8
2006 11 16    01 12.30   +08 51.9    0.970    1.877   146.6    16.8    21.9
2006 11 21    01 08.20   +07 16.9    0.994    1.863   140.1    19.9    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-U45

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