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    M.P.E.C. 2009-X54                                Issued 2009 Dec. 14, 22:47 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.

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

                                   2009 XS6

Observations:
     K09X06S* C2009 12 13.28683 04 56 49.66 +08 28 42.3          19.5   EX054704
     K09X06S  C2009 12 13.29957 04 56 49.74 +08 28 29.1          20.1   EX054704
     K09X06S  C2009 12 13.32537 04 56 49.86 +08 27 59.0          19.9   EX054704
     K09X06S `C2009 12 14.53259 04 57 06.85 +08 06 13.6          19.2 C EX054D90
     K09X06S `C2009 12 14.54035 04 57 06.82 +08 06 04.2          19.4 C EX054D90
     K09X06S `C2009 12 14.54808 04 57 06.93 +08 05 56.7          19.2 C EX054D90
     K09X06S `C2009 12 14.55580 04 57 06.97 +08 05 48.4          19.5 C EX054D90
     K09X06S KC2009 12 14.88924 04 57 11.70 +07 59 23.0          19.8 R EX054143
     K09X06S KC2009 12 14.90203 04 57 11.85 +07 59 09.6          19.1 R EX054143
     K09X06S KC2009 12 14.91524 04 57 11.97 +07 58 55.8          19.5 R EX054143

Observer details:
143 Gnosca.  Observer S. Sposetti.  0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, G. Spitz,
    R. Brungard, J. Paige, P. Festler.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
D90 RAS Observatory, Moorook.  Observer K. Hills.  0.41-m f/9 Ritchey-Chretien
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 XS6
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   8.78898              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24600239     Peri.  195.31962     +0.35946829     -0.92365411
a   2.5225696      Node   233.79133     +0.87252635     +0.38316433
e   0.4567773      Incl.    9.47586     +0.33087809     -0.00694096
P   4.01           H   20.1           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
091213 704  0.0   0.5-    091214 D90  0.7-  0.7-    091214 143  0.2+  0.0
091213 704  0.2+  0.7+    091214 D90  0.2+  0.1+    091214 143  0.4+  0.2+
091213 704  0.2-  0.3-    091214 D90  0.1+  0.1+
091214 D90  0.5+  0.4+    091214 143  0.6-  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2009 XS6                 a,e,i = 2.52, 0.46, 9                   q = 1.3703
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 12 15    04 57.22   +07 57.7    0.408    1.379   162.9    12.1    19.6
2009 12 25    05 00.35   +05 34.5    0.439    1.394   154.9    17.4    20.0
2010 01 04    05 05.73   +04 17.4    0.485    1.415   147.2    22.1    20.3
2010 01 14    05 13.77   +03 56.5    0.542    1.442   140.1    25.9    20.7
2010 01 24    05 24.54   +04 16.2    0.612    1.475   133.7    28.8    21.1
2010 02 03    05 37.76   +05 00.7    0.692    1.512   127.9    31.0    21.5
2010 02 13    05 52.97   +05 56.9    0.783    1.554   122.4    32.5    21.9

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-X54

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