MPEC 2005-M18 : 2005 MD

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M.P.E.C. 2005-M18                                Issued 2005 June 18, 13:49 UT

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                                    2005 MD

Observations:
     K05M00D* C2005 06 17.23126 17 51 20.01 +22 39 07.8          20.6 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 17.23924 17 51 19.08 +22 39 16.8          20.1 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 17.24718 17 51 18.25 +22 39 26.6          20.1 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 17.25519 17 51 17.28 +22 39 36.4          20.9 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 17.32245 17 51 09.57 +22 40 56.0          20.5 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 17.32868 17 51 08.82 +22 41 03.0          20.4 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 17.33178 17 51 08.49 +22 41 06.9          20.6 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 17.46062 17 50 53.80 +22 43 37.3          20.1 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 17.46152 17 50 53.65 +22 43 37.7          20.6 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 17.46240 17 50 53.54 +22 43 38.6          20.3 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.24778 17 49 26.54 +22 58 53.5          20.8 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.24975 17 49 26.29 +22 58 56.0          20.7 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.25175 17 49 26.04 +22 58 58.3          20.1 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.25374 17 49 25.86 +22 59 00.4          20.4 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.27267 17 49 23.59 +22 59 22.4          20.8 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.27803 17 49 23.01 +22 59 28.4          20.9 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.28340 17 49 22.36 +22 59 35.0          20.7 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.28875 17 49 21.72 +22 59 41.0          20.6 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.29481 17 49 21.01 +22 59 48.1          20.5 R EM018448
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.30688 17 49 19.52 +23 00 02.3          20.8 R EM018448
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.31147 17 49 19.05 +23 00 07.3          20.7 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.31260 17 49 18.94 +23 00 08.3          20.8 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.31369 17 49 18.84 +23 00 09.9          20.7 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.31480 17 49 18.69 +23 00 11.1          20.8 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.31716 17 49 18.21 +23 00 14.8          20.7 R EM018448
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.32297 17 49 17.59 +23 00 19.4          20.8 R EM018734
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.32739 17 49 17.09 +23 00 24.0          20.4 R EM018734
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.34953 17 49 14.51 +23 00 47.8          20.2 R EM018734
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.44295 17 49 03.68 +23 02 37.0          20.5 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.44382 17 49 03.56 +23 02 38.3          20.7 V EM018G96
     K05M00D  C2005 06 18.44470 17 49 03.50 +23 02 39.1          20.5 V EM018G96

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2005 MD
Epoch 2005 May 30.0 TT = JDT 2453520.5                  MPC
M 293.22454              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.46580919     Peri.  201.51321     +0.84870797     -0.52470168
a   1.6481523      Node   190.88827     +0.52179922     +0.85117687
e   0.5662658      Incl.   20.51668     +0.08614149     +0.01364113
P   2.12           H   18.9           G   0.15
From 31 observations 2005 June 17-18.

Ephemeris:
2005 MD                  a,e,i = 1.65, 0.57, 21                  q = 0.7149
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 06 09    18 04.96   +19 44.4    0.845    1.721   135.2    24.6    20.9
2005 06 14    17 57.05   +21 33.4    0.807    1.684   134.7    25.4    20.7
2005 06 19    17 48.01   +23 13.2    0.774    1.647   133.4    26.7    20.6
2005 06 24    17 38.02   +24 40.9    0.745    1.608   131.2    28.4    20.5
2005 06 29    17 27.27   +25 53.6    0.720    1.569   128.5    30.5    20.5
2005 07 04    17 16.08   +26 49.0    0.698    1.529   125.1    33.0    20.4
2005 07 09    17 04.77   +27 25.5    0.679    1.488   121.4    35.7    20.4
2005 07 14    16 53.71   +27 42.8    0.663    1.446   117.3    38.7    20.4
2005 07 19    16 43.21   +27 41.5    0.648    1.403   113.1    41.8    20.3
2005 07 24    16 33.51   +27 22.8    0.634    1.360   108.8    45.0    20.3
2005 07 29    16 24.79   +26 48.3    0.621    1.316   104.5    48.3    20.3
2005 08 03    16 17.13   +25 59.6    0.607    1.271   100.2    51.8    20.2
2005 08 08    16 10.58   +24 58.4    0.592    1.226    95.9    55.4    20.2
2005 08 13    16 05.08   +23 46.3    0.576    1.180    91.7    59.1    20.2
2005 08 18    16 00.47   +22 24.6    0.558    1.134    87.5    63.1    20.1
2005 08 23    15 56.55   +20 53.7    0.537    1.088    83.3    67.3    20.1
2005 08 28    15 53.01   +19 12.9    0.514    1.043    79.0    72.0    20.1
2005 09 02    15 49.52   +17 21.0    0.488    0.997    74.6    77.3    20.0
2005 09 07    15 45.58   +15 15.3    0.459    0.953    69.9    83.2    20.0
2005 09 12    15 40.49   +12 51.7    0.428    0.910    64.7    90.2    20.0
2005 09 17    15 33.28   +10 03.5    0.394    0.869    58.8    98.4    20.1
2005 09 22    15 22.66   +06 40.7    0.360    0.831    51.8   108.3    20.3
2005 09 27    15 07.00   +02 31.0    0.327    0.797    43.3   120.3    20.8

2005 10 27    11 56.39   -25 57.9    0.356    0.722    33.1   131.3    21.8
2005 11 06    11 28.51   -28 11.3    0.447    0.758    46.7   107.8    20.6
2005 11 16    11 22.33   -29 17.3    0.537    0.819    55.9    91.3    20.3
2005 11 26    11 25.93   -30 10.5    0.611    0.896    63.1    79.4    20.4
2005 12 06    11 32.55   -31 00.1    0.665    0.982    70.0    70.5    20.4
2005 12 16    11 38.59   -31 41.9    0.700    1.073    77.1    63.4    20.5
2005 12 26    11 41.96   -32 09.1    0.716    1.165    85.0    57.3    20.6
2006 01 05    11 41.15   -32 11.6    0.718    1.256    93.8    51.4    20.6
2006 01 15    11 35.19   -31 35.1    0.711    1.345   103.9    45.2    20.5
2006 01 25    11 23.76   -30 03.6    0.701    1.431   115.3    38.5    20.4
2006 02 04    11 07.54   -27 20.7    0.695    1.515   127.8    31.0    20.3
2006 02 14    10 48.63   -23 21.6    0.703    1.595   140.7    23.1    20.2
2006 02 24    10 29.92   -18 23.3    0.732    1.671   152.0    16.1    20.2
2006 03 06    10 14.11   -13 02.0    0.787    1.744   157.2    12.7    20.3
2006 03 16    10 02.82   -07 58.6    0.870    1.814   153.3    14.3    20.7
2006 03 26    09 56.39   -03 39.7    0.977    1.880   144.4    18.0    21.2
2006 04 05    09 54.43   -00 14.7    1.106    1.943   134.5    21.5    21.6
2006 04 15    09 56.21   +02 18.3    1.251    2.002   125.0    24.2    22.0
2006 04 25    10 00.93   +04 06.6    1.408    2.058   116.0    26.0    22.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-M18

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