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Old 21-July-2006, 11:40 PM
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Default Damocloid 2006 OF2

A possible new Damocloid asteroid, 2006 OF2 discovered.

Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl..... Delta . . r . Elong. Phase V
2006 07 14 20 45.54 -27 34.2 6.736 7.711 162.4 2.3 18.5
2006 07 24 20 40.81 -27 41.7 6.638 7.640 169.9 1.3 18.4
2006 08 03 20 35.82 -27 46.7 6.570 7.569 169.2 1.4 18.4
2006 08 13 20 30.83 -27 48.5 6.532 7.498 161.1 2.5 18.4
2006 08 23 20 26.07 -27 46.5 6.524 7.427 151.4 3.7 18.5
2006 09 02 20 21.81 -27 40.4 6.542 7.356 141.2 4.9 18.5

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K06/K06O13.html

ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/bas/damocloid
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Note that the orbit is still only preliminary. It may change a lot when more observations are made.
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