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MPEC 2004-U06 : 2004 TP20

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M.P.E.C. 2004-U06                                Issued 2004 Oct. 17, 16:17 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
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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

                                   2004 TP20

Observations:
     K04T20P* C2004 10 15.30763 03 08 14.95 +33 11 10.8          17.9   EU006704
     K04T20P  C2004 10 15.31871 03 08 16.06 +33 10 24.6          18.1   EU006704
     K04T20P  C2004 10 15.32978 03 08 17.17 +33 09 37.9          18.1   EU006704
     K04T20P  C2004 10 15.34086 03 08 18.28 +33 08 50.9          18.3   EU006704
     K04T20P  C2004 10 15.35195 03 08 19.32 +33 08 03.6          18.0   EU006704
     K04T20P  C2004 10 16.30156 03 10 10.46 +31 57 47.7          18.0   EU006704
     K04T20P  C2004 10 16.31281 03 10 11.59 +31 56 55.2          18.0   EU006704
     K04T20P  C2004 10 16.32405 03 10 12.87 +31 56 03.6          18.1   EU006704
     K04T20P  C2004 10 16.33529 03 10 13.87 +31 55 11.6          18.2   EU006704
     K04T20P  C2004 10 16.34655 03 10 15.14 +31 54 19.3          18.2   EU006704
     K04T20P  C2004 10 17.32794 03 12 11.04 +30 34 45.3          18.5 R EU006734
     K04T20P  C2004 10 17.33087 03 12 11.37 +30 34 31.4          18.8 R EU006734
     K04T20P  C2004 10 17.33233 03 12 11.50 +30 34 23.3          17.9 R EU006734
     K04T20P  C2004 10 17.33380 03 12 11.70 +30 34 14.3          18.4 R EU006734
     K04T20P  C2004 10 17.36458 03 12 14.22 +30 31 32.8          17.1 R EU006785
     K04T20P  C2004 10 17.36512 03 12 14.61 +30 31 33.4          17.4 R EU006H59
     K04T20P  C2004 10 17.37050 03 12 14.64 +30 31 03.7          17.0 R EU006785
     K04T20P  C2004 10 17.37309 03 12 15.53 +30 30 53.0          18.1 R EU006H59
     K04T20P  C2004 10 17.37604 03 12 15.22 +30 30 36.0          17.4 R EU006785
     K04T20P  C2004 10 17.37708 03 12 15.89 +30 30 29.7                 EU006H59
     K04T20P  C2004 10 17.38106 03 12 16.23 +30 30 11.1          16.7 R EU006H59

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. McCleary,
    H. Stange, A. Milner.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.
    1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.4-m f/6 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
785 Fitz-Randolph Observatory, Princeton.  Observer J. Maffei.  0.91-m f/13.6
    Cassegrain + CCD.
H59 Prairie Grass Observatory, Camp Cullom.  Observer J. Mahony.  0.30-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 TP20
Epoch 2004 Oct. 2.0 TT = JDT 2453280.5                  MPC
M 301.86745              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.61634774     Peri.  264.06208     -0.40964142     -0.87931896
a   1.3674733      Node   213.67220     +0.90864707     -0.41692600
e   0.3617999      Incl.   25.98069     -0.08095936     -0.23015403
P   1.60           H   19.8           G   0.15
From 22 observations 2004 Oct. 15-17.

Ephemeris:
2004 TP20                a,e,i = 1.37, 0.36, 26                  q = 0.8727
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 10 12    03 02.05   +36 33.4    0.260    1.212   141.3    31.0    18.6
2004 10 22    03 22.02   +22 23.2    0.174    1.155   154.7    21.6    17.4
2004 11 01    03 48.66   -10 09.4    0.123    1.098   148.0    28.6    16.7
2004 11 11    04 30.36   -50 44.5    0.138    1.044   109.3    63.5    17.8
2004 11 21    05 47.04   -71 57.1    0.198    0.993    85.9    82.7    19.2
2004 12 01    08 12.68   -79 41.3    0.268    0.949    74.2    90.0    20.0
2004 12 11    11 02.49   -80 04.2    0.336    0.913    67.8    92.2    20.5
2004 12 21    12 49.70   -77 21.4    0.399    0.887    64.3    91.8    20.8
2004 12 31    13 55.71   -73 46.0    0.453    0.874    62.7    89.9    21.0

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-U06

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