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    M.P.E.C. 2004-B29                                Issued 2004 Jan. 20, 21:56 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
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                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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                                   2004 BZ18

Observations:
     K04B18Z* C2004 01 19.27849 08 34 25.40 +38 49 14.0          18.9   EB029704
     K04B18Z  C2004 01 19.29113 08 34 22.01 +38 48 02.0          19.1   EB029704
     K04B18Z  C2004 01 19.30397 08 34 18.50 +38 46 48.6          19.0   EB029704
     K04B18Z  C2004 01 19.31679 08 34 15.02 +38 45 35.5          18.9   EB029704
     K04B18Z  C2004 01 19.32953 08 34 11.57 +38 44 22.2          19.2   EB029704
     K04B18Z  C2004 01 20.06205 08 31 08.21 +37 34 38.1          19.6 R EB029620
     K04B18Z  C2004 01 20.07356 08 31 05.26 +37 33 32.2          19.9 R EB029620
     K04B18Z 5C2004 01 20.30347 08 30 11.22 +37 11 52.1          18.5 R EB029673
     K04B18Z 5C2004 01 20.31366 08 30 08.65 +37 10 54.8                 EB029673
     K04B18Z 5C2004 01 20.31956 08 30 07.01 +37 10 21.6                 EB029673
     K04B18Z 5C2004 01 20.32523 08 30 05.69 +37 09 49.9                 EB029673
     K04B18Z 5C2004 01 20.32986 08 30 04.46 +37 09 23.7                 EB029673
     K04B18Z 5C2004 01 20.33438 08 30 03.32 +37 08 58.8                 EB029673
     K04B18Z FC2004 01 20.87483 08 27 57.01 +36 18 03.2                 EB029587
     K04B18Z FC2004 01 20.87803 08 27 56.29 +36 17 43.6                 EB029587
     K04B18Z FC2004 01 20.88124 08 27 55.83 +36 17 26.2                 EB029587
     K04B18Z FC2004 01 20.88669 08 27 54.15 +36 17 00.3                 EB029587

Observer details:
587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, A. Testa.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
    J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
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.

Orbital elements:
2004 BZ18
Epoch 2004 Jan. 16.0 TT = JDT 2453020.5                 MPC
M  20.63296              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37821655     Peri.  112.64532     +0.42845605     -0.85063922
a   1.8936906      Node   308.32296     +0.61840598     +0.52192560
e   0.4451461      Incl.   22.85365     +0.65878635     +0.06329762
P   2.61           H   21.4           G   0.15
From 17 observations 2004 Jan. 19-20.

Ephemeris:
2004 BZ18                a,e,i = 1.89, 0.45, 23                  q = 1.0507
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 01 16    08 49.94   +44 06.3    0.243    1.207   153.7    21.2    19.8
2004 01 26    08 11.13   +28 44.9    0.279    1.260   169.2     8.4    19.7
2004 02 05    07 51.60   +17 13.1    0.345    1.316   160.8    14.3    20.5
2004 02 15    07 43.53   +09 46.4    0.433    1.376   148.5    22.0    21.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-B29

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