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    M.P.E.C. 2004-B58                                Issued 2004 Jan. 28, 12:59 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2004 BD68

Observations:
     K04B68D* C2004 01 26.44954 12 15 22.41 -25 15 33.6          19.1 R EB058699
     K04B68D  C2004 01 26.46288 12 15 18.96 -25 15 03.5                 EB058699
     K04B68D  C2004 01 26.47626 12 15 15.33 -25 14 33.1                 EB058699
     K04B68D  C2004 01 26.48954 12 15 11.74 -25 14 03.4                 EB058699
     K04B68D  C2004 01 27.40955 12 11 14.61 -24 39 39.5          18.4 R EB058G90
     K04B68D  C2004 01 27.41519 12 11 13.11 -24 39 27.2          18.7 R EB058G90
     K04B68D  C2004 01 27.42099 12 11 11.57 -24 39 13.1          19.1 R EB058G90
     K04B68D  C2004 01 27.46684 12 10 59.44 -24 37 29.5          19.2 R EB058926
     K04B68D  C2004 01 27.46782 12 10 59.19 -24 37 27.1          19.0 R EB058926
     K04B68D  C2004 01 28.45953 12 06 42.74 -23 59 26.1          19.3 R EB058926
     K04B68D  C2004 01 28.46221 12 06 42.03 -23 59 19.8          18.9 R EB058926

Observer details:
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
G90 Three Buttes Observatory, Tucson.  Observer G. R. Jones.  0.35-m f/11.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 BD68
Epoch 2004 Jan. 16.0 TT = JDT 2453020.5                 MPC
M  18.13541              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36704062     Peri.  203.51438     +0.96008300     -0.27572855
a   1.9319385      Node   172.04110     +0.27840041     +0.95824325
e   0.8348405      Incl.   19.86810     -0.02708949     +0.07578677
P   2.69           H   18.5           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2004 Jan. 26-28.

Ephemeris:
2004 BD68                a,e,i = 1.93, 0.83, 20                  q = 0.3191
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 01 26    12 17.31   -25 31.8    0.521    1.256   109.2    47.7    19.4
2004 02 05    11 34.50   -18 44.3    0.538    1.396   130.5    32.5    19.2
2004 02 15    10 55.12   -11 10.8    0.585    1.527   151.1    18.2    19.2
2004 02 25    10 23.17   -04 07.8    0.671    1.649   166.3     8.2    19.3
2004 03 06    10 00.27   +01 31.1    0.793    1.765   162.8     9.6    19.9
2004 03 16    09 45.72   +05 37.5    0.945    1.874   150.2    15.3    20.6
2004 03 26    09 37.89   +08 27.0    1.120    1.978   138.1    19.7    21.2
2004 04 05    09 35.20   +10 18.4    1.313    2.076   127.1    22.6    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-B58

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