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    M.P.E.C. 2004-C50                                Issued 2004 Feb. 13, 06:15 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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                                   2004 CA2

Observations:
     K04C02A* C2004 02 12.39207 09 34 26.60 +00 43 24.1          19.0   EC050644
     K04C02A  C2004 02 12.41316 09 34 28.49 +00 43 50.3          19.1   EC050644
     K04C02A  C2004 02 12.44760 09 34 31.65 +00 44 32.5          19.0   EC050644
     K04C02A  C2004 02 12.94222 09 35 32.63 +00 53 53.9                 EC050246
     K04C02A  C2004 02 12.94345 09 35 32.71 +00 53 55.5                 EC050246
     K04C02A  C2004 02 12.94569 09 35 32.90 +00 53 59.4                 EC050246
     K04C02A  C2004 02 13.20407 09 36 03.35 +00 59 06.2          18.7 R EC050G90
     K04C02A  C2004 02 13.20871 09 36 03.69 +00 59 11.6          18.7 R EC050G90
     K04C02A  C2004 02 13.21333 09 36 04.09 +00 59 16.5          18.8 R EC050G90

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
    + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers S. Pravdo, D. MacDonald, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
G90 Three Buttes Observatory, Tucson.  Observer G. R. Jones.  0.35-m f/11.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 CA2
Epoch 2004 Feb. 5.0 TT = JDT 2453040.5                  MPC
M  14.46123              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34475427     Peri.  131.35545     +0.25817904     -0.96504076
a   2.0143253      Node   303.62793     +0.86939331     +0.25246935
e   0.5923668      Incl.    3.10941     +0.42130613     +0.07039567
P   2.86           H   23.4           G   0.15
From 9 observations 2004 Feb. 12-13.

Ephemeris:
2004 CA2                 a,e,i = 2.01, 0.59, 3                   q = 0.8211
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 02 05    08 48.90   -06 10.2    0.029    1.012   156.9    22.4    16.8
2004 02 15    09 38.71   +01 28.9    0.108    1.094   168.1    10.8    19.4
2004 02 25    09 46.60   +03 04.5    0.194    1.180   167.5    10.5    20.9
2004 03 06    09 51.52   +03 55.9    0.288    1.268   161.0    14.7    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-C50

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